Boots In The Field Report
One of the founding pillars of Crop-Tech Consulting is integrating a systems approach to farming. Crop-Tech is continually adding to their expertise and services. To aid in this process, CTC conducts over 150 test plots every year and works in conjunction with Farm Journal to gather research data on the industry’s equipment, practices, and technology. The Boots in the Field Report features Crop-Tech Consulting agronomist Ken Ferrie. He will keep you up-to-date by describing what he is seeing while in the field.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 10 minutes
- Episodes
- 370
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
Boots In The Field Report for September 14th 2018
In this weeks Boots In The Field Report Ken covers the yields and moisture reports coming in from harvest across the state. He offers encouraging news for those in the tougher areas that good calibra…
00:10:18 |
Fri 14 Sep 2018
Boots In The Field Report For September 7th 2018
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken covers moisture and yield reports being called in throughout the state and shares issues with stink bugs and ear-worms being found.
00:06:46 |
Fri 07 Sep 2018
Boots In The Field Report for August 31, 2018
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken gives his traveling crop report as he visits Iowa and Minnesota and reports on white mold and sudden death pressure in the beans and what the intense rain…
00:06:28 |
Tue 04 Sep 2018
Boots In The Field Report For August 24, 2018
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken starts talking about making plans for Harvest. He advises the pest team on what to watch out for as the season comes to a close and to switch their main f…
00:10:31 |
Fri 24 Aug 2018
Boots In The Field Report for August 17th 2018
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken has his eyes on harvest. He shares yield check numbers for this week and what a difference a rain can make. He also advises the pest team what to be on th…
00:18:07 |
Fri 17 Aug 2018
Boots In The Field Report For August 10, 2018
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken details what he has been seeing on farm visits. He covers how the dry area is getting bigger, what a tip down in ears can mean, and the increase of SDS in…
00:10:20 |
Fri 10 Aug 2018
Boots In The Field Report for August 6, 2018
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken shares that he has spotted: sudden death, pompous root rot, Stewart’s wilt, aphid colonies in the corn, and gray leaf spot. He talks about his concern of …
00:09:37 |
Mon 06 Aug 2018
Boots In The Field Report For July 20, 2018
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken covers what the concern is with tall beans and cool nights and gives an insect report for the pest teams. Ken also recaps the field day and looks ahead to…
00:04:58 |
Fri 20 Jul 2018
Boots In The Field Report For July 13, 2018
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken covers a host of pests including: Gray Leaf, Northern Leaf Blight, Brown Spot, Corn Aphids, Japanese Beatles, Western Bean Cutworm, and Rootworm. He also …
00:11:07 |
Fri 13 Jul 2018
Boots In The Field Report For July 6, 2018
Ken talks about the current crop conditions he is seeing in the field. Many plants have pollinated two ears, is this actually a good thing? He also gives a scouting report of what he has seen includi…
00:10:45 |
Fri 06 Jul 2018
Boots In The Field Report for June 29, 2018
The pollination window is here. What to watch for in the way of insects and disease as we move forward in both corn and beans. Don’t let defoliation, silk clipping, disease, or rootworm damage catc…
00:10:57 |
Fri 29 Jun 2018
Boots In The Field Report for June 22nd 2018
Ken is back and covers the gamut in this week’s Boots In the Field Report. He touches on: doing rootworm floats, checking now for grey leaf to make harvest order lists for later, what happens if the …
00:15:23 |
Fri 22 Jun 2018
Boots In The Field Report June 7th, 2018
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report, Ken covers why the much needed rains have also caused some issues, the need for being aware if you have any green snap damage, and what to do about taking ca…
00:10:37 |
Thu 07 Jun 2018
Boots In The Field Report for June 1, 2018
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken covers how the conditions in the field now will be indicative of how they will pollinate later and what that means for your crop. He also issues a warning…
00:08:57 |
Fri 01 Jun 2018
Boots In The Field Report for May 24, 2018
Ken went on several SOS calls for fields this week which led to a lot of things to cover in this week’s podcast, prepare yourself. In this week’s Boots In The Field report Ken covers: Iron chlorosis …
00:18:44 |
Thu 24 May 2018
Boots In The Field Report for May 18, 2018
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken announces the kick off of ugly corn week for a lot of folks. He covers who is most likely to see this and what some of the causes are. Ken discusses rootl…
00:09:23 |
Fri 18 May 2018
Boots In The Field Report for May 11, 2018
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken covers what a difference 350 miles makes in planting progress. He touches on the need for pest teams to be hitting the fields to spot issues before they g…
00:09:20 |
Fri 11 May 2018
Boots In The Field Report for May 4, 2018
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken covers what to look for in corn, beans, and wheat when checking for freeze damage, why fields planted into dry soil are the worst service calls to go on a…
00:12:25 |
Fri 04 May 2018
Boots In The Field Report for April 27th
Ken covers a lot in this week’s Boots In The Field Report including: night time temperatures, what to watch with spring anhydrous, when to shut off your in-furrow starter, and how you can lose too mu…
00:11:46 |
Fri 27 Apr 2018
Boots In The Field Report For April 20th
Ken has been getting calls left and right asking “Can we go yet? Can we go yet?.” He tackles that question in this week’s Boots In The Field Report. He also covers what conditions we are waiting for…
00:11:10 |
Fri 20 Apr 2018
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