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As soybeans begin to bloom, it is time for growers to make their foliar applications. BigYield.us has three different products for growers to consider for foliar soybean nutrition. These products are BigSweetYield DB, Yield Booster, and BigSweetYield. To learn more about any of these products, go to https://bigyield.us or call (844) 242-4367. Video Transcript Hey guys, this is John Ortiz …

Landon Teal of AgTech, Inc. discusses the progress of the 2017 crop. Listen to the BigYield.us team and Kyle Hill, Ag 1280 Farm Director, each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on Ag 1280 KDKD-AM. The segments air at 7:15 am and again at 12:15 pm. This segment originally aired on July 10, 2017.

Landon Teal of AgTech, Inc. discusses how they use insect thresholds in crop scouting. Listen to the BigYield.us team and Kyle Hill, Ag 1280 Farm Director, each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on Ag 1280 KDKD-AM. The segments air at 7:15 am and again at 12:15 pm. This segment originally aired on July 7, 2017.

Landon Teal of AgTech, Inc. discusses the crop consulting services that AgTech offers. Listen to the BigYield.us team and Kyle Hill, Ag 1280 Farm Director, each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on Ag 1280 KDKD-AM. The segments air at 7:15 am and again at 12:15 pm. This segment originally aired on July 5, 2017.

In some areas, insect infestations are now emerging as a threat. This story from DTN/The Progressive Farmer highlights potential outbreak problems with Japanese beetles and soybean aphids in particular. As growers take passes through their fields this summer, we encourage them to add a BigSweetYield application to their management programs. The BigSweetYield will not only help to boost plant health …

Beneficial insects can play many important roles on the farm. One of those roles is potentially controlling harmful pests that could jeopardize crop health and yields. To know whether practices meant to attract beneficial insects are working, you can build Texas-style insect traps and pheromone lures. Capturing bugs in such traps enables farmers to measure the number of beneficial insects …

At this time of year, weed and insect pressure require watchful management. If either pressure runs rampant, then plant health and yields are bound to suffer. Weeds compete with crops for water and nutrition. This competition can weaken the opportunity for crops to leverage these resources for their own benefit. From a pest perspective, insects can attack corn ears, soybean …

In-crop burning can serve as a chemical-free alternative for controlling weeds and insects in your fields as crops emerge and establish themselves. Before you head into a field with an in-crop, in-row burner, however, you should know several critical tips. Here are the top five things to know about in-crop burning from Kent Kauffman of our BigYield.us team. 1. Position …

Join BigYield.us and AgMaxx for their boot camp planned for Jan. 31, 2018, at the Stoney Creek Hotel and Conference Center in Independence, Mo . At the boot camp, which will be held in conjunction with the Mid-America Organic Association annual conference, certified crop advisers, farmers and other agriculture professionals will meet to learn more about new technologies and products …

Plant tissue sampling is an effective tool for detecting crop diseases and nutrient levels, including those for micronutrients. The process starts by cutting several leaves from the crop, such as corn or soybeans, that you’d like to test. A lab will then run an analysis of those samples. Tissue sampling can identify potential problems in low-yielding fields, or it can …