Gearing up for the 2024 Planting Season

Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/Cio0STGlCBgOn this episode:🌱How do growing degree units affect crop performance?🌱Turk has an update on the markets.🌱Hear some news on our new Katie 16 brand hyper-early wheat that’ll be offered in 2025.Flip through the Merschman Seeds 2024 Product Guide: https://merschmanseeds.com/product-guideCheck out all of our social media links, website, Blue Water Outlook and more:https://linktr.ee/merschmanseeds

Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/6sgvB30j24AOn this episode:🌱How do conditions affect crops after planting? Dick Moore’s 2024 Planting Guide is available on our website and linked below.🌱Hear from Ben about a new fungicide in our Starting Line corn seed treatment and the benefit it provides.🌱Dylan gives insight on factors that can inflict early stress on the plant and herbicide carryover that can affect yield.🌱Ben summarizes an article from Iowa State on Bean Leaf Beetles and how they can reduce your yield.Starting Line Corn Seed Treatment:https://merschmanseeds.com/products/corn/corn-treatmentDick Moore’s 2024 Planting Guide:https://merschmanseeds.com/merschmedia/planting-guidesFlip through the Merschman Seeds 2024 Product Guide: https://merschmanseeds.com/product-guideCheck out all of our social media links, website, Blue Water Outlook and more:https://linktr.ee/merschmanseeds

Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/SZJjuu0INsgOn this episode:🌱Ben has some highlights from Pattern Ag’s Predictive Ag report. It is linked below!🌱Lynn took a road trip up to Northwest Iowa on Wednesday and has an update on things he saw.🌱Stick around for a couple Corny Jokes!Pattern Ag's Predictive Ag Report PDF:https://bit.ly/3vPF4okFlip through the Merschman Seeds 2024 Product Guide: https://merschmanseeds.com/product-guideCheck out all of our social media links, website, Blue Water Outlook and more:https://linktr.ee/merschmanseeds

Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/Gkgy0A_04NEOn this episode:🌱Hear about new, innovative products & practices we’re keeping an eye on to better advise you in the future to maintain yield potential.🌱Dylan plans to strip till his farm this year. Hear how he’ll implement this practice to hit his yield goal.🌱Ben & Dylan plan to continue tissue sampling this year. How will this research pay off when it comes to yield?Flip through the Merschman Seeds 2024 Product Guide: https://merschmanseeds.com/product-guideCheck out all of our social media links, website, Blue Water Outlook and more:https://linktr.ee/merschmanseeds

Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/PG2pohK1FyUOn this episode:🌱Lynn was on the road looking at untreated wheat in Illinois this past week. Hear about planting conditions, stand counts, even emergence & what’s to come for hyper-early & untreated wheat.🌱Hear from Ben how seed treatment and other factors are important to consider  when planting early in cooler conditions.🌱Turk summarizes the latest USDA Report.Flip through the Merschman Seeds 2024 Product Guide: https://merschmanseeds.com/product-guideCheck out all of our social media links, website, Blue Water Outlook and more:https://linktr.ee/merschmanseeds

Watch the video version here, we show lots of weather forecast visuals on screen in this episode: https://youtu.be/D9t0FEhdNoAOn this episode:🌱 Ben shows us a couple soil moisture maps. He also has an update on weather forecasts by Eric Snodgrass.🌱Dylan and Avery have a recap from our sales team meeting this week. They learned lots of new information; from our Starting Line seed treatment, Trunemco, wheat & alfalfa management & more.🌱Dylan updates us on projects he’s working on at test plots in West Point. Nutrien’s Weather Forecast by Eric Snodgrass:https://ag-wx.comHenbit:https://news.utcrops.com/2021/03/henbit-and-purple-deadnettle/Assessing frost/freeze damage to emerged soybeans | Michigan State University Extension:https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/assessing-low-temperature-injury-to-soybeansFreeze Injury to Nebraska Wheat by Robert N. Klein, Extension Cropping Systems Specialist:https://extensionpubs.unl.edu/publication/ec132/pdf/view/ec132-2014.pdfEffects of Late Spring Frost on Alfalfa by Sara Bauder, SDSU Extension Forage Field Specialist | SDSUE:https://extension.sdstate.edu/effects-late-spring-frost-alfalfa#:~:text=When%20temperatures%20stay%20near%20or,will%20not%20likely%20affect%20yield.0-100cm Soil Moisture Percentile | March 22, 2024https://weather.ndc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/basicLooper.pl?category=lis_CONUS&initialize=first&regex=vsm0-100percent_20240322

Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/FsrMGqnbI0gOn this episode:🌱 Jason Batterson from FMC joins us for a Xyway fungicide discussion.For more information on Xyway visit www.fmcagus.comFlip through the Merschman Seeds 2024 Product Guide: https://merschmanseeds.com/product-guideCheck out all of our social media links, website, Blue Water Outlook and more:https://linktr.ee/merschmanseeds

Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/q-N0j6FvOFsOn this episode:🌱 We have an action-packed episode all about America’s Alfalfa! Regional Agronomist Mitchell Oswald joins us with lots of great information on alfalfa.🌱Hear all about seed prep, establishing a good stand, soil conditions, fertilization, do’s and don’ts of a companion crop, insects, America’s Alfalfa varieties and changes in the alfalfa industry.America’s Alfalfa:https://www.americasalfalfa.comFlip through the Merschman Seeds 2024 Product Guide: https://merschmanseeds.com/product-guideCheck out all of our social media links, website, Blue Water Outlook and more:https://linktr.ee/merschmanseeds

Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/YTM9NqLR0MkOn this episode:🌱Ben shares wheat data on nutrient uptake & timing from the RealAgriculture Wheat School.🌱Crop Insurance prices are set. It’s time to make crop insurance decisions; the deadline is fast approaching.🌱Stay tuned for Cup of Joe next week! Mitchell Oswald from America’s Alfalfa joins us for an alfalfa update on what’s coming down the pipeline.Wheat School: Understanding nutrient uptake for higher yielding winter wheat from RealAgriculture:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zsw_Le6c-ohttps://www.realagriculture.com/wheat-school/Flip through the Merschman Seeds 2024 Product Guide: https://merschmanseeds.com/product-guideCheck out all of our social media links, website, Blue Water Outlook and more:https://linktr.ee/merschmanseeds

Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/A2J3Evpr4BkOn this episode:🌱Ben shares trait chart information from Texas A&M. Check out the trait table below.🌱We share an experiment with our wheat to track how fast wheat grows in a day to day scenario.🌱Hear about our soybean selection process and the steps we take to bring you the highest yielding soybean products on the market.  The Handy Bt Trait Table:https://merschmanseeds.com/uploads/images/BT_Trait_Table.pdfWatch Cup of Joe with Phil Needham on wheat:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QMdRFkVLiMCheck out our Soybean Selection Process in the 2024 Product Guide:https://merschmanseeds.com/product-guideCheck out all of our social media links, website, Blue Water Outlook and more:https://linktr.ee/merschmanseeds