Farm Data Management: Part 1-Data Integrity

Every day, every year farmers work hard to prepare the soil, sow the seed, tend and harvest the crop. These traditions have been around...

Anhydrous Season is Upon Us!

With harvest winding down, farmers are gearing up to start Anhydrous Application. In this blog post I want to remind you of some safety...

High Yields & Low Grain Prices: Managing your Potassium and Phosphorus

High yields are being harvested from most of Iowa's fields this fall. However, due to low grain prices producers are considering to...

Tar Spot In Corn

Tar Spot was first discovered and reported in the United States in 2015 in Indiana and later that season in Illinois. This year Tar Spot...

Wet Weather creates a Challenge for Harvest

The 2016 growing season has been a strange one for sure-- hot during pollination and cooler and wet during August. The forecast going...

Scouting for Ear Rot

Warm, wet conditions as the grain dries down favors the development of Ear Rot. It is important to scout your fields for moldy ears and...

Safety Tips during Harvest

HAPPY FALL YA'LL! This is my favorite time of the year... the leaves are changing, its sweatshirt weather, and all the hard work done in...

Estimating Grain Yield Prior to Harvest

Wondering if you will have record high grain yields this year? Curious of that new variety you tried this year and what it will yield? In...

Bacterial Leaf Streak in Corn (BLS)

Bacterial Leaf Streak is a disease that is found in corn caused by Xanthomonas vasicola pv. vasculorum. This disease is not native to the...

Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) In Soybeans

First discovered in Arkansas in 1971, Sudden Death Syndrome is now know as one of the most important diseases of soybeans in the Midwest....