Purdue Crop Chat

Professor of Weed Science Dr. Bill Johnson joins us for this edition of Purdue Crop Chat, a regular podcast from Hoosier Ag Today and the Purdue University Extension Service, featuring Purdue Extension soybean specialist Dr. Shaun Casteel and Extension Corn Specialist Dr. Dan Quinn.

Dan and Shaun share what they’re seeing across the state and Dan shares concerns about rapid growth in corn. Then, Johnson discusses how farmers have dealt with herbicide shortages this season and what farmers should consider when it comes to weed management.

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On this Purdue Crop Chat, a regular podcast from Hoosier Ag Today and the Purdue University Extension Service, Purdue Extension soybean specialist Dr. Shaun Casteel and Extension Corn Specialist Dr. Dan Quinn have an update on corn and soybean planting and emergence, and when it will be a good time to fly your drone. They also discuss wheat conditions and corn and soybean planting progress in the Dakotas/Minnesota.

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May 19, 2022

This time around we discuss last week’s planting progress with some nice weather, but also how the weather likely won’t be favorable moving forward.

Dan and Shaun also discuss the different research trials they’re working on this year and what questions they’ll hopefully answer. Hear the podcast below!

On this episode, Shaun and Dan discuss the later start to the planting season. For soybeans, Casteel says, “We’ve got a lot of time left still to yield very well. I definitely like to be in late April/early May, but this is where we’re at right now and we plant to the conditions that we’ve got.”

This is Purdue Crop Chat, a regular podcast from Hoosier Ag Today and the Purdue University Extension Service, featuring Purdue Extension soybean specialist Dr. Shaun Casteel and Extension Corn Specialist Dr. Dan Quinn. On this episode, Shaun and Dan discuss how corn is no longer king in Indiana or the US after USDA’s Prospective Plantings report last week showed that farmers will plant more soybean acres than corn, and tips for those planting beans on beans. Also, with some farmers already hitting the field (maybe to get their neighbors all riled up), how early is too early to plant?

From Commodity classic in New Orleans, the new Purdue Crop Chat podcast comes from the trade show floor with host Eric Pfeiffer and Purdue Extension soybean specialist Dr. Shaun Casteel and Extension Corn Specialist Dr. Dan Quinn. On this episode, Shaun and Dan welcome Dr. Chad Lee, Extension grain crops agronomist from the University of Kentucky and Indiana farmer Mike Beard from Frankfort. Planting season is close and the specialists answer Mike’s questions and take a look at whether you can make a profit growing corn with those rising input prices this year.

Purdue Extension’s corn and soybean specialists are back for another edition of Purdue Crop Chat. Dr. Shaun Casteel and Dr. Dan Quinn are joined on this episode by Dr. Shalamar Armstrong, associate professor of soil conservation and management at Purdue, to discuss soil health practices, the impacts of certain cover crops, and the emerging carbon credit markets that are generating a lot of interest from farmers.

The Purdue Crop Chat is a regular podcast from Hoosier Ag Today and the Purdue University Extension Service, featuring Purdue Extension soybean specialist Dr. Shaun Casteel and Extension Corn Specialist Dr. Dan Quinn.

USDA released their final yield numbers for 2021 on Wednesday. Shaun and Dan join host Eric Pfeiffer to give their reaction to record high Indiana yields. They also welcome Purdue Ag Economist Dr. Michael Langemeier to review 2021 and look ahead to the 2022 crop season.

Langemeier says, “Certainly 2022 won’t be as good as 2021, but I don’t think it’s going to be that different from 2020, and that’s good news.”

December 27, 2021

Purdue Extension Soybean Specialist Dr. Shaun Casteel and Corn Specialist Dr. Dan Quinn joined HAT’s Eric Pfeiffer on the seminar stage during the recent Indiana Farm Equipment & Technology Expo to discuss the ups and downs of the 2021 season and to look ahead to 2022.

Casteel and Quinn both encourage farmers to take the winter to evaluate what worked and what didn’t so you can make adjustments for 2022. They also took questions from the crowd that was on-hand from the Expo.

Herbicides, particularly those that contain glyphosate, are already in short supply due to supply chain issues plaguing the U.S. Dr. Bill Johnson, Purdue Professor of Weed Science, join Extension Soybean Specialist Shaun Casteel and Corn Specialist Dan Quinn to discuss the price hikes and availability of herbicides for this spring.

They also discuss what an alternate plan might look like if glyphosate and glufosinate-based herbicides are unavailable.