Minnesota Crop News

In this installment of the Gopher Coffee Shop podcast, Extension educators Ryan Miller and Brad Carlson sit down with fellow educators Jared Goplen and Dave Nicolai to talk about crop and weather conditions across Minnesota and how this unusually cold spring might affect crop management decisions. We also talk about some of the upcoming University of Minnesota Extension summer educational opportunities. The second season of the Strategic Farming: Field Notes program will launch May 11 with a 2022 outlook. Field Notes is a weekly discussion-based program covering time relevant crop production topics. Register here and join us: https://z.umn.edu/FN2022. Enjoy!Strategic Farming: Field Notes program information: https://z.umn.edu/strategic-farming Strategic Farming: Field Notes registration: https://z.umn.edu/FN2022 Crop events calendar: https://z.umn.edu/UMcropeventsListen to the podcastThere are many articles related to what we've discussed on the Crop News blog linked below.  Minnesota Crop News blog: https://z.umn.edu/cropnews Sign up to receive Minnesota Crop News: https://z.umn.edu/CropNewsSignup The Gopher Coffee Shop Podcast is available on Stitcher and iTunes. Enjoy! For more information, visit University of Minnesota Extension Crop Production at http://z.umn.edu/crops.

In this installment of the Gopher Coffee Shop podcast, Extension educators Ryan Miller and Brad Carlson sit down with Jeff Coulter, Extension Corn Systems Agronomist. The unseasonable cold weather has got people wondering when will spring arrive? We discuss a variety of topics related to the cold spring and corn planting. Enjoy!Link to our corn planting webpage: https://extension.umn.edu/corn/corn-planting.Listen to the podcastThere are many articles related to what we've discussed on the Crop News blog linked below.  Minnesota Crop News blog: https://z.umn.edu/cropnews Sign up to receive Minnesota Crop News: https://z.umn.edu/CropNewsSignup The Gopher Coffee Shop Podcast is available on Stitcher and iTunes. Enjoy! For more information, visit University of Minnesota Extension Crop Production at http://z.umn.edu/crops.

In this installment of the Gopher Coffee Shop podcast, Extension educators Ryan Miller and Brad Carlson sit down with Jeff Strock, a professor and soil scientist with the Department of Soil Water and Climate at the University of Minnesota. Jeff is stationed at the Southwest Research and Outreach Center in Lamberton Minnesota and his research has largely been focused on the intersect of nutrient management and agricultural drainage. We sit down with Jeff and chat about what he has been working on.Listen to the podcastThere are many articles related to what we've discussed on the Crop News blog linked below.  Minnesota Crop News blog: https://z.umn.edu/cropnews Sign up to receive Minnesota Crop News: https://z.umn.edu/CropNewsSignup The Gopher Coffee Shop Podcast is available on Stitcher and iTunes. Enjoy! For more information, visit University of Minnesota Extension Crop Production at http://z.umn.edu/crops.

In this installment of the Gopher Coffee Shop podcast, Extension educators Ryan Miller and Brad Carlson sit down with Seth Naeve, Extension Soybean Agronomist with the University of Minnesota. We ask Seth the question that is on many people’s minds: Where did all the bushels come from? We talk about the 2021 growing season and its influence on soybean production, as well as things to think about as we plan for next season.Listen to the podcastThere are many articles related to what we've discussed on the Crop News blog linked below.  Minnesota Crop News blog: https://z.umn.edu/cropnews Sign up to receive Minnesota Crop News: https://z.umn.edu/CropNewsSignup The Gopher Coffee Shop Podcast is available on Stitcher and iTunes. Enjoy! For more information, visit University of Minnesota Extension Crop Production at http://z.umn.edu/crops.

In this installment of the Gopher Coffee Shop podcast, Extension educators Ryan Miller and Brad Carlson sit down with Lisa Behnken, a recently retired but still active crops educator with the University of Minnesota. Lisa was the first woman to serve as an Extension educator in the state of Minnesota and helped to shape the future for women in agronomy. She has been a mentor for many men and women involved in agriculture and has played an integral role in developing many careers. Lisa has a long history of making important contributions to agronomy and agriculture in Minnesota and in this episode, we discuss some of what she has done. Enjoy!Listen to the podcastThere are many articles related to what we've discussed on the Crop News blog linked below.  Minnesota Crop News blog: https://z.umn.edu/cropnews Sign up to receive Minnesota Crop News: https://z.umn.edu/CropNewsSignup The Gopher Coffee Shop Podcast is available on Stitcher and iTunes. Enjoy! For more information, visit University of Minnesota Extension Crop Production at http://z.umn.edu/crops.

