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Boots In The Field Report October 18, 2022

By |October 18th, 2022|Categories: Boots In The Field|

In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken talks bigger than expected swings in bean yields and attributes that to the maturity of the bean planted and the weather it received. He is getting a lot more reports of white mold showing up and recommends combine operators make a note for [...]

Boots In The Field Report October 7, 2022

By |October 7th, 2022|Categories: Boots In The Field|

Ken talks about the gift and the curse of the dry fall: easier harvesting without getting equipment stuck/wheel tracks, don’t have to go as deep with fall tillage to get full width shatter, and good conditions to build fall strips, but without moisture it may make fall anhydrous applications impossible to seal. [...]

Boots In The Field Report September 23, 2022

By |September 23rd, 2022|Categories: Boots In The Field|

In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken covers the harvest reports coming in and the highlights from his recent Iowa / Minnesota crop tour. He reports Northern Iowa and Southern Minnesota seem to be the heaviest of Tar Spot Alley this year. Several areas had a challenging July and August [...]

Boots In The Field Report September 8, 2022

By |September 8th, 2022|Categories: Boots In The Field|

Ken Ferrie recaps 2,700 miles of crop touring over the last week on what he saw on the way up to Canada and coming back.  He also reports April planted corn locally is hitting black layer and causing some growers to think about harvesting soon to cash in on premiums. Ken additionally [...]

Boots In The Field Report July 15, 2022

By |July 15th, 2022|Categories: Boots In The Field|

In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken covers how quickly pollination is going, the increasing need to spray for silk clippings, why shorter corn might be a good thing come this fall, where tar spot has been reported and why even though it is later in the calendar year than last [...]

Boots In The Field Report July 7, 2022

By |July 7th, 2022|Categories: Boots In The Field|

In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken covers how we are progressing compared to normal, what to look for now before the corn tassels, and reminds growers about staying on top of aphids, spider mites, and rootworm. He also warns about fields showing resistance, which areas need to be on [...]

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