Purdue Extension Corn Specialist Bob Nielsen and Soybean Specialist Shaun Casteel star in this edition of the Purdue Crop Chat Podcast. They discuss the impacts from February’s snow and severe cold temperatures, how early is too early to start planting, and what farmers should be thinking about as we approach planting season.

The Purdue Crop Chat Podcast is presented by the Indiana Soybean Alliance and the Indiana Corn Marketing Council.

In this Purdue Crop Chat Podcast, Purdue Extension’s Dr. Shaun Casteel and Dr. Bob Nielsen discuss the last round of USDA numbers, drought concerns in northern Indiana, and where to find resources for pouring through all of your data.

December 8, 2020

Purdue Extension Corn Specialist Bob Nielsen and Soybean Specialist Shaun Casteel give a rundown of what happened during #Harvest20 in the latest Purdue Crop Chat Podcast.

They also discuss the keys to choosing the right hybrids for 2021 and what the 2020 crop could have been if not for drought conditions across much of the state.

On the latest Purdue Crop Chat podcast, Purdue Extension corn specialist Dr. Bob Nielsen and soybean specialist Dr. Shaun Casteel discuss how crops are developing across the state, this hot, dry forecast, and how they’re using drones to scout fields.

Nielsen and Casteel are joined by state climatologist Dr. Beth Hall and Extension forage specialist Dr. Keith Johnson on this Purdue Crop Chat. Hall discusses the record-breaking nature of this past weekend’s freeze and a very wet forecast ahead while Johnson talks about making wheat into forage based on freeze damage.

Episode 4 addresses the ramp up of planting across Indiana and considerations for seeds going into soil that isn’t quite warm enough for establishing the best stands. Purdue Extension corn specialist Dr. Bob Nielsen says planting now certainly lines up with historical planting dates. HAT chief meteorologist Ryan Martin weighs in.

On this episode Drs. Nielsen and Casteel welcome Purdue Extension Weed Science specialist, Dr. Bill Johnson. Bill gets deep in the weeds to discuss managing problematic weeds in fields that were prevent plant acres from 2019 and more.