Entries by johnstarman

AGRONOMIC UPDATE – July 31, 2023….what a difference a month can make….

Topics: – Growing Degree Day Update/Forecast Maps – What’s going on in my fields?…..Corn Development, ET rates, Disease, etc.  – Insect Update – Soybean Development TEMPERATURES & GDU ACCUMULATION: As of July 30th, we have accumulated approximately the following for Growing Degree Units in 2023: Planting Date     GDD’s2022          Average GDD     Departure from […]

AGRONOMIC UPDATE JULY 12, 2023….Weather pattern change?….

Topics: – Growing Degree Day Update/Forecast Maps – What’s going on in my fields?…..Corn Development, etc.  – Fungicide/Disease in Corn – Insect Update – Soybean Development As of July 11th, we have accumulated approximately the following for Growing Degree Days in 2023: TEMPERATURES & GDU ACCUMULATION: Planting Date     GDD’s2023           Average GDD  […]

ARONOMIC UPDATE, JUNE 29, 2023…Hopefully we will be ‘singing-in-the-rain’ this weekend….

Fun Fact:  It takes 91 gallons of water to produce one pound of corn….that’s roughly 5,000 gallons per bushel! TOPICS FOR THIS UPDATE: Temperatures/Precipitation & GDU accumulation What’s going on in my fields right now….ET rates, silking, etc. Disease Update & Fungicides…. Insect Update Soybean Update TEMPERATURES & GDU ACCUMULATION: As of June 27th, we […]

AGRONOMIC UPDATE JUNE 10, 2023….Let it rain….

TOPICS FOR THIS UPDATE: Planting and Early Spring conditions…. Temperatures & GDU accumulation What’s going on in my fields right now…. Crop Water Use Rapid Growth Syndrome in Corn Insect Update Soybean Update PLANTING AND EARLY SPRING CONDITIONS….. 2023 planting season started off very cold.  The month of April was on the cold side with […]

AGRONOMIC UPDATE MAY 8, 2023…

This is just a quick update on planting and initial emergence…. What a beautiful rain we received this past weekend….very blessed!   It was desperately needed and it appears that significant amounts were received throughout our area. As of May 7th, we have accumulated approximately the following for Growing Degree Units in 2023: Planting Date     GDU’s2023 April […]

AGRONOMIC UPDATE – APRIL 7, 2023….different from a year ago….

With the 2023 Planting season upon us, we wanted to give a quick update as we begin thinking about planting.  One thing that is certain is that 2023 spring planting conditions will be different from the 2022 spring conditions, in both residue and soil moisture.   There is decent moisture in the top ten inches currently, […]

MID-WINTER AGRONOMY UPDATE – February 7, 2023….

Mid-Winter Update: While currently, our fields look like this…. It won’t be long and our fields will look like this…. No matter if we have six more weeks of winter or not, spring is on its way.  At least the weather pattern as far as moisture is concerned seems to have changed from last year, […]

AGRONOMIC UPDATE – September 15, 2022….Harvest is close….

Harvest is very close…a few dryland corn and soybean acres are starting to come out….hearing low 30’s to upper 20’s on the dryland corn moistures and 13 or so, on soybean moisture on dryland. Topics Growing Degree Day Update/Weather Update Current Corn Conditions…. Pre Harvest… As of September 14th, we have accumulated approximately the following […]

AGRONOMIC UPDATE – September 6, 2022….Late in the 4th quarter of the game now…

Harvest is around the corner….but irrigation season is not quite done…. Topics: Growing Degree Day Update/Weather Update Current Corn Conditions…. Prioritizing Harvest! Current Soybean Conditions…. As of September 5th, we have accumulated approximately the following for Growing Degree Units in 2022: Planting Date     GDU’s2021          Average GDU     Departure from average April 21    […]

AGRONOMIC UPDATE – August 15, 2022….A Break in the Temps….

Topics: Growing Degree Unit Update Quick Crop Update/Water Use/Weather Impact of Pivot Issues Corn/Soybean Insect Update Enlist E3 Soybeans and Weed Control System TEMPERATURES & GDU ACCUMULATION: As of August 14th, we have accumulated approximately the following for Growing Degree Units in 2022: Planting Date     GDD’s2022          Average GDD     Departure from average April […]