Todd Vagts

Channel corn plot on rotated ground showing the advantages of VT4P with RNAi technology protecting the roots in moderate diapausing NCRW pressure. Seeing at least low levels in nearly every rotated corn field I walk in.

It shouldn't surprise anyone but corn and soybean planting order decisions impact farm gross revenue! It can cost you💵if you get this wrong! @WISoyCheckoff funded! coolbean.info/wp-content/upl…

Interesting

@507AGSOLUTIONS @ChannelSeed Found my first flower yesterday too!

First flower on soybeans! #scout2023 @ChannelSeed

Dry Weather Effects on Corn at Early Growth Stages — KyGrains.info kygrains.info/blog/dry-weath…

A Flash Drought, Cover Crops and Dry Dirt... Which Soybean Seeds Are Still Viable? - Cool Bean coolbean.info/2023/06/01/a-f…

The latest June outlooks from @NWSCPC indicate a lean toward warmer than normal and drier than normal conditions this month, overall. Of course there will be some thunderstorms at times, but at least for the next few days they will be decidedly "hit and miss". #iowaweather

Fearmonger Tweet: Young corn (less than V6) + above average temperatures + below average rainfall + dry soils = Challenging for successful root development... agry.purdue.edu/ext/corn/news/… @PurdueAgronomy @PurdueAg @PurdueExtension

8 to 14 Day Outlook for June 5th to June 11th This week will be very warm with increasing afternoon humidity. After that, changes are expected. The outlook for June 5th to 11th calls for cooler temps (more near normal) & less chances for rainfall. #iawx

Let’s watch @agronomybadger ask @badgercropdoc some fungicide questions! Bumper Crops: In-furrow Fungicide Applications youtu.be/OcKo3yLf4KQ

Analyzing more than two decades of Wisconsin soybean planting progress (2000-2022) @Tatianesevero16 coolbean.info/2023/05/11/ana…

Thanks @toddvagts for planting our @WISoyCheckoff funded AI soybean experiment looking at predictive ML algorithms for maximum yield and maximum profitability!

A first! Checking soybean germination under snow

#Tar Spotter App indicated environmental was conducive, found #Tar Spot this morning, V11 corn. Fillmore County, MN

No big surprise, the most cool and cloudy April in past 20 years (southeast MN). Graphs courtesy of ISU FACTS

@MIKEWPF Wasn’t any warmer today than last week but I put the plot in today regardless. 41 F soil and 41 F air temp. 85 products in 85 rows. Will be a good test to see how the next 10 days of cold and wet impacts germination and emergence

@toddvagts Did you plant your cold germ plot yet?

Soil temperature (38 F) and forecasted GDD’s over the next two weeks don’t look promising for corn or soybean planting in southern MN. Add in precipitation (liquid and solid) this week means soils will remain cold and wet!

4 pm soil temp barely made it over 40 degrees today in SE MN. Soils are cold! 40 F rain tomorrow will not help much. Lots of fertilizer being applied today, fortunately no planters with soils this cold

Thought about it but to cold for the person filling the planter

Closing the loop on this #tarspot field. Yesterday’s harvest showed a 35 bu/a difference between #Delaro treated and non treated strips (233 vs. 198 bu/a)

#Delaro fungicide strips easy to find where #Tarspot exploded three weeks ago, via #FieldView field health imagery