Rachel Stevens
Simplifying Seed Treatments
With planting right around the corner, we thought we’d drop in with a quick note about seed treatment options. There’s a lot of language...
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Rachel
- Sep 1, 2021
- 5 min
Corn Maturity and Drydown Rates
**This post was originally posted in September 2018 but has been updated to include 2021 data and weather conditions As we’ve gotten...
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Rachel Stevens
- Jun 16, 2021
- 2 min
Foliar Fungicides for Plant Health
We’ve talked a lot in past blogs about the importance of foliar fungicides, both in corn and beans. Most of these posts are about...
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Rachel Stevens
- May 19, 2021
- 2 min
Seed treatment protection window against early season insect pressure
It’s that time of year again---everything in our fields are changing so rapidly, it can be hard to keep up. One of those things that can...
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Rachel Stevens
- May 5, 2021
- 2 min
Early Season Weed Scouting and Herbicide Recommendations
Other than getting seeds in the ground, there is one other item at the top of our to do lists: keeping our fields clean and giving our...
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Rachel Stevens
- Apr 20, 2021
- 3 min
Steps to Reducing Early Season Stress
We all want the best possible start to our growing season and to get our crops off to a great start. That is the foundation of reaching...
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Rachel Stevens
- Apr 5, 2021
- 2 min
Plant your Soybeans Earlier in 2021
We’ve done studies across several years testing soybean planting date, all with the same theory in mind. By shifting our soybean planting...
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Rachel Stevens
- Mar 23, 2021
- 2 min
The Importance of Residual Herbicides
When we look at our price of inputs for all our crop acres, it can be tempting to try to find some ways to cut some corners. One of the...
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Rachel Stevens
- Mar 10, 2021
- 3 min
What's the Deal with Down Pressure?
With planting just around the corner, we wanted to spend some time in the next few weeks talking about some planting topics. First up...
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Rachel Stevens
- Feb 24, 2021
- 3 min
Reflecting on the Past Year
It’s hard to believe its been about a year since our worlds changed. February of last year, most of us were going about our lives,...
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Rachel Stevens
- Feb 9, 2021
- 3 min
Modes of Action--The important things you need to know.
We spend a lot of time picking out chemistries, selecting the best combinations of pre and post herbicides, determining timing and rates,...
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Rachel Stevens
- Jan 26, 2021
- 2 min
Let it Snow--5 things you didn't know about Snow
With our recently missed, or under-projected snow fall, I got thinking about snow and thought it might be fun to share some interesting...
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Rachel Stevens
- Jan 13, 2021
- 2 min
Chatting about Qrome
QROME We’ve been throwing that phrase around for a year or so now. You may recognize it as the Q that is on the end of some of our newer...
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Rachel Stevens
- Dec 29, 2020
- 3 min
Let's Start Small...
Two years ago I wrote a post on goal setting as we headed into 2019. We discussed how to create SMART goals. SMART goals are specific,...
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Rachel Stevens
- Dec 16, 2020
- 3 min
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
We are a week early, but Merry Christmas from all of us at Pederson Seed and Services. It seems like all I keep saying, but what a year....
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Rachel Stevens
- Dec 2, 2020
- 2 min
What are your winter shop projects?
While the list of projects on your to do list is probably never ending, everything seems a little less pressing once harvest is done....
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Rachel Stevens
- Nov 17, 2020
- 4 min
Understanding Field Variability
You’ve probably read it several times on our blog. “Your fields aren’t uniform, so don’t treat them like they are.” We wanted to spend...
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Rachel Stevens
- Nov 4, 2020
- 3 min
The Importance of a Fall Burndown
With dry conditions and lots of good running days, many of you have experienced a shortened harvest season and have, or are wrapping up...
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Rachel Stevens
- Oct 21, 2020
- 3 min
Nitrogen Rates and Planning for 2021
Ahh the joys of farming. One season not done, and already looking to the next. While harvest is still underway, we did want to start...
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Rachel Stevens
- Oct 6, 2020
- 3 min
Harvest Field Fire Prevention and Reaction
I don’t think I have to say this---but, you guys, we are dry. From September 1st to now, we’ve had a whopping total of .86 inches. TOTAL....
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Rachel Stevens
- Sep 22, 2020
- 3 min
Plant Health is more than just Yield
I was listening to The Corn Revolution Podcast this week and the topic they were discussing really got me thinking. The title was “Plant...
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Rachel Stevens
- Sep 9, 2020
- 3 min
Estimating Yield, What Method is Best?
Every year about this time we start on our great quest to estimate yields for different fields and hybrids. These yield estimates can be...
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Rachel Stevens
- Aug 26, 2020
- 2 min
Dealing With Harvest Stress
Stress Management Harvest 2020 We are approaching what can be the most exciting and also one of the most stressful times of the year....
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Rachel
- Aug 5, 2020
- 3 min
GDU Accumulation Impacts on Crop Maturity
With our high frequency of rain in July, we’ve had quite a few overcast days. We’ve had several people ask if this reduction in solar...
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Rachel
- Jul 22, 2020
- 3 min
Our Soybean Fungicide Talking Points
Each year we discuss the importance of using foliar fungicides in soybeans, and this year is no different. Through several years of...
