Agronomy Episodes
Every Ag View Pitch conversation on agronomy — summaries, key takeaways, and full transcripts.
Apr 2021
Spring fieldwork and planting update from North Dakota
Levi Taylor reports from southeast North Dakota: drills parked in wet fields, frost still coming out, acres up after prevent plant, corn basis near zero.
Apr 2021
Spring fieldwork and planting update from Texas
Russell French reports Texas corn from V7 in the Rio Grande Valley to unplanted Panhandle acres, plus a big acreage shift into grain sorghum.
Apr 2021
Spring fieldwork and planting update from Alabama
Drew Wendlandt farms an hour west of Montgomery. He explains why 12 inches of rain since March 15 means replanting, and how his acres split this year.
Mar 2021
Pre-prospective plantings report discussion
Garret Brown previews the March 2021 acreage report: 93.2M corn, 90M soybean and 45M wheat estimates, drought in spring wheat country, safrinha risk.
Mar 2021
Gavin Spoor: first generation Missouri popcorn farmer
Gavin Spoor started farming 6 acres at 19 and added popcorn. He covers seed cost, combine settings, 10 to 15% cleaning loss, and selling direct to stores.
Mar 2021
What is a Premier Crop system?
Dan Frieberg and Brenton Rossman explain learning blocks, yield efficiency and breakeven cost per bushel maps that show which acres actually pay.
Dec 2020
Cutting through the fluff: 2021 chemical programs
Ben Blair breaks down the 2021 FMC, BASF, Bayer Plus and Corteva chemical rebate programs, plus 0% JDF financing and how to compare net cost per acre.
Rewind
Spooky look back at 2019 (10-22-2019)
Mark Belter reports 0% harvested near Fargo after a 5-inch snow, corn projected at 25 to 28% moisture on December 1, and drying options running short.
Oct 2020
Phantom yield loss: what are you leaving in the corn field?
John Maxwell and Ben Blair measured 2.2% yield loss per point of field drying and show why spending 4.5 cents a point to dry corn still pays.
Sep 2020
September 11th USDA pre-report discussion
Steve Johnson explains USDA's three survey methods and why implied ear weight could make the September 11 corn number look too big after the derecho.
Aug 2020
Mechanically unharvestable
Steve Johnson explains the RMA unharvestable rule after the 2020 derecho: zero production counted, no check strip, and why to call your adjuster now.
Aug 2020
Hurricane Laura visits Arkansas
Fred Black reports 4.5 inches of rain and an hour of 50 mph wind: down corn at 50 percent harvested, flattened cotton, and which soybeans held up.
Aug 2020
Bullish market drivers ahead?
Duane Lowry says the harvest low is in: cut 5 to 6 bushels off USDA's 181.8 corn yield, add China demand, and carryout drops near 2.2 billion.
Aug 2020
The devastation of the derecho continues
An Iowa farmer lost his whole grain site to 114 mph winds. Grain bagging, a 30 percent corn yield loss estimate, and what basis does when bins vanish.
Aug 2020
Episode 200: Sunday night market outlook
Duane Lowry on why derecho losses may not move the corn balance sheet but can still move price, and how to set a sale off your own margin target.
Aug 2020
Aftermath of the Iowa derecho firsthand from a farmer
All 2,500 acres of Brandt Fehl's corn took damage from 100 mph winds. He and Chris Barron talk storage, drying 30% corn, and where basis goes next.
Aug 2020
Shay Foulk and Meaghan Anderson discuss the aftermath of the derecho
ISU agronomist Meaghan Anderson on the August 2020 derecho: yield loss at R4, silage timing, aflatoxin risk, and why to harvest damaged fields first.
Aug 2020
USDA's report to set new baselines
Duane Lowry argues China will keep buying US corn, spot prices sit near 11-year lows, and basis should firm into harvest instead of collapsing.
Jun 2020
Pre-report discussion: Sunday night market outlook 06-28-2020
Duane Lowry reads a one-sided corn market ahead of a USDA report and makes the case for pricing next year's crop before the banker meeting.
Jun 2020
Is university fertility research outdated? The future of micros and bios
Brad Hobrock argues soil tests poorly predict crop uptake, calcium is the overlooked mineral, and 90% of applied phosphorus ties up within 30 days.
May 2020
I states planting and conditions update
Four growers in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa report May 2020 planting progress, uneven emergence after sub-50 degree soils, dry subsoil and widening basis.
May 2020
5% planted corn, May 25 insurance date: North Dakota
Marc Cartwright reports corn under 5% planted in North Dakota, soil still in the 30s and 40s, and up to 1.5 million acres facing prevent plant by May 25.
May 2020
Texas crop update with Peter Hill
Pioneer agronomist Peter Hill on 38-inch rows, seeding rates from 15,000 to 33,000, sorghum grown without traits, and why southern rust scares him.
Feb 2020
Biologicals, profit management, and peer groups
Brad Downing explains what biologicals are, why there is no silver bullet, how to spot weak transparency, and why he orders live cultures in December.
Feb 2020
Enlist: weed control, seed technology, and more with Shawna Hubbard
Corteva's Shawna Hubbard explains Enlist E3 tolerances, when Duo beats Enlist One, susceptible crops downwind, and why generic 2,4-D is off-label.
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