Tools and Tips for the Remaining Planting Season

Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/v1dO4dJ1sSAOn this episode:🌱Hear about late planting considerations given the current weather conditions in the Midwest.Late Soybean Planting Options via Iowa State University:https://crops.extension.iastate.edu/cropnews/2019/05/late-soybean-planting-optionsConsiderations for Double Crop (or Late Planted) Beans via NC Soybean Producers Association:https://ncsoy.org/article/considerations-double-crop-late-planted-beans/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 share lots of photos and information on screen in this episode: https://youtu.be/UmhgAKS_AuIOn this episode:🌱Hear about technology Ben uses to identify weeds when deciding what herbicides to use.🌱Black Cutworm estimated cutting dates are available. Are you scouting your fields?🌱We share insight on corn replant and maintaining yield potential from Iowa State and Purdue University.🌱 Happy Mother's Day from everyone at Merschman SeedsPicture This Plant Identifier App:https://www.picturethisai.comSpring Moth Trapping Update via ILSoyAdvisor:https://www.ilsoyadvisor.com/spring-moth-trapping-update/Start Scouting for Black Cutworm in Emerged Corn via Iowa State University:https://crops.extension.iastate.edu/cropnews/2024/05/start-scouting-black-cutworm-emerged-cornBlack Cutworm via Integrated Pest Management, University of Missouri:https://ipm.missouri.edu/pestMonitoring/bcw/index.cfmFlip 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/lWUrdHc4f84On this episode:🌱We share tools and tips you can utilize when it comes to wet weather and delayed planting.🌱How does planting depth affect growth of the plant?🌱Hear a market update from Turk.Useful Links from this episode:Hybrid Maturity Decisions for Delayed Plantinghttps://www.agry.purdue.edu/ext/corn/news/timeless/HybridMaturityDelayedPlant.htmlU2U Decision Support Tools - Corn GDDhttps://mygeohub.org/groups/u2u/purdue_gddUse of the Late-Spring Soil Nitrate Test in Iowa Corn Productionhttps://store.extension.iastate.edu/Product/5259Forecasts:https://ag-wx.com/meteograms/action_3_zing.phphttps://ag-wx.com/meteograms/sites/15106.htmlFlip 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/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