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- A True AgriGold Giant: The Legacy Of John Kermicle
Once a small seed company, AgriGold has changed through the years. In this episode, we celebrate the times of a true AgriGold Giant. Join our host, Todd Steinacher, as he walks through the career of AgriGold’s retiring Brand Manager, John Kermicle. John reminisces about his early career with AgriGold, and talks about the growth of the company, his accomplishments, and where he sees the company moving forward. We also get to hear his insights on the relationship between farmer and agronomist in this special interview.
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49 min - Unlocking Your Corn's Genetic Potential With Kevin Gale
Corn is an important staple crop worldwide. It’s no wonder that people look for ways to increase its production. Since the early days of farming, man has attempted to unlock corn’s genetic potential using various techniques. Joining Todd Steinacher is AgriGold’s regional agronomist and certified crop advisor, Kevin Gale. Kevin and Todd discuss the different ways people are trying to bring out corn’s true potential and how to take on the challenges of modern agriculture. Tune in to today’s episode and pick up some great insights on improving your corn yields.
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38 min - Let's Dive Into The Weeds: Weed Management In 2021
Farming and agriculture is a challenging, vital, profession. Many factors can make or break a crop. Todd Steinacher joins today’s guest, Joey Heneghan, AgriGold’s Regional Agronomist for Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota, as they discuss the many challenges faced in modern agronomy and how to face them down. Joey shares his insight on fertilizers, weed management, herbicides, and soil conditions. Tune in to today’s episode and learn how you can equip yourself and your farm with the best tips and increase its yield.
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51 min - Managing Your Corn Crop All The Way To Black Layer: The Western Perspective
Crop yields depend on a complex web of interconnected factors. As Kris Young, an AgriGold Regional Agronomist from Kansas, Colorado and Oklahoma explains, it boils down to corn crop management and how one understands the various elements linked to the breeding process. Joining Todd Steinacher for a chat, Kris also shares his thoughts on managing decisions on hybrid selection and corn population, and how everything leads back to black layer. Join in and learn the secrets to growing your corn crop and ensuring greater success in your yields.
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38 min - What's So Special About Specialty Products? Feat. Chuck Hill
Not all areas are well-positioned to take advantage of the specialty market, but if you find yourself in one of those, you might be looking at beautiful opportunities to earn more by investing in specialty products. In this episode, Todd Steinacher brings in AgriGold’s Specialty Products Manager, Chuck Hill to talk about the rising trends in specialty corns like waxy, white and non-GMO, as well as parallel developments in soybean. Chuck explains premium from a product management standpoint. He also explains what PCR testing means and why it matters in the non-GMO space. Join in and pick up some essential information that you can use should you find your way into opportunities in the specialty product niche.
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57 min - A Leap Of Faith: One Grower's Journey Into Fully Adopting Digital Ag With Jason Carey And Kurt Lambright
In this digital day and age, it has become easy to gain access to data to help inform your business decisions. Yet, in the agriculture industry, leveraging digital tools can often be seen as a little bit unconventional. Taking the leap of faith, Kurt Lambright, an Indiana farmer, started his journey with the digital process through the help of AgriGold Digital Ag Field Specialist Jason Carey. Together, they join Todd Steinacher in this episode to share how they worked together to help Kurt in fully adopting digital ag. From yield maps to software and equipment, Kurt and Jason take us through it, guiding us to efficient ways to utilize our products, make higher yield, and put more on the bottom line. Follow along to this conversation as you learn how to take advantage of the digital tools and platforms out there, ultimately changing the game for your farm.
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42 min - Learn, Unlearn, & Relearn – Soil Fertility And Crop Nutrition Education With Mark And Caleb Coots Of TEVA Corp.
If you want to succeed in any business, especially in agriculture, learning is non-negotiable. Luckily for us, this episode is going to treat us with bales of valuable wisdom on soil fertility and crop nutrition from two of the best minds at TEVA Corp. Father and son duo Mark Coots and Caleb Coots join Todd Steinacher in this extremely information-packed conversation about managing the health of your soil to increase crop yield and quality. The information they will be sharing have been curated for more than four decades of the company’s existence and even before that! Listen in and harvest a takeaway or two from this incredible generational wisdom.
