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...

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...

We’ve had all sorts of challenges this growing season, what’s one more? Conditions were right this year for more extensive development of...

Raise your hand if you planted some soybeans later than you would have liked this year. That it seemingly the reality for northeast...

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...

Introduction Over the last month or so, we’ve experienced a startling amount of cloudy and wet weather. And while this can have...

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...

The top two diseases causing economic impact in corn each year are Gray Leaf Spot and Southern Rust. While we generally get GLS each...

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...

You may have noticed in the last few weeks a fair amount of defoliation from Thistle caterpillars or Painted Lady caterpillars. What are...

Weather has posed a lot of different challenges for us this spring. From delayed planting and spraying, this year has been anything but...

Its not a topic we were hoping to have to be discussing. But here we are, end of May, and its time for that talk. Late planting...

This blog is going to be a little bit of a mashup of topics covering some of the more critical issues we’ve been seeing in the field....

High Yielding Corn If I had to guess, pursuing higher yielding corn is a goal for most of you. Who doesn’t want to see those numbers on...

While spring so far this year has been fairly dry and warm, conditions can still arise that would lead to development of some early...

While the majority of planter adjustments should have taken place when the planter was parked in the shop or in the yard, there are still...

Introduction It’s probably a topic that you don’t think about a lot. What is the best corn planting depth? We set our planters and go....

Introduction Sudden Death Syndrome is the second most costly soybean disease, second only to Soybean Cyst Nematode. It was first...

We’ve been getting a lot of questions about the best practice options for what is shaping up to be a tight spring. We are unfortunately...

It’s the costliest soybean disease in the United States, and has been in Brown County for around 20 years now. These facts alone give us...