Tilth Talk Radio

Topic: Rotational Value Of Wheat

Spotlight: University Of Minnesota Working To Boost Oil Content

Ag History Minute: History Of Wheat In Wisconsin

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Corn Cattle Farmers Pivot To Create Profit/Members Of The Cattle Industry Say Argentina Plan Isn’t The Way To Lower Beef Prices

Field Good Friday: Harvest Of A Lifetime – Farmer Sees Record Corn Yields In Southern Minnesota

Topic: BMR Silage Future

Spotlight: Maryland Scientists Find Gene That Could Triple Wheat Yields

Ag History Minute: History Of BMR

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Some Farmers Are Increasing Cover Crop Acres To Cut Costs And Boost Soil Health/Drought Causes Headaches For Christmas Tree Farmers

Field Good Friday: 128 Drivers Turn Out For Tractor Ride In Seymour To Support Farmers Cancer Battle

Topic: 5 Ways To Plant Cover Crops On A Budget

Spotlight: Ohio Farmer Jed Bower Begins Term As President Of The NCGA

Ag History Minute: History Of Baseball And Agriculture

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Illinois Baleage Wins Forage Superbowl/Beware Of Silo Fillers Disease

Field Good Friday: Busch Light Hunting Cans Hunter Name Change Contest

Topic: Farmer’s Almanac Fall Weather

Spotlight: Nutrien Hub Adds Weather, Financing And Crop Planning Tools

Ag History Minute: History Of Old Farmer’s Almanac

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: USDA Crop Progress Report September 29th 2025/China Signals Purchases Of US Soybeans Hinge On Tariff Removal

Field Good Friday: New Wisconsin Legislation Aims To Support Family Farmers And Feed The Hungry

Topic: Talking Compaction

Spotlight: All Roads Lead to World Dairy Expo At The Alliant Energy Center

Ag History Minute: History Of World Dairy Expo

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Farmers Want Transparency With New Fertilizer Bill/Number Of Argentine Soybean Cargoes Purchased By China This Week Keep Rising

Field Good Friday: Deadline Nears To Nominate A 2026 Master Agriculturist

Topic: End Of Season Soybeans

Spotlight: Safety Webinars Slated For September 22-26

Ag History Minute: History Of Soybeans

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Butter Exports Shift In Our Favor/OSHA Investigating Farm Incident With 6 Fatalities

Field Good Friday: Badger Stripe Out Camp Randall Game Celebrating Agriculture

Topic: Nutrient Removal From Harvest

Spotlight: 5 Yield Saving Combine Adjustments

Ag History Minute: History Of The Bray P Soil Test

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: MAHA Report Prioritizes Nutrition, Concerns Remain About Crop Protection Availability/China Steps In For Pork, Skips Soybeans Again

Field Good Friday: World Dairy Expo Dairy Product Winners Named

Topic: Corn Silage Drydowns

Spotlight: New Soybean Products Found At Farm Progress Show

Ag History Minute: History Of The Farm Progress Show

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: 36 Wisconsin FFA Members Are Honored At The National Level For Their Proficiency Projects/Environmental Groups Motion Court To Pull Enlist

Field Good Friday: Incredible Hoard Of 51 Native American Blades Discovered In Missouri Soybean Field

Topic: Field Updates

Spotlight: CaseIH Announces It’s Most Powerful Tractor Yet

Ag History Minute: History Of The Quadtrac Tractor

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: 71% OF US Corn, 69% Of Soybeans Good to Excellent/Farmers Urged To Brace For 2026 Cash Flow Crunch

Field Good Friday: Adopt A Cow Program Brings Dairy Education Home

Topic:  Southern Rust And Fungicide

Spotlight: New Ag Climate Dashboard Designed To Help Farmers Make Management Decisions

Ag History Minute: History Of Southern Rust

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: $750 Million Texas Fly Facility To Help Eradicate New World Screwworm/NCGA Says Brazil’s Ethanol Tariff Burdens US Commerce

Field Good Friday: National FFA Organization Grows Membership, Expands Student Opportunities

Todd And Matt Talk Making Good Silage Piles With Bill Eberle, Account Manager With Novonessis.

