Evaluating Late Spring Field Readiness!
Are You Ready? Ken Ferrie walks through how to tell if a field is ready to plant and how to move forward, aware of the consequences, when you have to push marginal conditions.
Boots In The Field Report May , 2019
Once farmers get this crop in the ground, they will have to use all of their resources to hang onto their yield all the way to the finish line. Ken Ferrie talks about #plant19 and how later planting affects the need for starter and insecticide in this week's Boots In The Field [...]
Time To Swap Out Hybrids?
When is it time to start thinking about changing maturities? Ken Ferrie takes an in-depth look at the numbers behind making changes to what day hybrid you plant and the season long implications this decision will have. Ken helps to remove some of the emotion and stress of passing calendar days with [...]
Boots In The Field Report April 25, 2019
Ken talks weather delays and the importance of not letting your fertilizer plans delay your planting window in this week's Boots In The Field Report. He also covers what to look for in compaction culprits and which environments need to wait and which ones can move ahead. [...]
Boots In The Field Report April 12, 2019
Ken covers what he has been seeing this week as he drives fields with farmers. This week's report covers: filling in ruts, anhydrous application train-wrecks, wheel track compaction, and plan adjustments based on the weather pattern.
Boots In The Field Report April 5, 2019
This week on the Boots In The Field Report Ken covers what questions to consider when trying to reduce your pesticide bills. The area outlined in black, received the excessive rain in 2015 and saw a reduction in root worm resistance. The area outlined in yellow did not receive [...]
Boots In The Field Report March 29, 2019
In response to the large number of questions coming in this week on this very topic, Ken talks about options for fixing ruts and erosion in no till and reduced till environments.
Boots In The Field Report March 15, 2019
Didn't get your fall nitrogen on? Ken talks nitrogen options for this spring and touches on the risk of late spring NH3. Corn & Soybean College
Boots In The Field Report for February 18, 2019
In this week's Boots In The Field Report Ken covers the new things the crew took in while down at the 2019 National Farm Machinery Show.
Boots In The Field Report February 8, 2019
Ken takes the time during this week's Boots In The Field Report to discuss why hybrid characteristics is such a focus for Crop-Tech and the reaction to the information while presenting out on the road.