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Boots In The Field Report for February 17th

By Crop Tech|February 17th, 2017|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: boots in the field report, ctc, ken ferrie, tillage, vertical till|

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Boots In The Field Report for October 28th

By Crop Tech|October 28th, 2016|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: boots in the field report, ken ferrie|

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Listen this week to the Boots in the Field Report as Ken covers what he found from the inquiry into the sudden drop in bean yields and what to do about it next year. He reminds anyone dealing with ruts that we want to get those taken care of this year and not wait [...]

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Boots In The Field Report September 23rd

By Crop Tech|September 23rd, 2016|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: boots in the field report, corn, diplodia, harvest, ken ferrie, rust, soybean|

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Ken gives an update on what has been called in for yield reports in our testing area. Strong yields in both corn and beans coming in, but for most areas still 10-20 bushel less for farm averages than they saw in 2014. Also getting some reports of 4-16% damage on corn, mainly from diplodia. [...]

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Boots In The Field Report for September 6th

By Crop Tech|September 6th, 2016|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: boots in the field report, crop-tech consulting, harvest, ken ferrie, yield|

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Ken gives some tips for prioritizing your fields for harvest order. A lot of growers are planning on starting harvest this week to get some of the fields that have started falling apart and have standability issues. Ken also recommends checking to see if corn borers have started to weaken the shanks causing ears [...]

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Boots In The Field Report July 29th

By Crop Tech|July 29th, 2016|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: boots in the field report, corn aphids, crop report, crop-tech consulting, green snap, ken ferrie, soybean aphids, sudden death|

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Boots In The Field Report May 25th

By Crop Tech|May 25th, 2016|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: boots in the field report, ken ferrie|

Video for Replant and Population Tests: http://www.croptechinc.com/soybean-populations-and-replant-decisions/ Crop-Tech Population Tool: http://www.croptechinc.com/population/

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Boots In The Field Report: Frost Edition

By Crop Tech|May 17th, 2016|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: boots in the field report, corn, crop-tech consulting, frost, ken ferrie, nitrates, soybean|

Ken gives a recap of planting progress across our testing area in Illinois. He has received a lot of calls concerning this weekend’s frost and covers what that means for both corn and beans. Ken talks about the added dangers of frosted crops in saturated soil and cautions against applying your post herbicide [...]

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Boots In The Field Report for May 13th

By Crop Tech|May 13th, 2016|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: BIFR, boots in the field report, cold weather, crop tech, cropt ech, ctc, cutworm, ken ferrie, nitrates, wheat disease|

Ken discusses cutworm, cold weather, wheat disease, nitrates, and what to expect in the coming weeks.

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Boots In the Field Report April 15th 2016

By Crop Tech|April 15th, 2016|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: boots in the field report, crop-tech consulting, ken ferrie, plant 2016|

Ken covers the major things to consider when trying to figure out when to start planting in Central Illinois and other topics you need to be thinking about for the start of the 2016 growing season.

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Boots In The Field Report November 23rd

By Crop Tech|November 23rd, 2015|Categories: Boots In The Field|Tags: 2015 boots in the field, agronomy thursday, boots in the field report, crop tech, crop-tech consulting, hand shelling, ken ferrie, technology tuesday, tillage|

Ken gives his last Boots in the Field Report of 2015. He recaps the hand shelling day and gives advice for those that have fields that missed the tillage window. Look out in December/January for the return of Technology Tuesday and Agronomy Thursday.

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