Topics: Soybean Condition

Spotlight: EPA Proposal Could Eliminate DEF Systems In Ag Equipment

Ag History Minute: History Of Soybean Cyst Nematode

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Cheese Prices Climb/Corn Growers Alarmed By Potential Loss Of Herbicide

Field Good Friday: 11 States Reported Dented Corn

Topic: Tight Tassel Wrap

Spotlight: Largest Grain Cart Yet

Ag History Minute: Tilth Talk Radio

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Bill Seeks To Stop Non-Dairy Product Mislabeling/True Armyworm Spotted Across Wisconsin

Field Good Friday: Right To Repair Granted, John Deere Launches Digital Self Repair Tool

Topic: Fungicide Considerations

Spotlight: EPA Proposing Registering Dicamba Again

Ag History Minute: History Of Crop Protection

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Study Looks At Cover Crop Nitrogen Credits/Tight Tassel Wrap Is Showing Up In The Corn Belt

Field Good Friday: Culvers Launches 2025 To Farmers With Love Contest

Matt And Bill Discuss Current Season Crop Updates And Research with UW Division Of Extension Crops And Soils Agent Kevin Jarek.

Topic: Alfalfa Pests And Thresholds

Spotlight: GDM To Acquire AgReliant Seeds

Ag History Minute: History Of The Sweep Net

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Soy Foam Being Implemented/Del Monte Foods Announces Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Field Good Friday: Clinton Farms To Host 2025 Farm Technology Days

Topic: 2nd Pass On Soybeans And E3 Technology

Spotlight: Beck’s Hybrids Expands Seed Production Footprint In Nebraska

Ag History Minute: Knee High By The Fourth Of July

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Best Corn In The U.S./Kansas Wheat Yields, Quality Take A Hit

Field Good Friday: 2026 Corn Murals To Feature Patriotic Theme At Mitchell Corn Palace

Topic: PSNTs

Spotlight: Horsch Holds Grand Opening Of Brand New Facility In Minnesota

Ag History Minute: History Of The PSNT

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Warm And Wet Conditions Spurred Wisconsin Crops/Tar Spot Infects Corn Crops In 14 Nebraska County

Field Good Friday: New Wisconsin FFA Officers Named

Topic: Field Updates – Soybean Populations

Spotlight: New Tool For Wisconsin Cover Crop Data

Ag History Minute: Jethro Tull – Seed Drill Inventor

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: EPA’s Proposed Rule Potential Game Changer For Farmers/Beef Producers Be Aware Of Dangerous Asian Longhorn Tick Continuing Western Migration

Field Good Friday: Wisconsin Farmers Union Hosts Free Summer Youth Camps

Topic:  Matt And Todd Talk With Elizabeth Burns-Thompson, Executive Director Of The Modern Ag Alliance, About Issues Facing Crop Protection Tools In The Ag Industry.

Topic: Soil Crusting

Spotlight: Triple Action Foliar Fungicide Targets Tar Spot, Southern Rust And Frog Eye Leaf Spot

Ag History Minute: The Dust Bowl

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Honda Announces New Fourtrax Multipurpose ATVS For 2026/Lab Capacity Weak Link For African Swine Fever Outbreak

Field Good Friday: Wisconsin Farmer Among First To Use John Deere Autonomous Tractor

Topic:  Field Pests

Spotlight: Indiana 4-H Sees Program Growth With Large Project Numbers

Ag History Minute: History Of Economic Thresholds

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: JBS To Build Sausage Facility In Perry Iowa/Glyphosate And Atrazine Noted In MAHA Commission Report

Field Good Friday: Ross Chastain – Race Car Driver And Eighth Generation Farmer

Topic: Wind

Spotlight: National Corn Growers Association Yield Contest

Ag History Minute: Why Is It Windy?

