Boots In The Field Report

Nov 01 2024 346 ep. 10 mins 196
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One of the founding pillars of Crop-Tech Consulting is integrating a systems approach to farming. Crop-Tech is continually adding to their expertise and services. To aid in this process, CTC conducts over 150 test plots every year and works in conjunction with Farm Journal to gather research data on the industry’s equipment, practices, and technology. The Boots in the Field Report features Crop-Tech Consulting agronomist Ken Ferrie. He will keep you up-to-date by describing what he is seeing while in the field. 

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Episode 346: Boots In The Field Report November 1, 2024

Nov 01 2024 6 mins  
A 4R nitrogen plan starts now. In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken Ferrie reminds growers that if they are applying anhydrous this fall that they need to do it in conditions that will allow it to seal and conserve the nitrogen being applied, not letting it gas off.

Episode 345: Boots In The Field Report October 28, 2024

Oct 28 2024 9 mins  
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken Ferrie talks early plot results from fields harvested last week and also walks growers through options on fall tillage for the dry conditions we are facing.

Episode 344: Boots In The Field Report October 11, 2024

Oct 11 2024 5 mins  
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken Ferrie advises growers to have a harvest fire plan, and make sure everyone is aware of the plan and their part in the plan. In the dry areas he also recommends not just doing the stalk push test but also to check shank strength to make sure there aren’t fields hiding that Need to move up the priority list. Ken also reminds growers to

Episode 343: Boots In The Field Report September 27, 2024

Sep 27 2024 7 mins  
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report, Ken Ferrie says yield information is coming in slow, but yield reports are strong. How yields are affected by this late season drought depends on soil type, compaction present, and health of crop coming into the drought.  Ken encourages scouts to start doing push tests in fields and monitoring stock quality to make sure harvest order

Episode 342: Boots In The Field Report September 5, 2024

Sep 05 2024 6 mins  
If you aren’t seeing photocopy stands and photocopy ears, do a little investigation before the combine rolls through to figure where adjustments need to be made for next year to improve your systems approach.

Episode 341: Boots In The Field Report August 30, 2024

Aug 30 2024 4 mins  
Ken gives a crop condition recap and a pest scout report from farm visits. The dry weather has some big ears wanting to tip down early and nitrogen deficiencies are showing up strong in fields that didn’t have the nitrogen plan adjusted for early season loss. Ken covers this and more in this week’s Boots In The Field Report.

Episode 340: Boots In The Field Report August 19, 2024

Aug 19 2024 8 mins  
In this week’s #BIFR Ken gives a crop report both locally and on the road from OH, IA, and IN and recaps what he sees as the biggest risk to each area in finishing out their growing season.

Episode 339: Boots In The Field Report August 5, 2024

Aug 05 2024 9 mins  
Ken Ferrie covers crop conditions from his farm visits in this week’s Boots In The Field Report. He reports cases of SDS, white mold, red crown rot, aphids, and tar spot. He mentions that this is the heaviest corn aphid year he has seen and encourages growers to do accurate ear counts to know if adjusting your yield expectations is needed.

Episode 338: Boots In The Field Report July 8, 2024

Jul 08 2024 21 mins  
During the roundtrip from Heyworth, Illinois to Northeast Iowa and back, the area affected by heavy rains was larger than Ken was expecting to see. In this week’s Boots In The Field Report he gives a recap of the field conditions along the route, covers tar spot considerations and reminds the pest boss to be scouting for silk clippers and rate root feeding. He also speaks to the

Episode 337: Boots In The Field Report June 17, 2024

Jun 18 2024 11 mins  
Ken talks hail replant, no-tilling beans after wheat to conserve moisture, ugly corn phase and carbon penalty locking up some beans, need for doing stand evaluations now to document cause of uneven stands, rootless corn, nitrate loss, and water hemp out of control on this week’s Boots In The Field Report.