Agronomy Episodes
Every Ag View Pitch conversation on agronomy — summaries, key takeaways, and full transcripts.
Episode 777
Corn basis, China and planting: weekly market outlook, May 11th-15th
Ryan Moe of StoneX explains why Western Corn Belt basis dies at harvest, how to judge a bump worth hitting, and why your competitor is global, not local.
Episode 769
Spring agronomy update: planter settings, spray tips, and on-farm trials
Agronomist Troy Deutmeyer on planter depth checks worth 8 to 12 bushels, spray tip wear, 3 to 4 pounds of AMS, and 140,000 soybean populations.
Episode 764
Tires = profitability
Ben Paskowitz of NTS Tire Supply explains how dropping field tire pressure below 15 PSI cuts compaction, wins back 5 to 6 bushels an acre and saves fuel.
Episode 761
Protein sovereignty: autonomous chicken tractor
Zack Smith on six years of StockCropper: pigs, sheep and chickens grazed between corn strips, 434.9 bushel corn at PTI, and $15,000 an acre gross.
Episode 751
Carrot or stick; water quality looming large
Zack Smith says voluntary conservation has stalled near 1.5% adoption on the Des Moines Lobe, and explains the nitrogen timing tax he would put in place.
Sep 2025
Friday rewind: Dad's wisdom with Roger Toquam
Roger Toquam of Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, on conservation tillage since 1966, giving each of his three sons a role, and managing to a margin.
Episode 710
To fert or not to fert: Dr. Hart, Lewis Stearns
Chad Hart and Lewis Stearns on why potash cannot be cut, when to book fall anhydrous, and how soil test data sets a fertilizer budget for 2026.
Episode 701
Millennial Farmer Zach Johnson, west central Minnesota
Zach Johnson on splitting farm roles with his dad, selling corn at 10 under Chicago, a 45-acre prevent plant call, and the Millennial Farmer channel.
Episode 700
Crop prospects 2025: fact vs. fiction from the field
Agronomist Lewis Stearns reports 17 more bushels of corn and 6 more of soybeans from one fungicide pass, plus why 2025 looks like a Toyota Corolla crop.
Episode 694
Farming, family and strip-till
Three generations of the Foulk family on anhydrous-only strip-till, soil structure after 5 inches of rain, sharing equipment, and handing a farm over.
Episode 684
History rhymes: weekly market outlook, July 7th-11th
Duane Lowry explains why uniform crops point to a big yield, and how to test whether price times yield still makes the season a survivable one.
Episode 661
Agronomic insights: Keys to a successful planting season
Pioneer agronomist Troy Deutmeyer covers mid-40s soil temps, checking planter depth on every row, full herbicide rates, and flag tests for emergence.
Episode 644
45Z economics: crunching the numbers and practical insights
Paul Neiffer runs the 45Z numbers by county: no-till corn pays about 51 cents a bushel in Iowa and $1 in Missouri, before the farmer's one-third cut.
Episode 635
Stress less yield more: new biological options
Dan Uppena of Corteva explains how supplemental auxins, cytokinin, and gibberellic acid keep growth hormones ahead of crop stress and add bushels.
Episode 615
Record demand for this week
Greg McBride explains rolling hedges only to full commercial carry, why basis stays wide in back-to-back big crops, and when not to make a catch-up sale.
Episode 614
Cautiously optimistic - weekly market outlook: Aug. 26-30th
Jarod Creed explains why a crop tour shows trend not yield, when the crop insurance floor stops protecting you, and why 2025 is the bigger risk.
Episode 611
Fertility versus financials
Pioneer agronomist Troy Deutmeyer on where to cut P and K safely: soil pH first, potash over phosphorus, and the test levels that let you skip a year.
Episode 589
Late spring planting: best agronomic practices
Troy Deutmeyer on planting into wet soils: why May 20 matters, seeding rate bumps of 10 to 20 percent, sidewall compaction, and replant stand counts.
Episode 580
Spring planting agronomy update
Pioneer agronomist Troy Deutmeyer on planting depth, soybean spacing, variable rate seeding from 110 to 170, full rate pre herbicides and sulfur response.
Episode 546
Managing your farm data for profit
Agronomist Lewis Stearns lists the four data errors that wreck yield maps: mislabeled products, bad calibrations, multiple combines, and lost files.
Episode 532
Early harvest price action: weekly market outlook, Sept. 18-22nd
Peter Meyer explains how he reads a USDA report once the dust settles, why record ear counts signal overproduction risk, and how backyard bias misleads.
Episode 529
Crop update and key combine settings
Brent Judisch walks through deck plates, concave level, sickle guards, yield monitor calibration, and chopper knives before you start the combine.
Episode 500
Stand establishment and planting conditions
Replant decisions in early May: count leafed-out corn as dead, weigh kernel flex before tearing up a stand, and add down pressure in dry tilled soil.
Episode 498
To plant, or not to plant
Troy Deutmeyer on cold soils: why the first 24 to 48 hours matter, when to switch to soybeans, and how late corn can go without yield loss north of I-80.
Episode 495
Weekly market outlook: April 17-21, planting progress and market movers
Peter Meyer explains how China buys value, why funds wait for momentum, and what to ask when energy companies come recruiting your acres for feedstock.
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