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Bicyclist’s Race For Cheese/Two States Still Haven’t Reached 50% Planted

Field Good Friday: Wienermobiles Will Haul Buns At Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Topic: Planting Depth Myths

Spotlight: Corteva Phases Out BMR, Introduces TonnEdge

Ag History Minute: History Of The National Weather Service

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Corn Farmers Embrace NASCAR/Screwworms Likely To Cross Border This Summer

Field Good Friday: Farm Aid To Kick Off Year-Long 40th Anniversary Celebration

Topic: Updates From The Field

Spotlight: Why The Omega Block Could Have A Major Impact On Drought And Planting Progress

Ag History Minute: History Of The Brown Corn Planter

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Soybean Planting Outpaces Expectations/Many Ag Programs And Policies Could Be Stripped From New Wisconsin Budget

Field Good Friday: 6 Tips For Farmers To Battle Burnout

Topic: Updates From The Field – Soybean Herbicide And Planting Dates

Spotlight: Order Your PEAQ Stick Now

Ag History Minute: History Of The PEAQ Stick

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: No Mow May Is Now Slow Mow May In Appleton

Field Good Friday: Another Week Of Major Planting Progress

Topic: Bill, Matt, Todd And Doug Draft Their Varieties For The 2025 Tilth Trials Fantasy Corn League Plot, Managed By Commissioner Derek.

Topic: What’s Happening In The Field And GDDs

Spotlight: Farm Progress Focuses On Women Shaping Agriculture In May Digital Publications

Ag History Minute: History Of Growing Degree Days

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: More Certainty For E-15 This Summer/Bayer CEO Says Firm May Stop Making Roundup

Field Good Friday: Wisconsin Leads The Charge For Rural Healthcare

Topic:  How to Tell If Your Ground Is Fit To Plant

Spotlight: Bushel Expands Platform With Interest Bearing Accounts And Digital Wallet

Ag History Minute:  History Of Earthworms In North America

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: USDA Crop Progress Report Farmers In 6 States Have Started Planting Corn/New HPAI Case Confirmed In Wisconsin

Field Good Friday: University Of Wisconsin Offers Help To Growing Food Farm Businesses

Todd and Matt Talk With Leah Duzy, Principal Consultant With Compliance Services International, About The Endangered Specials Act (ESA) And Pesticide Mitigation Strategies.

Topic: Tariffs And Agriculture

Spotlight: Latest And Greatest Farm Tech On Display At The WPS Farm Show In Oshkosh

Ag History Minute: Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: RinoTec Biocontrol Agents Recieves EPA Registration/A Snow Deficit This Winter Leaves Parts Of The North Central US In Drought

Field Good Friday: Why Are Most Barns In Wisconsin Painted Red, Here’s The History

Topic: BMR Phase Out

Spotlight: NASA’s New Satellite Could Change The Way We Farm Forever

Ag History Minute: BMR Corn

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: National Pork Board Announces New Tagline/Eric Snodgrass Dissects What Shift From La Nina Means For Weather This Spring

Field Good Friday: 2025 US Cheese Champion Announced

Topic: Value of Independent Crop Consulting

Spotlight: Iowa Lawmakers Push For Fertilizer Pilot Program To Improve Water Quality

Ag History Minute: History Of CCA Program

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Wisconsin Technical Schools Help Farmers Keep Up With Technology/Randy Dowdy Says Profit Sweet Spot For Soybeans Is 100 Bushels Per Acre

Field Good Friday: Six Finalists Named For Next Alice In Dairyland

Matt, Todd and Bill talk with Jason Fussy from Centrol Crop Consulting about his experience as a consultant in Minnesota.

Topic: High Oleic Soybeans

Spotlight: Doomsday Seed Vault Gets 14,000 New Samples

Ag History Minute: High Oleic Soybeans

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Pioneer Announces High Oleic Beans With E3 Technology/John Deere To Lay Off 119 Workers At Des Moines Works

Field Good Friday: Wisconsin Ag Teacher Of The Year 2024

Topic: Endangered Species Act Mitigation Strategies

Spotlight: The Scoop 2024 Product Of The Year Awaken Flowboost

Ag History Minute: Endangered Species Act Of 1973

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Cows Milk Continues To Remain Superior/Mission Complete-Iowa Man Eats Pork Tenderloin In All 99 Counties

Topic: Soil Testing For Micronutrients

Spotlight: Monarch’s MK5 Dairy Tractor Rolls Out Autonomous Feed Pushing

Ag History Minute: Victor Ernest Shelford

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: More Than 2000 Dairy Products Entered Into Contest/Ag Traders, Manufacturers Report Tough Profit Outlooks

Field Good Friday: Meet Wisconsin’s 2025 Outstanding Young Farmer

Todd, Matt and Bill talk with Ryan Nell from FWR Nell Farms about his early plant soybeans.