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49 min - Challenge The Status Quo: How Precision Planting Can Yield Better Farming Results With Jason Webster
Farming has evolved a lot since it was first conceived generations ago. For Jason Webster of Precision Planting, proper use of technology can give farmers a bigger chance to yield a much better harvest. He sits down with Todd Steinacher to share how their team helps farmers go beyond the limiting factors by integrating brand new agricultural techniques and equipment to get the best results possible in any environment. They also talk about the importance of revisiting old farming tactics to pave the way for their reinvention, getting insights and feedback from other people, and how the challenges of 2020 allowed the agricultural industry to embrace significant changes.
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45 min - Take Action: Understanding Seedling Risk From Disease Feat. Dale Ireland
In the world of agriculture, nothing is ever 100% sure. That's why seed treatments play a huge role when tending to plants to help manage their stress, both biotic and abiotic. To help farmers understand their options when purchasing seed, Todd Steinacher brings in Dale Ireland, a Technical Product Lead in the Syngenta Seedcare division, to discuss the best seed treatments to achieve the highest amount of yield possible. From reading the signs of plant diseases and driving pests away to designing the best seed packaging for maximum protection, they go deep on the most effective strategies every farmer must know in growing corn and soybeans. At the end of the day, all of us are biologists who have an innate talent to interact with every living thing, which can be showcased when taking care of crops.
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1 hr 1 min - Never Walk Away From A Growing Crop: Lessons From The 2020 Growing Season With Ken Ferrie Of Crop-Tech Consulting
Soil testing is an important component to successful farming, but it is just the foundational piece of a bigger system. At Crop-Tech Consulting, growers are trained on everything there is to implement a complete system from tillage and planting to hybrid selection. At the helm of this systems approach to farming is Ken Ferrie. Joining Todd Steinacher on the show, Ken shares his insights on the data and takeaways from the 2020 growing season and gives some recommendations for future years. They have a saying at Crop-Tech that goes, “Never walk away from a growing crop.” Listen in and learn the significance of that powerful statement as we move forward to 2021 and beyond.
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About Yield Masters Podcast
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Farmers continually strive for higher yields. But to improve yield and maximize profit, one needs to be progressive and continually seek out…
knowledge.
Welcome to the Yield Masters Podcast! Hosted by Todd Steinacher, we bring you a show dedicated to providing you information, teachings, strategies, and methodologies to implement and achieve higher yields in your crop.
Todd Steinacher is passionate about agronomy and has a desire to help people succeed. Todd is an agronomist and Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) supporting West Central Illinois. When not in the fields working directly with farmers, Todd is very active with the Illinois Soybean Association as well as sitting on the Illinois CCA Board.
Currently, Todd Steinacher is a Regional Agronomist at AgriGold, a brand created over 80 years ago by farmers, for farmers. Built to deliver unrivaled genetic innovation and performance direct to the farm, AgriGold’s highest priority is to provide growers with the right genetics and the right technology backed by industry leading agronomic knowledge for every acre they plant. Todd has led or been involved with countless projects including flag test studies looking at emergence, nitrogen sampling, evaluating disease pressure and fungicide use, grain fill studies, fertility programs, and has experienced most of what farmers are dealing with today.
So much of agriculture is unpredictable. Todd’s philosophy is to remember that, and to do all we can to control the controllable. What is happening on your farm that is within your power to adapt and change? Your fertility program, residue management , hybrid and variety selection, maximizing grain fill?
During the Yield Master Podcast, you can expect to hear from other AgriGold agronomists, industry professionals, academic experts, and most importantly, the growers doing it right that we like to call Yield Masters. Wherever you're at in the country or throughout the season, from a yield standpoint, the primary cause of yield reduction is stresses. Here on the Yield Masters Podcast, you will learn to identify those major stresses that cause yield-limiting events within your crop, offset them, and minimize the impact. Not only this, but you will walk away with some relevant takeaways that you can implement yourself in your own fields.
We invite you to join Todd and his special guests in delightful and informative conversations as they highlight different issues and provide the perfect employable solutions. Arm yourself with proven and up-to-date agronomic knowledge so you can maximize your crop results. Tune in to the Yield Masters Podcast with Todd Steinacher and truly become yield masters!