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Rachel
- Jul 8, 2020
- 2 min
Some Helpful Guidelines for your 2020 Corn Fungicide Application
Here we are; its that time of the year again. Time to talk about foliar fungicide applications in corn. While I could spend a lot of time...
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Rachel
- Jun 23, 2020
- 4 min
A Few Tips for a Healthy Summer
The official start to summer arrived a few days ago, so we thought we’d start the season off right with a few tips to have a healthy...
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Rachel
- Jun 10, 2020
- 6 min
A History of Brown County. Part 2.
It's time for part 2 of our history of Brown County. We had such good feedback on some of the fun tidbits we uncovered that we thought...
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Rachel
- May 27, 2020
- 3 min
Are You Losing N? And what can You do About it?
Brown Co. KS normally has a monthly rainfall total of 4.8 inches for May. Month to date, we are sitting at 5.8 inches, above normal but...
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Rachel
- May 13, 2020
- 4 min
Top 6 Spray Considerations for Post Applications in Corn
As we are beginning to see many operations close in on the end of planting and start looking to the next operation, we wanted to discuss...
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Rachel
- Apr 29, 2020
- 3 min
What's our Yield Potential for May Planted Corn and Soybeans?
With a shift towards some more rainy conditions, and many of you recalling our planting timeline from 2019, we’ve had an increase in...
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Rachel
- Apr 15, 2020
- 4 min
Is your Corn at Risk for Cold Injury?
Corn is a tropical plant. Just your reminder when you are frustrated that your corn has been sitting in the ground for 3 weeks in cool...
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Rachel
- Apr 1, 2020
- 4 min
Considerations for Early Plant Soybeans
Warm weather this week has everyone itching to get moving. Sprayers are making tracks in the field, and before we know it, planters will...
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Rachel
- Mar 18, 2020
- 2 min
PSS COVID-19 Preparedness Plan
With all the chaos and uncertainty going on in regards to COVID19, we wanted to take a minute to discuss what you can expect of us as...
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Rachel
- Mar 4, 2020
- 3 min
The Planting Season Checklist You Didn't Know You Needed
Ever year around this time we post an article about getting your planter ready for the planting season. We go over planter frame, row...
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Rachel
- Feb 17, 2020
- 4 min
Commentary and Musings from the National Farm Machinery Show
I spent last Wednesday walking around the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, KY. If you’ve ever had the privilege of going, you...
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Rachel
- Feb 5, 2020
- 5 min
The Case for Learning
The farther we get into winter, the harder it is to decide on what topic to write about this week. My instincts always say to stick with...
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Rachel
- Jan 21, 2020
- 4 min
A Brief History of Brown County Agriculture
This week’s blog post is going to be a little different. Instead of focusing on an agronomy topic, we are going to take a look at the...
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Rachel
- Jan 8, 2020
- 6 min
In Pursuit of 600.
David Hula has done it again, this time with an impressive, record setting, 616 bushels per acre. This tops the world record that he set...
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Rachel
- Dec 11, 2019
- 5 min
Grain Storage Management--5 things to focus on
With harvest wrapped up and your grain nicely stored away in the bins, its high time we had a talk about some best management practices...
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Rachel
- Nov 13, 2019
- 3 min
5 Considerations for Fall Anhydrous
While we’ve seen a drop in soil temps at 2 inches and 4 inches during the last week, as this cold front moves out and we return to highs...
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Rachel
- Oct 30, 2019
- 3 min
Top 5 Reasons You Should be Soil Sampling
We may be a little biased, but we think soil sampling is one of the most important purchases you can make for your farm. With influence...
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Rachel
- Oct 16, 2019
- 4 min
Our Stalk Rot Situation: Update and Best Management Practices
We’ve had all sorts of challenges this growing season, what’s one more? Conditions were right this year for more extensive development of...
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Rachel
- Oct 2, 2019
- 5 min
The Race to Soybean Maturity
Raise your hand if you planted some soybeans later than you would have liked this year. That it seemingly the reality for northeast...
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Rachel
- Sep 18, 2019
- 4 min
SDS in Full Swing--Take Action to Prepare for 2020 and 2021
I know we aren’t supposed to complain about rain—and I’m not! But I will just say, the unusually wet growing season we have had has led...
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Rachel
- Sep 4, 2019
- 5 min
Will a Cloudy August Impact Corn Yields?
Introduction Over the last month or so, we’ve experienced a startling amount of cloudy and wet weather. And while this can have...
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Rachel
- Aug 21, 2019
- 6 min
The Pioneers of Corn Breeding: The Corn Revolution of 1926
Each week I check in with Andy to see what the hot topic is around the office and try to focus my blog post on something that would help...
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Rachel
- Aug 5, 2019
- 5 min
Southern Rust Outlook 2019
The top two diseases causing economic impact in corn each year are Gray Leaf Spot and Southern Rust. While we generally get GLS each...
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Rachel
- Jul 24, 2019
- 4 min
Soybean Fungicide Applications, 2018 Results and 4 year summary
Sometimes its just hard to believe how fast the time goes. Believe it or not, its time to talk soybean fungicides again. Before you hit...
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Rachel
- Jul 3, 2019
- 5 min
Thistle caterpillars, Painted Ladies, and Japanese Beetles, oh my!
You may have noticed in the last few weeks a fair amount of defoliation from Thistle caterpillars or Painted Lady caterpillars. What are...
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