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
Episode 269: Boots In The Field Report May 4, 2022
Cold wet weather has brought planting progress to a crawl. In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken Ferrie warns growers about ground getting hard with recent rains causing planters to ride out o…
00:07:58 |
Wed 04 May 2022
Episode 268: Boots In The Field Report April 22, 2022
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report, Ken Ferrie discusses the closing window for achieving early planted beans. While there often isn’t a yield difference between strip-till and no-till beans, t…
00:07:06 |
Fri 22 Apr 2022
Episode 267: Boots In The Field Report April 8, 2022
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken warns growers getting antsy about getting in the field to make sure the calendar, coffee shop talk, nor neighbors are the deciding factor but rather your …
00:07:43 |
Fri 08 Apr 2022
Episode 266: Boots In The Field Report April 1, 2022
Ken starts this Boots In The Field Report with a recap of insects to be on the lookout for and then dives in with Matt Duesterhaus, breaking down how to evaluate bean maturities for different regions…
00:15:46 |
Fri 01 Apr 2022
Episode 265: Boots In The Field Report March 25, 2022
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken Ferrie covers seed test results and what pest scouts should be on the lookout for including: 13-lined ground squirrel, voles, wireworm, cutworm, and armyw…
00:07:41 |
Fri 25 Mar 2022
Episode 264: Boots In The Field Report March 18, 2022
In this week’s Boots In the Field Report Ken Ferrie covers rootworm resistance and how the pressure has been increasing over the last couple of years.
00:11:04 |
Fri 18 Mar 2022
Episode 263: Boots In The Field Report March 9, 2022
In this Boots In The Field Report Ken Ferrie stresses using this time to put thought into diversifying hybrid line up and strategizing placement of hybrids to take advantage of a field’s strengths an…
00:07:37 |
Wed 09 Mar 2022
Episode 262: Boots In The Field Report February 11, 2022
This week in the podcast Ken takes a deep dive on what we have learned about tar spot in 2021. He covers why it was so bad in parts of the country this year, what the plot research said about timing …
00:13:48 |
Fri 11 Feb 2022
Episode 261: Boots In The Field Report January 26, 2022
Ken uses this week’s Boots In The Field Report to cover the topic of starter fertilizer and what to consider when looking at cutting costs for next year. Ken walks through evaluating product, placeme…
00:08:48 |
Wed 26 Jan 2022
Episode 260: Boots In The Field Report January 11, 2022
In this week’s Boots in The Field Report Ken Ferrie breaks down planting conditions for beans in an ideal situation and how that changes when you are trying to plant early beans. The focus, when plan…
00:09:26 |
Tue 11 Jan 2022
Episode 259: Boots In The Field Report December 17, 2021
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken covers some of the swings seen in the Hybrid Plot hand shelling day and warns about some of the hurdles growers new to applying fall anhydrous need to be …
00:08:22 |
Wed 22 Dec 2021
Episode 258: Boots In The Field Report December 3, 2021
As a lot of crews cross the harvest finish line, eyes turn towards preparation for next spring. Ken walks through considerations for growers wanting to plant early beans in 2022. As the weather local…
00:10:26 |
Fri 03 Dec 2021
Episode 257: Boots In The Field Report November 19, 2021
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken answers a question that came in during Session 1 of Beyond the Basics. While soil tests can not detect if a disease is present in the field, it can give i…
00:08:44 |
Fri 19 Nov 2021
Episode 256: Boots In The Field Report November 11, 2021
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken Ferrie warns about making sure the anhydrous is sealing as it is too expensive to let gas off. He reports that some strip-till growers are struggling to g…
01:03:49 |
Thu 11 Nov 2021
Episode 255: Boots In The Field Report November 5, 2021
As growers are finally able to get back into fields locally, Ken does this week’s Boots In The Field Report from the tractor cab. Growers are doing everything they can to drag Harvest 21 across the f…
00:05:11 |
Fri 05 Nov 2021
Episode 254: Boots In The Field Report October 28, 2021
After the 2-5 inches of rain Ken recommends using the floatation of your harvest equipment wisely to reduce compaction and reminds growers to keep records of the fields that are getting rutted up to …
00:10:59 |
Thu 28 Oct 2021
Episode 253: Boots In The Field Report October 19, 2021
In this Boots in The Field Report Ken Ferrie covers multiple adjustments growers can make to their combine settings to reduce the record amount of harvest loss happening this year. He also advises gr…
00:09:08 |
Wed 20 Oct 2021
Episode 252: Boots In The Field Report October 13, 2021
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken Ferrie talks with Matt Duesterhaus, a Crop-Tech Consulting regional agronomist, in Quincy, IL to see how the harvest is going. Matt points out that planti…
00:16:09 |
Wed 13 Oct 2021
Episode 251: Boots In The Field Report October 7, 2021
In this Boots In The Field Report Ken Ferrie covers calls coming in from OH, WI, and IA about yields, moisture, and how much is left to harvest. Much of the Midwest is coming out fairly low in percen…
00:09:28 |
Thu 07 Oct 2021
Episode 250: Boots In The Field Report September 28, 2021
Ken gives a harvest report as numbers continue to roll in showing some significant yield increases to fungicide in the heavy disease areas. Looking at the number of days with precipitation in the Jun…
00:10:17 |
Tue 28 Sep 2021
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