Topic: 5 New Things To Look For In 2025

Spotlight: Court Sides Against Deere In AGCO High Speed Planting Case

Ag History Meeting: Norman J. Coleman

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Adopt A Class Cow?  How Schools Are Helping Students Understand Where Food Comes From/Wisconsin Grocers React To Rapidly Increasing Egg Prices

Field Good Friday: A Door County Cheese Maker Is Making A Cheese It’s Never Made Before

Topic: Biological Testing

Spotlight: SCN Continues To Spread

Ag History Minute: History Of Soil Health Testing

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: US Soybean Production Tops 2023/Foreign Ownership Of Ag Land Grew 1.6 Million Acres In 2023

Field Good Friday: “Green And Gold” Movie In Theatres January 31st

Topic: Tractor Autonomy

Spotlight: Crop Insurance Changes Present Opportunities

Ag History Minute: History Of Autonomous Tractors

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Nitrogen Optimization Pilot Program Already Helping Farmers For 2025/When Will Over The Top Dicamba Be Available For Soybeans Growers

Field Good Friday: Salentine Named Wisconsin Fairest Of The Fair

Bill, Matt and Todd talk with University of Wisconsin Division of Extension NPM Program Manager Dan Smith about weather, cover crops and more!

Topic: Soil Testing

Spotlight: Rock River Laboratory Expanding Into South Dakota

Ag History Minute: Wisconsin State Lab Of Hygiene

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: EPA Registers NIMAXXA Bionematicide Soybean Seed Treatment/Officials Warn That Agroterrorism Threat Is Real

Field Good Friday: Oklahoma 4-H Member Starts Toy Drive That Now Gives Out 13,000 Toys Each Year

Bill, Matt And Todd Discuss The Top 10 Ag Stories Of 2024.

Matt, Todd and Bill Talk With UW Division Of Extension Crops And Soils Educator Kevin Jarek About Alfalfa And Crop Budgets.

Topic: pH And Nutrient Availability

Spotlight: 2024 NCGA Corn Yield Contest

Ag History Minute: USDA America’s Farms And Ranches At A Glance

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Culvers Reaching 1,000th Restaurant/Farmers Remain Concerned About The Lack Of A 5 Year Farm Bill

Field Good Friday: What Happens When A Poultry Processor Flies The Coop

Topic: Grazing

Spotlight: Rotor Unveils Sprayhawk Spray Drone

Ag History Minute: Arthur William Sampson

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Farmer Sentiment Reaches Highest Level Since 2021/Cargill To Terminate 475 Employees In Minnesota

Field Good Friday: Virtual Fencing On Waupaca County Farm Saves Time And Money

Topic: Things For Farmers To Be Thankful For

Spotlight: Get To Know Brooke Rollins, Nominee For Agriculture Secretary

Ag History Minute: First Thanksgiving Dinner

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Cool Bean-Consider Planting Earlier/President Biden’s Pardoned Turkeys Ruffle Feathers

Field Good Friday: White House’s Christmas Tree Is A Symbol Of Resilience For Hurricane Hit North Carolina

Topic: Corn Seed Company Changes

Spotlight: Kansas Farmers Advised To Watch For Wheat-Triticale Hybrid

Ag History Minute: Jung Seed Genetics

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Corteva Announces Breakthrough In Wheat Technology/Critics Slam Absurd Bill That Would Restrict Use Of Bird Feeders

Field Good Friday: New Kubota KATR Farm Robot Concept Wins CES Innovation Award

Topic: Nitrogen Credits

Spotlight: Using Precision Agriculture With Microsoft And FFA Farmbeats For Students

Ag History Minute: Nitrogen Cycle

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Corn Exports – Rocket Ship To Where/AFBF Terminating Illinois Farm Bureau Membership After Dispute

Field Good Friday: Kubota Partners With Boot Campaign To Support Veterans

Topic: How Dry Soils Can Affect Soil Test K

Spotlight: RCI Takes Bale Accumulators To The Next Level

Ag History Minute: History Of The Pumpkin

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Mary Schreiber Of Wisconsin Elected To 2024-2025 National Officer Team/Harvest Prices For Crop Insurance Plunge

Field Good Friday: Over 2500 Pound Wisconsin Pumpkin Breaks Previous State Record

Matt, Todd, Bill and Doug discuss varieties while waiting for Commissioner Derek to reveal the plot details and winning team for the 2024 Fantasy Corn League Season.  Check out the results on Facebook and online at www.tilthtrials.com!

