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Boots In The Field Report For July 20, 2018

By |July 20th, 2018|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

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Boots In The Field Report For July 13, 2018

By |July 13th, 2018|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTI3aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZwb2RvbWF0aWMuY29tJTJGZW1iZWQlMkZodG1sNSUyRmVwaXNvZGUlMkY4ODQzMTYzJTNGYXV0b3BsYXklM0R0cnVlJTI3JTIwaGVpZ2h0JTNEJTI3MjA4JTI3JTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjc3MjglMjdmcmFtZWJvcmRlciUzRCUyNzAlMjclMjBtYXJnaW5oZWlnaHQlM0QlMjcwJTI3JTIwbWFyZ2lud2lkdGglM0QlMjcwJTI3JTIwc2Nyb2xsaW5nJTNEJTI3bm8lMjclMjBhbGxvd2Z1bGxzY3JlZW4lM0UlM0MlMkZpZnJhbWUlM0U=[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken covers a host of pests including: Gray Leaf, Northern Leaf Blight, Brown Spot, Corn Aphids, Japanese Beetles, Western Bean Cutworm, and Rootworm. He also recaps how pollination is going, Being ahead on GDUs and what the as Applied Downforce maps are telling us.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_images_carousel images="7606,7607" img_size="full"][vc_btn title="Scholorship [...]

Boots In The Field Report For July 6, 2018

By |July 6th, 2018|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

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Boots In The Field Report for June 29, 2018

By |June 29th, 2018|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: , , , , , |

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Boots In The Field Report for June 22nd 2018

By |June 22nd, 2018|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

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Boots In The Field Report for June 7th, 2018

By |June 7th, 2018|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: , , , , , , |

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Boots In The Field Report for June 1, 2018

By |June 1st, 2018|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: , |

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTI3aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZwb2RvbWF0aWMuY29tJTJGZW1iZWQlMkZodG1sNSUyRnBvZGNhc3QlMkY0OTkyNTM1JTNGYXV0b3BsYXklM0R0cnVlJTI3JTIwaGVpZ2h0JTNEJTI3MjA4JTI3JTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjc3MjglMjdmcmFtZWJvcmRlciUzRCUyNzAlMjclMjBtYXJnaW5oZWlnaHQlM0QlMjcwJTI3JTIwbWFyZ2lud2lkdGglM0QlMjcwJTI3JTIwc2Nyb2xsaW5nJTNEJTI3bm8lMjclMjBhbGxvd2Z1bGxzY3JlZW4lM0UlM0MlMkZpZnJhbWUlM0U=[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken covers how the conditions in the field now will be indicative of how they will pollinate later and what that means for your crop. He also issues a warning to dry areas to watch out for spider mites at the borders.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_placement="middle"][vc_column][vc_gallery interval="3" images="7572,7573,7574" img_size="full"][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Boots In The Field Report for May 24, 2018

By |May 24th, 2018|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: , , , |

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Boots In The Field Report for May 18, 2018

By |May 18th, 2018|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: , , |

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTI3aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZwb2RvbWF0aWMuY29tJTJGZW1iZWQlMkZodG1sNSUyRmVwaXNvZGUlMkY4Nzk1Mzk3JTNGYXV0b3BsYXklM0R0cnVlJTI3JTIwaGVpZ2h0JTNEJTI3MjA4JTI3JTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjc3MjglMjdmcmFtZWJvcmRlciUzRCUyNzAlMjclMjBtYXJnaW5oZWlnaHQlM0QlMjcwJTI3JTIwbWFyZ2lud2lkdGglM0QlMjcwJTI3JTIwc2Nyb2xsaW5nJTNEJTI3bm8lMjclMjBhbGxvd2Z1bGxzY3JlZW4lM0UlM0MlMkZpZnJhbWUlM0U=[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken announces the kick off of ugly corn week for a lot of folks. He covers who is most likely to see this and what some of the causes are. Ken discusses rootless corn and what dry weather has to do with a lot of the issues [...]

Boots In The Field Report For May 11, 2018

By |May 11th, 2018|Categories: Boots In The Field|

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