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 September 19th
Ken gives a harvest update for central IL and explains the barren stalk occurrence he has been seeing. He advises farmers to take note of final ear counts and shoot for only a 6% drop from planted po…
00:09:06 |
Fri 16 Sep 2016
Boots In The Field Report for September 9th
In this week’s Boots in The Field Report Ken gives a harvest report of yield and moisture as they are being called in. Ken warns about your diplodia ear rot fields, mixing or drying them before going…
00:07:01 |
Fri 09 Sep 2016
Boots In The Field Report September 6th
Ken gives some tips for prioritizing your fields for harvest order. A lot of growers are planning on starting harvest this week to get some of the fields that have started falling apart and have stan…
00:06:36 |
Tue 06 Sep 2016
Boots In The Field for August 29th
In this week’s Boots in The Field report Ken gives a crop report from Iowa and Northern Illinois. Ken also covers how crucial sunshine is to finish out this season, how important timing will be for h…
00:06:29 |
Mon 29 Aug 2016
Boots In The Field Report August 19th
Ken covers a lot in this week’s Boots In The Field Report. He starts off with a crop report from his recent travels and then moves on to the biggest concerns for finishing off the 2016 crop. The rece…
00:16:38 |
Fri 19 Aug 2016
Boots In The Field Report August 5th
This week’s Boots in The Field Report is done by Isaac Ferrie. He starts the podcast giving an update on the bean growth stages and what to be scouting. He also mentions to be on the lookout for SDS …
00:06:00 |
Tue 09 Aug 2016
Boots In The Field Report, July 29th
Ken starts this week with a crop update from around the Midwest. He discusses the ear fill damage that will accompany the green snap he is seeing in some fields. Ken also gives an update on corn and …
00:13:15 |
Fri 29 Jul 2016
Boots In The Field Report for July 11th
Ken got a bird’s eye view this week to make his crop report and the crop is looking better than expected. The sins of spring are definitely evident, but the July 4th rain was a grain maker. Ken talks…
00:10:55 |
Mon 11 Jul 2016
Boots In The Field Report June 29th
Spider Mite Update: Ken has officially seen Spider Mites in fields around Tazewell, Mclean, and Springfield areas. The dry and hot temperatures have led to a decrease in the Spider Mite’s natural pre…
00:12:20 |
Wed 29 Jun 2016
Boots In The Field Report for June 27th
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report, Ken gives a corn and soybean growth update, and a weather update. Ken also covers some options when dealing with resilient waterhemp. Ken ends the podcast wi…
00:05:48 |
Mon 27 Jun 2016
Boots In The Field Report June 8th
Ken covers a lot in this week’s Boots In The Field Report. Ken discusses the current ugly phase that corn is in, and that soybeans are about to be in. Ken also helps identify the difference between t…
00:08:58 |
Wed 08 Jun 2016
Boots In The Field Report June 2nd
In this week’s Boots In the field report Ken walks you through how to tell the difference between Zinc and Sulfur deficiency and what you can do about both of them. Ken also shares some reminders abo…
00:04:59 |
Thu 02 Jun 2016
Boots In The Field Report For May 25th
Ken does a Boots in the Field Report about replanting, the impact of hoeing, and a recap of what he is seeing in nitrate numbers. He also gives a heads up that the “ugly corn” phase should be kicking…
00:05:13 |
Wed 25 May 2016
Boots In The Field Report: Frost Edition
Ken gives a recap of planting progress across our testing area in Illinois. He has received a lot of calls concerning this weekend’s frost and covers what that means for both corn and beans. Ken talk…
00:08:49 |
Tue 17 May 2016
Boots In The Field Report May 13th
Ken discusses cutworm, cold weather, wheat disease, nitrates, and what to expect in the coming weeks.
00:07:32 |
Fri 13 May 2016
Boots in the Field Report for May 3rd
In this Boots in the Field Report Ken talks about what to be on the lookout for due to the Central IL weather patterns. He covers: Seed chilling, planting in dry soils, starter burn, cutworm and army…
00:07:47 |
Tue 03 May 2016
Boots In The Field Report April 22nd
Ken discusses the weather and the opportune rain delay. He also covers the difference between Nitrification and Urease Inhibitors. Ken shares the latest Black Cutworm reports.
00:06:26 |
Fri 22 Apr 2016
Boots In The Field Report for April 15th
Ken covers the major things to consider when trying to figure out when to start planting in Central Illinois and other topics you need to be thinking about for the start of the 2016 growing season.
00:12:18 |
Fri 15 Apr 2016
Boots In The Field Report November 23rd
Ken gives his last Boots in the Field Report of 2015. He recaps the hand shelling day and gives advice for those that have fields that missed the tillage window. Look out in December/January for the …
00:04:42 |
Mon 23 Nov 2015
Boots In The Field Report November 11th
Patience is key in making sure you aren’t pulling tillage tools out of the ground to get traction and not jumping the gun on getting your anhydrous on. Ken also talks about thresholds for fall burndo…
00:04:42 |
Fri 06 Nov 2015
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