Crop-Tech

About Crop Tech

This author has not yet filled in any details.
So far Crop Tech has created 421 blog entries.

Boots In The Field Report June 25, 2021

By |June 25th, 2021|Categories: Boots In The Field|

In this week’s Boots in The Field Report Ken covers the prognosis for the corn that got blown down and beans that got hailed on in last weekend’s weather and what things to consider with the wet front moving in. While the rain should help stalled out beans and is a better [...]

Pre-Solstice Flowering-Why It Matters

By |June 23rd, 2021|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , |

Planting beans early to encourage pre-solstice flowering is focusing on adding more pods at the base of the plant. The pods need to be ½ inch or longer in length to make them more stable before the rows close to be able to hang onto those pods. Adding 2 pods per plant can [...]

Boots In The Field Report June 18, 2021

By |June 18th, 2021|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: , , , , , |

Ken gives a crop report from Minnesota and back, and while he might be a little biased, he indicates the best-looking crop is right here in central IL. Ken advocates for growers to take a Farm Mental Health Week and covers why some growers are seeing rootless corn at this point in [...]

Boots In The Field Report June 4, 2021

By |June 4th, 2021|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: , , , , , , |

Ken recaps the reports from the north on frost damage from the past weekend and a planting update from the Quincy area. The beans at the Corn College Campus are starting to flower and Ken warns growers with early planted beans to make sure they aren’t knocking off these early flowers with [...]

Boots In The Field Report May 28, 2021

By |May 28th, 2021|Categories: Boots In The Field|

Ken talks with CTC agronomist Matt Duesterhaus in Quincy, Il to see how they are dealing with the 15 inches of rain they have received since mid March, replant issues they have both been seeing, and how hybrid characteristics can help inform your plan for dealing with the ugly corn syndrome. They also [...]

Environment Matters When Placing Cutworm Traps

By |May 19th, 2021|Categories: Insects, Pest Managment|Tags: , , |

Your cutworm pressure will be affected by each field’s environment. Ken gives growers a comparison between two different trap locations and demonstrates the need to be tracking cutworm pressure in the fields with cover.

Go to Top