Fun fact: A single tassel produces approximately 5+ million pollen grains…. Topics: – Growing Degree Day Update – What’s going on in my fields?…..Corn Development, Disease, Roots – Insect Update – Soybean Development As of July 10th, we have accumulated approximately the following for Growing Degree Days in 2020: Planting Date GDD’s2020 Average […]
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: GDU Accumulation, current and future weather conditions What’s going on in my fields right now….what’s next…. Insect Update Soybean Update Granular Insights Imagery GDU accumulation & Weather Conditions: As of June 25th, […]
I think this is a pretty apt description (among others!) for how the year of 2020 has gone. It’s been a mess in more ways than one. Topics for this Update: Temperatures and GDU accumulation. What’s going on in my fields right now…. Granular Insights & Imagery Temperatures and GDU accumulation: As of June 11th, […]
This is a quick update on seed corn maggots infestations in soybeans. Seed corn maggot infestation levels are usually very low, however, we are finding them in some area soybean fields in higher numbers than usual….in fact, in higher numbers than we have seen in 20+ years. Seed corn maggot flies are attracted to decaying […]
Some observations from scouting…. These photos illustrate some of what we are trying to accomplish by a quick circle of water on those heavy soils that are close to, or just emerging….especially corn/corn. Notice the swelled mesocotyl and the coleoptile. These plants just made it through the soil surface before they would’ve leafed out under […]
2020 continues to be full of surprises…many of the ‘not-so-great’ kind. We are officially in a freeze warning for the next couple of nights. What will exactly occur from this, one can not be certain…however, I have included a nice summary from our area Pioneer agronomist, Kevin Kowalski, on what to possibly expect….and what to […]
Pioneer, we have….emergence! First planted corn is starting to emerge. Here are a couple of photos from a plot planted April 21st. The first photo shows a newly emerged plant on P1366AML and the second photo shows our emergence trial. The flags represent emerged plants. We will be checking this plot each day and flagging […]
Short video on what is currently going on in our fields. The video is from the evening of April 30th, so does not reflect the heat of today. Overall, things are looking good on corn germination, etc. GDU accumulation as of April 30th is 104 GDU’s for an April 21st planting date and 77 GDU’s […]
Needless to say, we are living in some interesting and challenging times, as we live out Quarantine Day #!?!?….a little humor to get started….. I’m sure we can all relate to this comic strip….especially those who have children in the house ALL DAY….. We hope and pray that everyone is doing well, staying healthy […]
52095 838 Rd
Elgin, NE 68636
Phone (402) 843-5995