Topic: Top 6 Quick Fixes To Your Budget For 2025

Spotlight: EPA Approves Next Generation Glufosinate Based Herbicide

Ag History: GDU Update

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: 65% Of US Corn, 81% Of US Soybeans Harvested/2024 Could Go Down As Worst Financial Year For Farmers Since 2007

Field Good Friday: NCGA Fields Of Corn Contest

Topic: Herbicide Carryover Considerations

Spotlight: Reinke E3 Precision Center Pivot System

Ag History Minute: Center Pivot Irrigation

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: NAICC Wisconsin Farm Tour Focuses On Finding Common Ground/Abrupt Closure Of Pure Prairie Poultry Processing Plant Has Wisconsin Farms Scrambling

Field Good Friday: Northwest Wisconsin Farmers Donate To Hurricane Relief

Topic: Compaction

Spotlight: National Weather Service Will No Longer Issue Wind Chill Warnings And Advisories

Ag History Minute: History Of Wind Chill

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Farmers Looking To Weed Robots As Herbicide Resistance Solutions/Hurricanes Deliver One Two Punch To Florida Phosphate Production

Field Good Friday: World Forage Analysis Superbowl Winners Honored

Topic: Goss’s Bacterial Wilt

Spotlight: AgWagon Farm Truck Kits

Ag History Minute: Spelt

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Meat And Corn Export Sales Up On The Week/Hurricane Helene Does Billions In Damages

Field Good Friday: Drone Rescue As Farmers Find Helene Victims And Deliver Supplies

Topic: Slugs

Spotlight: New GPS Datum Coming In 2026

Ag History Minute: Silos

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Above Average Harvest Pace Continues In Wisconsin/Farmer Fights County’s Fine For Housing Worker Onsite

Field Good Friday: Michigan FFA Receives $4 Million From State Budget

Topic: Fall 2024 Priorities

Spotlight: Potential Strike Looms At East Coast And Gulf Ports

Ag History Minute: Western Bean Cutworm

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: UW River Falls Professors Given National Science Foundation Grant/Commerce Department Add Duties To 2,4-D Imports

Field Good Friday: Cheese And Nonfat Dry Milk Move To New Multi-Year Highs

Topic: Hessian Fly Free Date

Spotlight: GDU Update

Ag History Minute: Hessian Fly

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Drone Helps Rescue 3 Year Old Lost In Wisconsin Corn Field/Fertility Costs Have Farmers Considering Cutting Back

Field Good Friday: Grape Growers Desperately Need You To Drink More Wine

Topic: Alfalfa Burndown In Spring Or Fall

Spotlight: 10 Teams Vie For 100,000 Ag Innovation Challenge

Ag History Minute: Corn Silage

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Winter Wheat Planting Underway In 8 Top Growing States/More Than 50 Ag Economists Now Think US Ag Economy Already In Recession

Field Good Friday: NY State Fair 800 Pound Butter Sculpture Recycled For Energy On Dairy Farm

Todd, Matt and Bill Discuss Planning For Variable Quality Forages With Dr. John Goeser, Director Of Nutritional Research And Innovation With Rock River Labs.

Topic: Tar Spot

Spotlight: Battle For Milk Supplies Likely To Grow

Ag History Minute: Wisconsin Milk Strikes Of 1933

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: New Soybean Yield Record Set At 218 Bushel/EPA Probes Biodiesel Supply Fraud

Field Good Friday: A Record Breaking $25,000 Bid For A Ham Pushes WI Meat Products Auction Sales To $130,000

Matt And Todd Discuss Emergency Forages Options And Recommendations From Tom Kilcer’s Recent Visit To Wisconsin With Nick Guilette From Ebert Enterprises And Brent Petersen From Brown County LCD.

