FIELD NOTES FROM KOCH AGRONOMIC SERVICES

The Field Notes podcast series from Koch Agronomic Services (KAS) will break down the science and technology behind agronomy to help growers do more with less. Crop science experts and others in the agriculture industry will discuss topics ranging from nitrogen loss and soil health to ways growers can increase operational efficiencies.

Research Helping Growers Feed the World

The Field Notes podcast series from Koch Agronomic Services (KAS) breaks down the science and technology behind agronomy to help growers do more with less. In this episode, we'll discuss the importance of research in agronomic inputs. Two scientists with KAS, Stacey Wertz and Harjot Dhaliwal will talk about the challenges and rewards of working behind the scenes to maximize yields. They'll tell us what grower feedback has meant to two products, CENTURO and PROTIVATE, as they are out in the fields actively helping growers feed the world.

11-21
20:49

Reaping the benefits of cover crops

The Field Notes podcast series from Koch Agronomic Services (KAS) breaks down the science and technology behind agronomy to help growers do more with less. In this episode, we'll learn more about the benefits of cover crops and how they can fit into your nutrient management plan. KAS technical agronomists, Lacie Thomas and Evan King, discuss how cover crops can become a cash crop, improve soil health and also act as nitrogen scavengers.

10-03
21:01

Vital Tools in Range and Pasture Management

The Field Notes podcast series from Koch Agronomic Services (KAS) breaks down the science and technology behind agronomy to help growers do more with less. In this episode, we're discussing pasture and range management with our KAS experts, Technical Agronomist, Lacie Thomas, and Territory Business Manager, Ryan Walker. They'll address pasture management and the inputs needed to maximize yield potential and protect soil health on grazing land.

08-08
12:49

Episode 29 - Micronutrient Deficiencies

The Field Notes podcast series from Koch Agronomic Services (KAS) breaks down the science and technology behind agronomy to help growers do more with less. In this episode, we're talking about micronutrient deficiencies. We'll learn what growers can do to optimize their crops' yield potential and how growers in each region can utilize testing and solutions to overcome limiting factors. We'll speak with KAS technical agronomist, TJ Bingham, and product manager, Brandon Peterson. They'll discuss the need for micronutrients and what solutions growers need to reach maximum yield potential in their regions.

06-18
20:04

Episode 28 - The Dangers of Drought

The Field Notes podcast series from Koch Agronomic Services (KAS) breaks down the science and technology behind agronomy to help growers do more with less. In this episode, we're talking about drought dangers growers face as it pertains to soil health and nutrients in the field. We'll speak with KAS technical agronomist, Matt Fryer and Kansas grower, Tim Turek. They'll discuss the impact drought has on soil fertility and the tools growers have available to help their crops overcome these limiting factors and increase to maximum yield potential.

04-26
34:05

Episode 27 - Input Costs and Protecting Your Investment

In this episode, we welcome two KAS experts to discuss input costs. Regional technical agronomist, Evan King, and product manager, Brandon Peterson, talk about how not protecting nitrogen inputs can have a negative impact on a grower's profits. They also share ways growers can overcome limiting factors to ensure their crops are getting the vital nutrients they need to achieve maximum yield potential for the best return on investment.

03-23
21:04

Episode 26 - Nutrient Access is an Important Key to Maximizing Yield Potential

In this episode, we welcome our new Field Notes moderator, Ken Root, as he talks with KAS technical agronomist, Matt Fryer, about nutrient access and the many variables that can affect nutrient availability at critical times in a crop's life. Matt also discusses the KAS solutions growers can utilize to ensure nutrient access and increase maximum yield potential.

02-26
24:03

Episode 25 - Success is in the Science – How CENTURO Protects your Nitrogen

The Field Notes podcast series from Koch Agronomic Services (KAS) breaks down the science and technology behind agronomy to help growers do more with less. In this episode, our experts go through the science behind the KAS nitrification inhibitor, CENTURO. They explain the truth of how the field-proven, EPA-registered formula works with anhydrous ammonia and UAN to help protect growers' nitrogen investments. Lacie Thomas, technical agronomist for KAS, and Stacey Wertz, KAS senior research chemist, also discuss how Pronitridine, the active ingredient in CENTURO, offers highly effective below-ground protection against leaching and denitrification for fall- and spring-applied nitrogen.

01-06
14:32

Episode 24 - Protect Your Profit by Protecting your Nutrient Inputs

The Field Notes podcast series from Koch Agronomic Services (KAS) breaks down the science and technology behind agronomy to help growers do more with less. In this episode, we talk with KAS experts about transient deficiency—what it is, how it can affect a crop's maximum yield potential, and most importantly, how to overcome it. Evan King, technical agronomist for KAS, and Brandon Peterson, KAS product manager, also discuss the KAS solutions growers can utilize to protect their nutrient inputs and their profits.

12-19
09:41

Episode 23 - Fall Nutrient Planning Brings Spring Success

Field Notes podcast series from Koch Agronomic Services breaks down the science and technology behind agronomy to help growers do more with less. In this episode, we discuss the importance of incorporating a fall nutrient program into a comprehensive, year-round nutrient plan and how KAS can help growers set up for a successful spring planting season. Lacie Thomas, technical agronomist for KAS, and Zach Havens, KAS territory business manager, also discuss a common cold weather myth, and how protecting fall-applied nitrogen can lead to higher yield potential.

10-19
10:56

Episode 22 - Plant Smarter with a Dual-Purpose Seed Enhancer

The Field Notes podcast series from Koch Agronomic Services (KAS) breaks down the science and technology behind agronomy to help growers do more with less. In this episode, we'll sit down with two members of the KAS team to discuss the importance of using a nutritional seed enhancer to give young crops the nutrients needed for optimal crop establishment. Eric Vogel, PROTIVATE™ product marketing manager, and Tim Laatsch, director of agronomy for North America, share their knowledge on the PROTIVATE nutritional seed enhancer. A dual-purpose solution for growers, PROTIVATE provides critical early season nutrition and offers the advantage of a talc replacement – encouraging better seed singulation and helping to avoid costly skips and doubles during planting.

