Agronomy Episodes
Every Ag View Pitch conversation on agronomy — summaries, key takeaways, and full transcripts.
Episode 494
Spring planting best practices
Pioneer agronomist Troy Deutmeyer gives planting depths, soybean populations by yield zone, and the 24-hour rule before a cold rain hits your seed.
Aug 2022
Crop tour? What now?
Jarod Creed reports from the 2022 Pro Farmer Crop Tour: Nebraska losses worth 2 to 3 bushels nationally, and why he pairs fertilizer buys with sales.
Aug 2022
Weekly market outlook, Aug. 22-26: it's time to plan your pre-harvest marketing strategy
Jarod Creed explains pre-harvest what-if revenue math, how a lower price changes an insurance claim, and pairing fertilizer buys with grain sales.
Aug 2022
Weekly market outlook, Aug. 15-19: WASDE
Peter Meyer explains what the August crop report actually measures, why crop tours still matter, and how fund money leaving changes what a rally needs.
May 2022
Weekly market outlook, May 2nd-6th: will delayed planting drive grain markets even higher?
Joe Vaclavik separates what planting delays mean for farming from what they mean for price, and why peak uncertainty creates the best selling windows.
Apr 2022
Spring planting season pointers for tillage and planting
Pioneer agronomists and a John Deere rep on sidewall compaction, 2-inch seed depth, gauge wheel down pressure, and corn populations of 30,000 to 34,000.
Jan 2022
Got fertilizer? What you need to know
Bryan Bednarek of StoneX explains why urea and phosphate hit 10-year highs, where US prices sit versus the Arab Gulf, and when to buy sidedress N.
Jul 2021
Conservation and carbon credits
Bill Northey tells farmers to test cover crops and no-till on one field, learn their carbon intensity score, and slow walk any carbon credit contract.
Jun 2021
June 30th acreage report ahead
Garret Brown previews USDA's June acreage and stocks reports: 93.7 million corn acres expected, why limit moves are common, and how to set a trigger.
Jun 2021
Crop update from Iowa: from freezing temps to 90 degrees as drought conditions intensify
Pioneer agronomists on Iowa frost damage, spraying in heat, drought stress at V6, and why 60 to 70 percent of fields come back short on potash.
May 2021
Dad's wisdom with John Kermicle, southeast Illinois
AgriGold brand lead John Kermicle on 35-plus years in seed, why he resisted selling soybeans too long, and how he handles agriculture's cycles.
May 2021
Crop update with Roger and Grant Rix
Roger and Grant Rix on planting the whole crop in three weeks near Aberdeen, why no-till held moisture, and corn basis running 24 cents over.
May 2021
Crop update: SW Minnesota is cold and dry
Neil reports the most timely planting he has seen in southwest Minnesota, temperatures 15 degrees below average, uneven emergence and a dry soil profile.
May 2021
Crop update from Indiana
Two Indiana growers on May 2021 planting progress, a Mother's Day flood in the central part of the state, and holding 115-day corn into late May.
May 2021
Crop update from Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa
Three growers report May 2021 planting: Michigan wheat and 30-over basis, a 36-row Wisconsin planter, and Iowa no-till beans surviving frost.
May 2021
Crop update from Ohio
Mark Schaffer reports north central Ohio rained out two weeks, corn near 35 percent planted, and explains why he doubts a late shift to corn acres.
May 2021
Spring fieldwork and planting update from Canada
Trevor Thompson calls in from the tractor in Saskatchewan: over 30 percent seeded, 16 to 18 inches of moisture, and the highest canola price he has seen.
May 2021
Spring fieldwork and planting update from Nebraska
Zach Paulman plants 2,500 acres of popcorn in western Nebraska, with populations of 28 to 34 on irrigated and 14 to 16 dryland, and all yellow corn in.
May 2021
Spring fieldwork and planting update: planting drought in North Dakota
Chase Dewitz on 1.06 inches of moisture since September, cutting fertilizer to a 2x2 starter, positive cash basis, and cows heading to town in June.
May 2021
Spring fieldwork and planting update from Iowa
Chris Barron reports very dry northeast Iowa soils, the fastest planting pace he has seen, April 6 soybeans already emerged, and a strong cash basis.
Apr 2021
Spring fieldwork and planting update from Missouri
Rance Daniels reports 75 percent of southeast Missouri rice planted, dry fieldwork running ahead of schedule, and easier lender talks on better prices.
Apr 2021
Spring fieldwork and planting update from Arkansas
Fred Black farms cotton, corn, rice and soybeans near Dumas, Arkansas. Corn is 90 percent planted, rice acres are down by half, and cotton waits a week.
Apr 2021
Is it too cold to plant?
Pioneer agronomist Eric Zumbach gives three planting checks: soil fit by ribbon test, 50-degree soil at 3 to 4 inches, and a warming 3-to-5-day forecast.
Apr 2021
Early soybeans and planting progress in central Illinois
Jacob Wade plants soybeans in late March, targets 120,000 to 130,000 population, and reports 7 to 12 bushel gains from reproductive fungicide.
Apr 2021
Spring fieldwork and planting update from southwest Illinois
Dave Eidman at Mascoutah, Illinois on three days of anhydrous, an inch of rain, corn on corn second thoughts, and ADM new crop basis bids for fall.
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