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Boots In The Field Report for September 22nd

By Crop Tech|September 22nd, 2017|Categories: Boots In The Field, Insects|Tags: harvest, LiDAR, pests|

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Boots In The Field Report for September 18th

By Crop Tech|September 18th, 2017|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: aphids, boots in the field report, central il, ILeVO, ken ferrie, sudden death, yield check|

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Boots In The Field Report for September 11th 2017

By Crop Tech|September 11th, 2017|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: crown rot, diplodia, drought, dry, ear mold, hustling of maturity, moisture, stress, sudden death, weather, white mold, yield|

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Boots In The Field Report for September 5th

By Crop Tech|September 5th, 2017|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: air, boots in the field report, crop tech, ken ferrie, rust, scout, southern, yield monitor clinic|

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Boots In The Field Report for August 28th

By Crop Tech|August 28th, 2017|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: beans, black layer, drift damage, edge scorching, fall, harvest preperations, imagery, landlord, rain, rootworm|

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Boots In The Field Report for August 18th

By Crop Tech|August 21st, 2017|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: boots in the field report, diplodia, ken ferrie, spider mite, white mold, yield reduction|

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Boots In The Field Report for August 11th

By Crop Tech|August 14th, 2017|Categories: Boots In The Field, Corn, Pest Managment|Tags: boots in the field report, crop tech, dicamba, ear count, gray leaf, ken ferrie, moisture, reop report, rust|

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Boots In The Field Report August 4th

By Crop Tech|August 7th, 2017|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: crop tech, ferrie, ken f, pollination, scouting|

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Boots In The Field Report for July 14th

By Crop Tech|July 14th, 2017|Categories: Boots In The Field, Corn, Insects, Pest Managment, Soybean, Video|Tags: agronomy, aphids, boots in the field, crop-tech consulting, insects, japanese beetles, ken ferrie, scouting|

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Boots In The Field Report for July 7th

By Crop Tech|July 7th, 2017|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: aphids, heat stress, hybrids, japanese beetle, pest boss, pollination, western bean cutworm|

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