Agronomy Episodes
Every Ag View Pitch conversation on agronomy — summaries, key takeaways, and full transcripts.
Jul 2019
Sunday night outlook: discussion for a new week
Duane Lowry reads the late-July 2019 corn market: a dry two-week forecast, late pollination, funds still short beans, and why he expects strength.
Jul 2019
Wrapping up the week with Grant Shimek
Grant Shimek on corn drifting toward $4.20, why dryness needs heat to move the board, softer basis as ethanol plants close, and the August 12 report.
Jul 2019
Sunday night outlook: expectations, rumors, and conviction
Duane Lowry reads the Sunday night trade: November beans between $8.80 and $9.45, December corn near $4.20 support, and fresh China buying rumors.
Jul 2019
Quality of life, strip till, and fishing in Canada
Two Iowa brothers on strip till timing, rolling all their machinery into an equipment LLC with a neighbor, and why quality of life mattered most.
Jul 2019
Agronomy update: timing is everything
Agronomist Adam Brinker on three waves of pollination, when to spray uneven corn, the R3 to R5 soybean window, and frost risk on June planted corn.
Jul 2019
End of the upturn as we know it?
Duane Lowry on an 11 cent down day in corn and beans, why crop ratings mislead in a late year, and the sweet corn row counts he is watching now.
Jul 2019
Reports, pineapple corn, and a strong market close
Duane Lowry explains why corn closed 8 cents higher on a 2 billion bushel carryout print and what heat in the 6 to 14 day forecast could do next.
Jul 2019
The most rewarding thing you can do for your farm
Mark and Julie Schaffer intercrop soybeans into standing wheat in north central Ohio using FlexiFinger pans, and describe what a peer group visit changed.
Jul 2019
Opportunities ahead?
Duane Lowry on stalled crop ratings, heat in the 6 to 10 day maps, corn resistance at $4.80 and $5.20, and why beans may lead any weather rally.
Jul 2019
5 state crop tour: the good, the bad, and the ugly
Chris Barron and Shay Foulk grade 2019 crops state by state from Iowa to Ohio, with Ohio at 1 percent good, 29 percent bad, and 70 percent ugly.
Jul 2019
Hot and dry: Effects on corn and beans
Duane Lowry explains why a hot, dry forecast sends traders into soybeans, not corn, and where farmers should extend corn price protection instead.
Jul 2019
Operating in a new stratosphere
Joe Paulson farms with his dad in north central Illinois and counts groceries and family living in his cost of production. Why that makes selling easier.
Jul 2019
Under pressure
Duane Lowry and broker Grant Shimek argue the June break is a correction, not the end of the rally, with 6.5 million bean acres still unplanted.
Jun 2019
Report, report, hear all about it
USDA pegged corn at 91.7 million acres, 4.7 million above trade guesses. Duane Laurie explains why prevent plant is missing and what basis will tell you.
Jun 2019
All about weeds
Adam Striegel on matching herbicides to weed size, why residuals matter, cover crop choices, and cleaning up ground with years of poor weed control.
Jun 2019
Price outlook and reports discussion
Duane Lowry reads the June 24, 2019 crop progress report: corn 56% good to excellent, soybeans 71% emerged, and what it means for grain prices.
Jun 2019
What the hail?!
Duane Lowry on 3 million prevent plant bean acres, funds still short beans, and how to re-own bushels on paper without blowing up your cash position.
Jun 2019
Small victories with Wisconsin dairy Norm-E-Lane
Jerod Schmidt on planting 4,700 acres in a wet spring, a 60-foot three-point planter that leaves no ruts, and holding out for 18 tons of silage.
Jun 2019
Corn price reality check, and where do beans go from here?
Duane Lowry breaks down 77% bean planting, 19.4 million unplanted acres, and why he would reward corn rallies now but sit on his hands in soybeans.
Jun 2019
Start me up
Duane and Chris Barron run the numbers on 2019 prevent plant, late planting yield loss, and why strengthening basis pointed to real corn demand.
Jun 2019
Global agriculture: perspective, community, and eternal optimism with Anthony Lackore
Corteva's Anthony Lackore on the 40/70 rule for deciding with incomplete information, planning three months ahead, and what seed production faced in 2019.
May 2019
Steve Johnson, Iowa State: Discussion on prevent plant rules and regulations, do's and don'ts
ISU Extension's Steve Johnson explains the four-year acreage rule, the 55 percent corn payment, and the paperwork that decides if your claim gets paid.
May 2019
Danger zone
Strategic account manager Jeff Cole reports 30 percent of corn and 10 percent of soybeans planted in Indiana, plus when to switch off 113-day hybrids.
May 2019
From the heart of Indiana
Indiana agronomist Brad Downing on running prevent plant numbers, switching hybrid maturities before June 15, and checking on growers who are struggling.
May 2019
Crazy train
Duane Lowry raises his prevent plant estimate to 6 million acres, argues $5 corn is plausible, and tells growers to slow down on new corn sales.
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