Topic: Todd And Matt Interview Bill Eberle, Account Manager With Novonesis.

Topic: Liberty Herbicide Options

Spotlight: GDU Update

Ag History Minute: History Of Liberty Herbicide (Glufosinate)

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Iconic Butter Cow Display At Ohio State Fair Celebrates Athletes/Agco Sells Grain And Protein Brands

Feel Good Friday: 4-Her Sells Market Lamb For $27,000 To Help Friend In Need

Topic: Determining The Value Of Straw

Spotlight: Landus Secret Weapon With Military Grade AI Tech

Ag History Minute: History Of Wheat In WI

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Weinermobile Crashes But Hotdoggers OK/91% Of North Carolina Corn Is Fair Condition Or Worse

Field Good Friday: Hogs For Hunger Makes Strides At The Local Level

Topic: How Long Can Crops Survive Underwater

Spotlight: Purdue Develops Antibiotic Free Avian E. Coli Treatment

Ag History Minute: National Ice Cream Sundae Day

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: 2024 Wisconsin State Fair Dairy Products Contest Winners Selected/Grain Prices Hitting Lowest Levels Since 2020

Field Good Friday: Vermont Dairy Farmer Turned Epic Track Star Heading To Olympics Again

Topic: Matt, Bill and Todd Talk Current Crop Conditions, Struggles And Prevent Plant With UW Division Of Extension Agent Crops And Soils Kevin Jarek.

Topic: Having A Disease Plan For Your Crops

Spotlight: How To Time Fungicide To Combat Tar Spot

Ag History: Knee High By The 4th Of July

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Farm Rescue Adds Wisconsin To It’s Service Area/Flooding Across The Midwest May Have Wiped Out 1 Million Acres Of Crops

Topic: Increased Use Of Drones In Ag

Spotlight: John Deere Names Chief Tractor Officer

Ag History Minute: History Of Spray Drones

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Possible DJI Drone Ban In The US

Field Good Friday: Waupaca County Family’s Farm Legacy Of Dairy And Berries Will Continue Into The Future

Topic: Sandhill Cranes

Ag History Minute: History Of Mozzarella Sticks

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Wisconsin Students Can Now Enroll In Virtual FFA Chapter/Corn Belt Expects Very Warm July And August

Field Good Friday: Dairy Means Good Health

Topic: Alfalfa Weevil, JDM Challenge #2

Spotlight: New Biotech Trait Designed To Take A Bite Out Of SCN

Ag History Minute: How Greek Yogurt Is Different From Regular Yogurt

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Iowa Has No Drought For The First Time In Four Years/Bull “Party Bus” Who Jumped Rodeo Fence Injuring People Forced To Retire

Field Good Friday: Big Turnouts For Breakfast On The Farm

Topic: Feeding On Plants, June Dairy Month Challenge #1

Spotlight: Corteva Unveils New Corn Herbicide Formulation

Ag History Minute: History Of Cheese

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: New Corn Rootworm Biological Receives EPA Approval/Pork Industry Focused On H5N1 Prevention

Field Good Friday: Iowa Farm Family Turns Small Dairy Herd Into Multi-Product Business

Topic: Issues From The Field – Wheat Fungicide, Prevent Plant, Alfalfa Disease, Soybean Planting

Spotlight: 2024 Shaping Up To Bring Out Corn Rootworm

Ag History Minute: The Milk Tradition At The Indianapolis 500

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Culver’s Pledges $25,000 To FFA And Supports Dairy Farmers/China Blocks Beef From US Plant Over Detection Of Ractopamine

Field Good Friday: Cows, Conservation On Display June 9th At Outagamie Breakfast On The Farm

Topic: Field Report – Switching Maturities And Making Hay Vs. Planting Corn

Spotlight: Promising Bioherbicide Pipeline In The Works

Ag History Minute: Humus Theory

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: What’s In The Farm Bill For Dairy Farms/Canadian Wildfires Never Fully Died

