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 229: Boots In The Field Report March 26, 2021
Ken answers the question “If 2021 is a drought, do I move all my nitrogen up front?” and other concerns for mitigating weather risk in the season ahead. He also sends out a HUGE thank you to everyone…
00:13:08 |
Fri 26 Mar 2021
Episode 228: Boots In The Field Report March 11, 2021
The Sins of Spring presentation has caused a lot of questions about how a tillage system with TWO compaction layers (shallow and deep) was beating one with only one deep layer and how a vertical form…
00:14:14 |
Thu 11 Mar 2021
Episode 227: Boots In The Field Report March 4, 2021
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken covers considerations when trying to pay the carbon penalty of cover crops with manure, how carbon penalties affect beans, and who should push planting wi…
00:10:11 |
Thu 04 Mar 2021
Episode 226: Boots In The Field Report February 22, 2021
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken covers who needs to do seed test, which lots to test and what tests to run.
00:09:10 |
Mon 22 Feb 2021
Episode 225: Boots In The Field Report February 12, 2021
Ken loves it when a plan comes together. In this week’s Boots In The Field Report he covers what operations should think through and document as part of their crop plan to have it all come together f…
00:15:24 |
Fri 12 Feb 2021
Episode 225: Boots In The Field Report February 12, 2021
Ken loves it when a plan comes together. In this week’s Boots In The Field Report he covers what operations should think through and document as part of their crop plan to have it all come together f…
00:15:24 |
Fri 12 Feb 2021
Episode 224: Boots In The Field Report February 3, 2021
Ken covers switching crop rotations and herbicide carry over in this week's Boots In The Field Report.
00:04:48 |
Wed 03 Feb 2021
Episode 223: Boots In The Field Report January 25, 2021
In this week’s Boots in The Field report Ken covers conversation points for a landlord and a farmer to cover before signing a lease with a fertility clause.
00:07:11 |
Mon 25 Jan 2021
Episode 222: Boots In The Field Report
Making adjustments in your crop rotation due to the market? In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken covers things to think about when making the switch and advises to have a goal in mind when ma…
00:09:36 |
Tue 19 Jan 2021
Episode 221: Boots In The Field Report January 12, 2021
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken shares plot data to help illustrate major factors in choosing the right nitrogen program for a field and a hybrid. He demonstrates how interconnected popu…
00:17:08 |
Tue 12 Jan 2021
Episode 220: Boots In The Field Report December 23, 2020
Think of reviewing your yield maps like reviewing game day footage. You have to know what went right and what went wrong in the last game if you hope to improve for the next one. Check out this week’…
00:13:25 |
Wed 23 Dec 2020
Episode 219: Boots In The Field Report December 17, 2020
Ken warns that blanket populations across an entire farm is not how you mitigate risk. He walks through how to pick the right population per farm and per zone in this week’s Boots In The Field Report…
00:12:55 |
Thu 17 Dec 2020
Episode 218: Boots In The Field Report December 9, 2020
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken covers an opportunity the dry winter is offering growers to set themself up for success next season. Current abnormally dry conditions are allowing grower…
00:06:25 |
Wed 09 Dec 2020
Episode 217: Boots In The Field Report November 19, 2020
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken talks about how to evaluate if you need to treat your beans, why early season scouting reports have value now, and he warns growers not to throw hybrids o…
00:12:51 |
Thu 19 Nov 2020
Boots In The Field Report November 12, 2020
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken encourages growers to make use of the dry fall weather for field work, but warns it could create issues for applying anhydrous. He also list options for t…
00:13:24 |
Thu 12 Nov 2020
Boots In The Field Report November 4, 2020
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken sits down with Matt Duesterhaus, Crop-Tech research agronomist in Quincy, IL, to talk over how the season went in his area and some of the preliminary plo…
00:21:24 |
Wed 04 Nov 2020
Boots In The Field Report October 23, 2020
In this week’s podcast Ken covers the crop report, adjusting for header loss and dives deep on results coming in from the Fixed/Flexed plots. He shares the consensus locally is that the crop looked b…
00:17:31 |
Fri 23 Oct 2020
Boots In The Field Report October 16, 2020
In this week's Boots in The Field Report Ken covers yield reports, including 245 bu June corn, as well as some interesting bean plot results. He also warns about watching stalk quality and increased …
00:09:58 |
Fri 16 Oct 2020
Boots In The Field Report October 9, 2020
When your yield isn't where you expected it to be, take time now to figure out why. Easier to find answers now than trying to figure it out from a yield map this winter. It helps grow your crews know…
00:08:47 |
Fri 09 Oct 2020
Boots In The Field Report September 29, 2020
In this week's Boots In The Field Report Ken covers how yield and moisture are swinging within a single field in the drought stricken areas. He also describes the ideal "photo finish" we are shooting…
00:06:36 |
Tue 29 Sep 2020
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