Anything and Everything Emergence with Patrick Howard
Bin Buster
When it comes to producing bin-busting crops how do you plan for that? Well, it all begins with your emergence and making sure everything is starting off right. Today we are joined by farmer Patrick Howard as he walks us through his process for planting. From knowing the right time to plant to tracking weather patterns, and going back and checking on the emergence, and making sure it’s where it needs to be. We also tackle the difficult decision of replanting. Replanting can cause us to feel like we are failing with our crops, but oftentimes it’s due to something...
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How to Become a Top Bin Buster with Kevin Kalb
Bin Buster
Are you trying to get your yields up, but struggling to know where to start? You’ve checked your nitrogen levels but what else is missing? In this episode, I sit down with the corn king himself Kevin Kalb. He is known worldwide for his high-yielding crops. Kevin utilizes dekalb seed. He has been featured on the TV show “Corn Warriors. He runs a big family farm in Dubois Co, Indiana. In our interview, Kevin tells us how important it is to play with ten acres of your land and be free to experiment with it, try new things and see what works and what...
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Taking Your Yields to the Next Level with Matt Parmer
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In today’s episode, I sit down with Matt Parmer to discuss how to take the next steps to achieve better yields in our harvest seasons. Matt starts by walking us through the steps we need to be taking each planning season and how this winter “down” time should be utilized in order to make sure when it does come time to plant we are as prepared as possible. We also discuss the importance of utilizing people, teams, and retailers around you. There is no one-size-fits-all for every farmer, field, and crop which is why it is vital that we try new things, take advice from people...
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2020 In Review with Jordan Arndell
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When we look forward to 2021’s season we have to be thinking about what worked well in 2020 and what needs improvement. The answers to these questions can help us determine our fall tillage along with what fertilizers we are going to begin using this next year. In this episode, I sit down with Jordan Arndell as he tells us what are some of the big wins in different products and what we have to look forward to. We also take a dive into getting back to the root of things, and while it’s good to plan, we have to remember that some things are out of our control and it’s okay to take a...
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Weed Control with Whitney Monin
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How can we get our weeds under control even in the fall months? We are diving into that in this episode with Whitney Monin. From new products available to commonly missed opportunities during harvest season, we are deep diving it all. We also talk about how in order to best move forwards with ingenuity and technology we have to stay firmly rooted in our history, and learn all we can from the past in order to increase our bin yields. We also dive into life lessons that the farm can teach us, from leadership to work qualities that we learned and developed through working on a farm...
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In this episode, I sit down with the corn king himself Kevin Kalb. He is known worldwide for his high-yielding crops. Kevin utilizes dekalb seed. He has been featured on the TV show “Corn Warriors. He runs a big family farm in Dubois Co, Indiana.
In our interview, Kevin tells us how important it is to play with ten acres of your land and be free to experiment with it, try new things and see what works and what doesn’t. He talks about what some game-changers for his crops have been and what practices he has in place in order to get the best yields possible.
He also shares with us things that he wishes he had done differently and offers bushel loads of information that we can take to heart and apply to our own crops in order to increase our yields.
Questions asked:
- What was it like being on corn warriors?
- How did you get started chasing high yields?
- How important is it for farmers to do soil and tissue tests?
- What are some basic recipes for high yields?
- How to find the right people to work with.
Topics covered:
- Why it’s important to try new things on your crops.
- Why you need to be doing soil tests.
- How to make a farm operation successful.
- Leaning into Soybeans.
Connect with Kevin:
- Website: https://www.midwestadvancedcrop.com/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigyieldscorn
Listen to on:
Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bin-buster/id1539932560
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1NeeISyT1fsTgHHlQVhbj7
Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/Bin-Buster-id3524084?country=us