Field Good Friday: Sticky New Glue Spray Kills Pests Without Chemicals

Topic: Boron Deficiency And Toxicity For Fertilization

Spotlight: College Entrepreneurs Develop Solution To Japanese Beetles

Ag History Minute: History Of Plant Nutrition

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Former USDA Undersecretary For Food Safety Says Negative Beef Tests For H5N1 Came As No Surprise/17 Month Review Process Likely For New Dicamba Label

Field Good Friday: Indiana Dairy Farmers Take Part In Indianapolis 500 Tradition

Topic: Fungicide On Alfalfa

Spotlight: Bayer Ramps Up Tar Spot Research

Ag History Minute: History Of The Drought Monitor

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Florida Bans Sale Of Lab Grown Meat/Storms Interrupt Planting In Nebraska And Iowa

Field Good Friday: New Packers Draft Pick Jacob Monk Asks For Cheese Recommendations

Topic: Doug, Matt, Todd and Bill draft their 2024 corn varieties with Commissioner Derek.

Topic: RT of SMART, Rate and Timing

Spotlight: DJI Launches New Ag Spray Drones
Ag History Minute: Law of The Minimum

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Goodbye El Nino, Hello La Nina?/Wild Pigs Kill More People Than Sharks

Field Good Friday: Special Delivery – UPS Driver Delivers Calf At Wisconsin Farm

Topic: Breaking Down Source, Method and Assessment (SMA) of SMART.

Spotlight: Brock Purdy Leads John Deere Search For Chief Tractor Officer

Ag History Minute: History Of The 4R’s

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: USDA Report Shows Soybean Planting Underway In 10 States/Infrastructure Woes Watch “Potholes” That May Impact Global Trade

Field Good Friday: Farm Bill Vote In Committee By Memorial Day Says House Ag Committee Chairman

Topic: Considerations For Early Planting Soybeans

Spotlight: Herbicide Carryover Concerns In Soybeans

Ag History Minute: Emergence And Evolution Of H5N1 Bird Flu

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Corn Planting Underway In 7 States/Bird Flu Pushes U.S. Dairy Farmers To Ban Visitors And Chop Trees

Field Good Friday: 2024 Wisconsin Dairy Breakfasts Are Out

Topic: USDA Introducing SMART System

Spotlight: Twelve Cases Of HPAI In Dairy Cattle Confirmed In 5 States

Ag History Minute: History of Biosecurity

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: First Soy Based Fire Suppressant Hits The Market/Kwik Trip Discontinues Bagged Milk After 40 Years

Field Good Friday: Two Pennsylvania Sisters Created Super Fast Growing Yogurt Company

Topic: Planting Prep For Dry Conditions

Spotlight: New Enversa Herbicide Introduced By Corteva

Ag History Minute: Peeps

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: State Farm Bureaus Work To Join Successful Healthcare Coverage Program/Will Baltimore Bridge Collapse Impact Agriculture?

Field Good Friday: WPS Farm Show Wraps 62nd Year

Topic: Winter Wheat N Fertilization

Spotlight: John Deere, Kinze and Ag Leader Announce Collaboration Agreement

Ag History Minute: Origins Of Easter Egg Tradition

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: New Technology To Increase Carbon And Sunlight Capture In Corn/PETA Tells White House Easter Egg Roll Can Still Be Egg-citing With Potatoes

Field Good Friday: New Farming Museum Seeks To Connect Public With Wisconsin Agriculture Industry

Topic: Bill, Matt and Todd talk cover crops with Daniel Smith, UW Madison Division of Extension NPM Program Manager.

Topic: Seed Lubricants With Additives

Spotlight: “Gustnado” Hits Southern Wisconsin

Ag History Minute: Wisconsin #1’s

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: 2024 Alice In Dairyland Finalists/Texas Ranchers Lose Thousands Of Cattle To Wildfires

Field Good Friday: Paul Bunyan Flavor Wins Cedar Crest 4-H Ice Cream Contest

Topic: Corn Rootworm Beetle

Spotlight: Why Are Farmers In Europe Protesting

Ag History Minute: Leap Year And Weather

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: New John Deere 9RX Does Not Need DEF/Number Of Grain Dust Explosions Remain Unchanged

