Just a Quick Agronomic Update….. Topics: – Growing Degree Unit Update – Quick Crop Update/Water Use/Weather – Corn/Soybean Insect Update GROWING DEGREE UNIT UPDATE As of August 16th, we have accumulated approximately the following for Growing Degree Days in 2021: Planting Date GDU’s2021 Average GDU Departure from average April 24 […]
Topics: – Growing Degree Unit Update – What’s Going On In My Fields?…..Corn Development, Sunlight, Crop Water Use, Disease, etc…. – Corn/Soybean Insect Update – Soybean Development – Disease and more… GROWING DEGREE UNIT UPDATE As of August 5th, we have accumulated approximately the following for Growing Degree Days in 2021: Planting Date GDU’s2021 […]
Corn Fun Fact: One acre of corn eliminates 8 tons of carbon dioxide from the air….that’s 1200T from a 150 acre field. Topics: – Growing Degree Day Update – What’s going on in my fields?…..Corn Development, Disease, Crop Water Use…. – Corn/Soybean Insect Update – Soybean Development – Disease and more… As of July 21st, […]
I knew that title would generate some interest…..it’s not what you are thinking! 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, etc. – Fungicide/Disease in Corn – Insect Update – Soybean Development As of July 9th, we have […]
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…. Disease Update & Fungicides…. Insect Update Soybean Update TEMPERATURES/PRECIPITATION & GDU ACCUMULATION: As of June 29th, we have accumulated […]
How dry I am….that’s what plants are singing currently! TOPICS FOR THIS WATER USE UPDATE: Crop stage of growth and rooting depths ET Usage over the last 14 days Crop Response to Drought Stress What are the AquaSpy Moisture Probes showing? What to think about going into the next few weeks heading into pollination… CROP […]
It feels like summer has finally arrived as temperatures are heating up over the next 7-10 days. Also, it feels good to see the ‘summer activities’ also showing up in our local communities…it is nice to return to a more normal condition! TOPICS FOR THIS UPDATE: Temperatures/Precipitation & GDU accumulation What’s going on in my […]
When to Plant?…..Temperature Update…. The above photos are the latest 6-10 and 8-14 temperature outlooks as well as the latest three month temp and precip outlooks. The current 7-10 day outlook is for much below normal temperatures throughout the cornbelt. However, many recent forecasts are talking about a warming trend starting towards the end […]
2021 Pioneer ‘Crop Shop’ Agronomy Meeting, March 3, 2021 If you were unable to attend the meeting, or if you would like to review again the information, below are the video links to the Pioneer ‘Crop Shop’ Agronomy meeting. The video links cover the following topics: 2020 Year in Review and Yield trends — https://corteva.showpad.com/share/cB8rMW4zZnDtM4ObiXLPW […]
November 9, 2020 2020 Harvest Newsletter 2020 has been a year of unprecedented outcomes and unknown; of the world seeming to turn upside down. However, one constant for the year has been Mother Nature; as usual, she played the final role in overall yield for the 2020 growing season. GROWING SEASON REVIEW: Let’s look at […]
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