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 April 13th
Kens three tips for this week: take a chill pill, be ready to go when it is fit, and do not give up your chance to grow the best crop ever in your career.
00:08:19 |
Fri 13 Apr 2018
Boots In The Field Report for March 30th
Drought 2018? This week Ken talks about the importance of weather proofing your management system!
00:05:30 |
Fri 30 Mar 2018
Boots In The Field Report for March 23rd
This week Ken covers fertilizer burn in sprayer tracks in wheat fields. He walks through why it is showing up and the effects of it.
00:09:04 |
Fri 23 Mar 2018
Boots In The Field Report for March 16th
This week Ken covers what the February rainfall means for our nitrogen program.
00:06:17 |
Fri 16 Mar 2018
Boots In The Field Report for March 9th
Prepare yourself, this week’s “Question of the Week” is long and detailed. Ken dives in deep answering the questions of how you can mitigate risk using hybrid/variety characteristics. He walks throug…
00:23:53 |
Fri 09 Mar 2018
Boots In The Field Report for March 3rd
Ken answers the question of the week: Things to consider if converting coulters on your sidedress bar to Y-drops.
00:06:09 |
Fri 02 Mar 2018
Boots In The Field Report for February 23rd
Ken talks about early soybean planting, the risks of SDS, and seed treatment effectiveness.
00:08:58 |
Fri 23 Feb 2018
Boots In The Field Report for February 16th
Ken got to take part in an eye-opening experience visiting with the Maryland Department of Ag and seeing how the act of farming changes under a blanket of regulations. In this week’s episode he share…
00:14:16 |
Fri 16 Feb 2018
Boots In The Field Report for February 5th
For this week’s “Question of the Week” Ken tackles the subject of sulfur: Is it needed, when to apply, how much to apply, and how to apply it?
00:08:27 |
Mon 05 Feb 2018
Boots In The Field Report for January 26th
Ken kicks off “Question of the Week” with: Do fungicide applications still pay in $3.50 corn?
00:04:21 |
Fri 26 Jan 2018
Boots In The Field Report for December 8th
All the plots have finally been harvested!! A big thanks to all involved in our and handshelling day, and some general housekeeping notes for the weeks ahead.
00:06:47 |
Fri 08 Dec 2017
Boots In The Field Report for November 22nd
Ken gives a reminder of the events coming up from now until the end of the year and sends out a plea for help with the hand harvesting day.
00:03:42 |
Wed 22 Nov 2017
Boots In The Field Report for November 17th
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken gives out the latest numbers rolling in for percent harvested and covers the quandary of letting it dry in the field vs paying for drying this time of yea…
00:07:21 |
Fri 17 Nov 2017
Boots In The Field Report for November 10th
Ken starts this week’s Boots In The Field Report off with a plot harvest update and sends out a BIG thank you to all the farmers and plot partners that put time and resources into making the plots su…
00:04:45 |
Fri 10 Nov 2017
Boots In The Field Report for November 3rd
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report, Ken starts with a crop report, then touches on elevator slowdowns, crown rot, and ear droppage. He gives a warning about getting caught up with harvesting do…
00:15:01 |
Fri 03 Nov 2017
Boots In The Field Report for October 27th
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken gives a harvest update and a comparison to where we were at this time last year. He also touches on planting date studies in beans, standability, dropped …
00:11:26 |
Fri 27 Oct 2017
Boots In The Field Report for October 20th
Ken discusses recent yield results including replant areas.
Kens also covers in-depth some considerations when contemplating beans on beans including: fertility, disease, seed treatments, nematodes…
00:15:01 |
Fri 20 Oct 2017
Boots In The Field Report for October 13th
Ken looks into yield data that shows just how close some fields got to giving up parts of this years crop due to drought stress. He also discusses the replant numbers that are coming in, as well as s…
00:07:15 |
Fri 13 Oct 2017
Boots In The Field Report for October 6th
Ken relays what growers across our growing area are projecting for how far along harvest is in their area. He also gives some yield results for fields that had shown Dicamba damage this year as well …
00:11:31 |
Fri 06 Oct 2017
Boots In The Field Report for September 29th
Ken starts with the weekly crop report and then moves into two issues farmers have been calling in: shortened husks and twisted/down corn.
00:08:13 |
Fri 29 Sep 2017
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