Field Good Friday: Georgia Dairy Farm Teaches NBA Superstars To Milk Cow By Hand

Topic: Biologicals – Beneficial Microbes vs. Biostimulants

Spotlight: AMVAC New Herbicide Registered For Use In Soybeans And Cotton

Ag History Minute: FFA

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: EPA Issues Existing Stocks Order For Dicamba Products/Census Shows Fewer Wisconsin Farmers Have Internet Access

Field Good Friday: National FFA Week

Topic: Nitrogen – Liquid or Dry

Spotlight: New Holland Introduces New Pickup Head

Ag History Minute: History Of LandSat

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Weed-Killing Robot Dog Could Become A Farmers Best Friend/Antler Madness – Deer Shed Thieves Poach Farmland, Private Property

Field Good Friday: Pluto TV Super Bowl Spot

Topic: In-Furrow or “Pop Up” Fertilizer

Spotlight: Will The Super Bowl Grass Hold Up This Year?

Ag History Minute: Sod Farms

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Why Economists Say Cattle Prices Will Soar/Court Rules Dicamba Was Unlawfully Approved, EPA Halts Use

Field Good Friday: Pete’s Pick International Harvester 3588

Topic: High Corn Yields And Residue Management

Spotlight: New Holland Launches Autonomous Baling Technology

Ag History Minute: Jethro Tull and The Seed Drill

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: State Destroys Farmers Yields, Pays $810,000 In Damages/Agronomists Worry Moisture Deficit Will Contribute To Herbicide Carryover

Field Good Friday: Hoewisch Family Named Wisconsin’s Outstanding Young Farmers

Topic: Endangered Species Act and The Rusty Patch Bumblebee

Spotlight: Precision Planting New Planter System

Ag History Minute: History Of Endangered Species Act

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: John Deere and Space X Announce Starlink Deal/Truth Behind Wisconsin Losing 455 Dairy Farms

Field Good Friday: 314 Bu Corn On Field Only Getting 7″ Of Rain In Minnesota

Matt, Todd and Bill Interview Jeff Smudde, Director Of Environmental Programs For NEW Water.

Topic: Todd, Matt and Bill Talk Through Highlights From The Top 5 Most Downloaded Episodes for 2023

Topic: Agronomy Goals/Resolutions For 2024

Spotlight: Two Takeaways From Nitrogen Stabilizer Research

Ag History Minute: History of Milk And Cookies For Santa

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: South Dakota Winter Wheat And Soil Moisture Improve/Wisconsin Starts 2024 Mostly Snow And Frost Free

Field Good Friday: How Feeding Calves Helped 33 Year Old Farm Mom Recover From Devastating Brain Tumor

Topic: Bill, Todd and Matt Go Count Down The Top 10 Ag Stories of 2023

Topic: In Season Communication Pitfalls

Spotlight: High Oleic Traits Expand This Winter

Ag History Minute: First Christmas Tree Farm

Cool Beans/Bonus Cool Beans: David Hula Hit A New Corn Growers Record/UW Madison Anniversary Ice Cream Flavor

Field Good Friday: Ag Economist Says Fed Could Lower Interest Rates In ’24

Topic: Chemical Updates

Spotlight: 2024 Land Influencers By Region

Ag History Minute: Alfred Rehder

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Growmark Pilots Innerplants Fluorescent Soybeans/It’s So Dry In Brazil Some Farmers Have Replanted 3 Or 4 Times

Field Good Friday: New Gene Discovery Will Help Combat Soybean Cyst Nematode

Topic: Winter Hardiness Zones Changes

Spotlight: Stine and Pattern Ag Collaborate On Corn Rootworm

Ag History Minute: History of Winter Hardiness Zones

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Farmer Shocked After Lost iPhone Circles Globe And Returns Home/Nearly Three Quarters of Louisiana Facing D4 Drought

Field Good Friday: Four Recognized for Excellence At Wisconsin Farm Bureau Conference

Topic: How Fertilizer Price Is Determined

Spotlight: AMVAC GreenSolutions Launches BioWake Prime

Ag History Minute: History Of Home Milk Delivery

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Lamers Dairy Reaches 110 Years In Business/S.C. Truck Driver Accused of Stealing Chicken Delivery

Field Good Friday: Wisconsin’s 1,387 Christmas Tree Farms