Rachel Stevens
Plant Health is more than just Yield
I was listening to The Corn Revolution Podcast this week and the topic they were discussing really got me thinking. The title was “Plant...
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Rachel Stevens
Sep 9, 20203 min read
Estimating Yield, What Method is Best?
Every year about this time we start on our great quest to estimate yields for different fields and hybrids. These yield estimates can be...
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Rachel Stevens
Aug 26, 20202 min read
Dealing With Harvest Stress
Stress Management Harvest 2020 We are approaching what can be the most exciting and also one of the most stressful times of the year....
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Rachel
Aug 5, 20203 min read
GDU Accumulation Impacts on Crop Maturity
With our high frequency of rain in July, we’ve had quite a few overcast days. We’ve had several people ask if this reduction in solar...
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Rachel
Jul 22, 20203 min read
Our Soybean Fungicide Talking Points
Each year we discuss the importance of using foliar fungicides in soybeans, and this year is no different. Through several years of...
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Rachel
Jul 8, 20202 min read
Some Helpful Guidelines for your 2020 Corn Fungicide Application
Here we are; its that time of the year again. Time to talk about foliar fungicide applications in corn. While I could spend a lot of time...
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Rachel
Jun 23, 20204 min read
A Few Tips for a Healthy Summer
The official start to summer arrived a few days ago, so we thought we’d start the season off right with a few tips to have a healthy...
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Rachel
Jun 10, 20206 min read
A History of Brown County. Part 2.
It's time for part 2 of our history of Brown County. We had such good feedback on some of the fun tidbits we uncovered that we thought...
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Rachel
May 27, 20203 min read
Are You Losing N? And what can You do About it?
Brown Co. KS normally has a monthly rainfall total of 4.8 inches for May. Month to date, we are sitting at 5.8 inches, above normal but...
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Rachel
May 13, 20204 min read
Top 6 Spray Considerations for Post Applications in Corn
As we are beginning to see many operations close in on the end of planting and start looking to the next operation, we wanted to discuss...
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Rachel
Apr 29, 20203 min read
What's our Yield Potential for May Planted Corn and Soybeans?
With a shift towards some more rainy conditions, and many of you recalling our planting timeline from 2019, we’ve had an increase in...
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Rachel
Apr 15, 20204 min read
Is your Corn at Risk for Cold Injury?
Corn is a tropical plant. Just your reminder when you are frustrated that your corn has been sitting in the ground for 3 weeks in cool...
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Rachel
Apr 1, 20204 min read
Considerations for Early Plant Soybeans
Warm weather this week has everyone itching to get moving. Sprayers are making tracks in the field, and before we know it, planters will...
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Rachel
Mar 18, 20202 min read
PSS COVID-19 Preparedness Plan
With all the chaos and uncertainty going on in regards to COVID19, we wanted to take a minute to discuss what you can expect of us as...
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Rachel
Mar 4, 20203 min read
The Planting Season Checklist You Didn't Know You Needed
Ever year around this time we post an article about getting your planter ready for the planting season. We go over planter frame, row...
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Rachel
Feb 17, 20204 min read
Commentary and Musings from the National Farm Machinery Show
I spent last Wednesday walking around the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, KY. If you’ve ever had the privilege of going, you...
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Rachel
Feb 5, 20205 min read
The Case for Learning
The farther we get into winter, the harder it is to decide on what topic to write about this week. My instincts always say to stick with...
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Rachel
Jan 21, 20204 min read
A Brief History of Brown County Agriculture
This week’s blog post is going to be a little different. Instead of focusing on an agronomy topic, we are going to take a look at the...
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Rachel
Jan 8, 20206 min read
In Pursuit of 600.
David Hula has done it again, this time with an impressive, record setting, 616 bushels per acre. This tops the world record that he set...
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Rachel
Dec 11, 20195 min read
Grain Storage Management--5 things to focus on
With harvest wrapped up and your grain nicely stored away in the bins, its high time we had a talk about some best management practices...
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