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Impacts of rainfall on soybean grain quality and storage
This growing season has been a roller coaster ride for soybeans. An early warm window allowed for some early planting of beans, with a...
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Oct 9, 20184 min read
The Emergence Exploration, Part 2! Results from our 2018 Study.
Earlier this year, I posted a blog about the emergence studies we had conducted the past couple years. Uniform emergence is often cited...
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Rachel
Oct 2, 20184 min read
Stepping Up Your Management Game: Fall Burndown Applications
This is the second part of our "Stepping Up Your Managment Game" series, designed to focus on steps and practices we can do to intensify...
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Rachel
Sep 25, 20184 min read
Stepping Up Your Management Game: Soil Sampling
You’ve probably been hearing it from us a lot lately: its time for soil sampling, get your soil sample acres booked, have you made your...
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Rachel
Sep 18, 20184 min read
Harvest Compaction: What to do and not to do.
With recent rainfalls getting us closer to average September precipitation, wetter field conditions could lead to compaction during...
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Rachel
Sep 11, 20184 min read
Finding Profitability in Soybean Harvest
It seems like we often over look soybeans. We sometimes neglect our management of them, partially because we may not feel that we make as...
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Rachel
Aug 28, 20185 min read
Does it Pay to Calibrate? Collecting Quality Yield Data.
It’s the time of year we need to start thinking about yield data quality. We hear this every year: “make sure to calibrate your yield...
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Rachel
Aug 21, 20185 min read
Management Steps for Sudden Death Syndrome in Soybeans
As you are driving around the county you may begin to notice yellow patches popping up in soybean fields. This can be attributed to...
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Rachel
Aug 14, 20185 min read
Combine Adjustments: Setting You Up for Success
Taking a little bit of time to make the appropriate combine adjustments for grain retention can go a long way towards increasing harvest...
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Rachel
Aug 7, 20185 min read
Harvest Considerations for Drought Impacted Crops
The 2018 growing season has been tough to say the least. Early season heat, very low soil moisture, and severe lack of rainfall during...
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Rachel
Jul 31, 20185 min read
Taking on Tissue Testing
Its been the hottest topic in farm publications and from yield contest winners. Tissue testing. Many individuals are touting the benefits...
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Rachel
Jul 24, 20185 min read
Soybean Insecticide Investigation: Should I Spray?
Last week we covered foliar fungicide management in soybeans. We discussed when to apply, thresholds and yield response. However, in most...
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Rachel
Jul 17, 20184 min read
Foliar Fungicides: Take 2. Soybeans.
A couple weeks ago we took a stab at foliar fungicides in corn, including the thresholds for application and economics. Today we are...
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Rachel
Jul 10, 20186 min read
Dealing with Drought and Heat
Our ten day forecast looks discouraging. Highs above 95 degrees every day for the next nine days, with no real chance of rain in that...
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Rachel
Jul 3, 20184 min read
A Foray into Foliar Fungicides
As we begin to tassel and silk across the area, we’ve been getting a lot of questions about foliar fungicide in corn. We recently...
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Rachel
Jun 26, 20184 min read
Nitrogen School Part 3: Managing Nitrogen Efficiently Is Hard! Guest Post!!
We want to extend a warm welcome on the Pederson Seed Blog to this weeks guest, Cody Boeck. Cody is a graduate of the University of...
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Rachel
Jun 19, 20185 min read
Nitrogen School Part 2: Using Sensors for In-season, Variable-Rate Nitrogen Management. GUEST POST!
We are so excited to introduce our first guest on the blog, Laura Thompson! Laura is an extension educator with the University of...
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Rachel
Jun 13, 20183 min read
Nitrogen School Part 1: Back to Basics
When is the last time you went to school? Well we are going to school today, and the topic is Nitrogen. Before you click the back button...
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Rachel
Jun 5, 20185 min read
The Emergence Exploration: How much of an impact does uniform emergence REALLY have?
For the past couple of growing seasons we’ve been conducting studies on emergence. Emergence is often touted as one of the hallmarks of...
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Rachel
May 31, 20182 min read
Welcome to the Pederson Seed Blog!
Hey there! Welcome to the Pederson Seed and Services blog page...and our very first post! We’re so excited to have you here with us!...
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