08-30
09:30

Episode 21 - Brand Expansion: Finding the Right Solutions to Grower Challenges

The Field Notes podcast series from Koch Agronomic Services (KAS) breaks down the science and technology behind agronomy to help growers do more with less. In this episode, we'll sit down with two members of the brand expansion team to discuss how they find the right solutions to handle the nutrient challenges growers face in the field. Michael Berry, director of brand expansion, and Doug DeGroot, brand expansion manager, also discuss their latest acquisitions and how products are integrated once they are added to the KAS solutions lineup.

07-21
10:10

Episode 20 - Hidden Hunger: Addressing Your Crop's Unseen Nutrient Deficiencies

The Field Notes podcast series from Koch Agronomic Services (KAS) breaks down the science and technology behind agronomy to help growers do more with less. In this episode, we sit down with KAS agronomists, Edwin Suarez and Lacie Thomas, to discuss how the 'hidden hunger' phenomenon could be limiting your crops maximum yield potential. The KAS experts explain the importance of addressing hidden hunger before it's too late and how KAS can provide the solution.

06-22
17:47

Episode 19 - Protecting Your Nitrogen Investment: Spring Weather and Other Limiting Factors

The Field Notes podcast series from Koch Agronomic Services (KAS) breaks down the science and technology behind agronomy to help growers do more with less. In this episode, we sit down with agronomist Jake Heitshusen from Ag Partners Co-op in LeSeuer, Minn., and Chris Buckentin, KAS territory business manager. They'll discuss how important it is to have a spring nitrogen protection plan as part of your overall crop nutrition plan. The duo share real-life examples of when a stabilizer saved nitrogen applications that would have been lost to the limiting factors of spring weather

05-10
13:10

Episode 18 - 4R Advocate Award Winners

The Field Notes podcast series from Koch Agronomic Services (Koch) breaks down the science and technology behind agronomy to help growers do more with less. In this episode, we'll hear from two winners of the 2022 Fertilizer Institute's 4R Advocate award, Shannon McClintock, a staff agronomist with MFA, and Wyatt Harris, a grower he works with in Hepler, Kansas. They'll discuss how integrating the 4R Nutrient Stewardship framework on Wyatt's operation worked to control input costs and helped them become better stewards of the land.

04-04
19:37

Episode 17 - Role of Micronutrients

The Field Notes podcast series from Koch Agronomic Services (Koch) breaks down the science and technology behind agronomy to help growers do more with less. In this episode, we're focusing on the essential role micronutrients play in boosting a crop's performance by helping manage deficiencies and optimizing yield potential. You'll hear from two experts at Koch: senior agronomist Edwin Suarez and product manager Kassidy Frederick. They will discuss why micronutrients play a critical role in a crop's balanced nutrition plan and how growers can get the most out of their input investment by improving nutrient use efficiency.

03-14
13:57

Episode 16 - Research and Innovation

In this episode, we'll focus on research and innovation. You'll hear from Tim Laatsch, director of agronomy for North America for Koch Agronomic Services, and Jeremiah Roeth, chief executive officer of aerialPLOT. The two discuss how growers can know when research is credible, why peer-reviewed studies are considered the gold standard and what new research tools are in the fields right now.

01-26
18:35

Episode 15 - Fall Nutrient Management Plans and Soil Sampling

Fall Nutrient Management Plans and Soil Sampling In this episode, our experts will focus on the key components in developing a fall nutrient management plan, including the role played by soil sample results. Koch's technical agronomist Derek Rapp and senior agronomist Edwin Suarez talk through the important steps growers need to make after harvest to prepare for the next planting season and the difference in taking soil samples in fall compared to collecting them in the spring.

11-02
14:27

Episode 14 - Development of ANVOL

The Field Notes podcast series from Koch Agronomic Services (Koch) breaks down the science and technology behind agronomy to help growers do more with less. The experts we've heard from on our previous episodes have covered topics ranging from how different crops use nitrogen to the 4R's of Nutrient Stewardship and how growers and retailers work together to choose the best input for an operation. If you haven't checked out the previous prior ten episodes, you can find them on your favorite podcast platform. Development of ANVOL In this episode, we'll discuss how and why Koch Agronomic Services developed their ANVOL nitrogen stabilizer. Even with the well-accepted AGROTAIN nitrogen stabilizer already trusted by growers, Koch was listening to their customers on what improvements could be made. Hear from two Koch representatives, product marketing manager Eric Vogel and research and development manager Drew Bobeck, as they discuss how the company used the concept of creative destruction to bring a better stabilizer to market in ANVOL.

09-08
12:07

Episode 13 - Soil Cation Exchange Capacity

The Field Notes podcast series from Koch Agronomic Services (Koch) breaks down the science and technology behind agronomy to help growers do more with less. The experts we've heard from on our previous episodes have covered topics ranging from how different crops use nitrogen to the 4R's of Nutrient Stewardship and how growers and retailers work together to choose the best input for an operation. If you haven't checked out the previous prior ten episodes, you can find them on your favorite podcast platform. In this episode, we'll debunk another myth with the help of Koch Agronomic Services. Listen and learn about soil cation exchange capacity, or CEC, and its impact on nitrogen management. Koch's technical agronomist Derek Rapp and senior agronomist Edwin Suarez discuss what you need to know about soil CEC, the common misconceptions growers have and why knowing your CEC number is a critical component for growers as they develop their nitrogen management plan.

08-23
13:26

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