In this installment of the Gopher Coffee Shop podcast, Extension educators Ryan Miller and Brad Carlson sit down with Jeff Vetsch and Tom Hoverstad, scientists at the Southern Research and Outreach Center in Waseca, MN. We learn about the weather data they collect at Southern Research and Outreach Center and reflect on this year’s observations and crop production and discuss what might be in store for next season. Enjoy! There are many articles related to what we've discussed on the Crop News blog linked below.  Minnesota Crop News blog: https://z.umn.edu/cropnews Sign up to receive Minnesota Crop News: https://z.umn.edu/CropNewsSignup Listen to the podcast The Gopher Coffee Shop Podcast is available on Stitcher and iTunes. Enjoy! For more information, visit University of Minnesota Extension Crop Production at http://z.umn.edu/crops.

In this installment of the Gopher Coffee Shop podcast, Extension educators Ryan Miller and Brad Carlson sit down with fellow crops educator Dave Nicolai. We spend time talking about abnormally dry and warm year and what that might mean for crop management and harvest.  There are many articles related to what we've discussed on the Crop News blog linked below.  Minnesota Crop News blog: https://z.umn.edu/cropnews Sign up to receive Minnesota Crop News: https://z.umn.edu/CropNewsSignup Listen to the podcast The Gopher Coffee Shop Podcast is available on Stitcher and iTunes. Enjoy! For more information, visit University of Minnesota Extension Crop Production at http://z.umn.edu/crops.

In this installment of the Gopher Coffee Shop podcast, Extension educators Ryan Miller and Brad Carlson sit down with Jochum Wiersma, University of Minnesota Extension small grain specialist, and Jared Goplen, Crops educator with a focus on small grains and forages. We spend time talking about small grain production across the state of Minnesota. Enjoy!Learn more about the ins and outs of small grain production at upcoming summer field days: https://z.umn.edu/SGfielddaysListen to the podcastRead about current issues in the Minnesota Crop News blog: Minnesota Crop News blog: https://z.umn.edu/cropnews Sign up to receive Minnesota Crop News: https://z.umn.edu/CropNewsSignup The Gopher Coffee Shop Podcast is available on Stitcher and iTunes. For more information, visit University of Minnesota Extension Crop Production at http://z.umn.edu/crops.

In this installment of the Gopher Coffee Shop podcast, Extension educators Ryan Miller and Brad Carlson sit down with Anna Cates, University of Minnesota Extension Specialist in Soil Health with the Minnesota Office of Soil Health (MOSH). We visit with Anna about soil health, and have a discussion about soil organic matter and its role in crop production. Enjoy!MOSH website: https://www.wrc.umn.edu/moshListen to the podcastRead about current issues in the Minnesota Crop News blog: Minnesota Crop News blog: https://z.umn.edu/cropnews Sign up to receive Minnesota Crop News: https://z.umn.edu/CropNewsSignup The Gopher Coffee Shop Podcast is available on Stitcher and iTunes. For more information, visit University of Minnesota Extension Crop Production at http://z.umn.edu/crops.

In this installment of the Gopher Coffee Shop podcast, Extension educators Ryan Miller and Brad Carlson sit down with Jeff Coulter, Extension Corn Systems Agronomist. The warmer weather and snow melting has us thinking spring, so we decided to talk about things to consider as we near corn planting. We discuss a variety of topics related to planting corn. Enjoy!Link to our corn planting webpage: https://extension.umn.edu/corn/corn-plantingListen to the podcastRead about current issues in the Minnesota Crop News blog: Minnesota Crop News blog: https://z.umn.edu/cropnews Sign up to receive Minnesota Crop News: https://z.umn.edu/CropNewsSignup The Gopher Coffee Shop Podcast is available on Stitcher and iTunes. For more information, visit University of Minnesota Extension Crop Production at http://z.umn.edu/crops.

In this installment of the Gopher Coffee Shop podcast, Extension educators Ryan Miller and Brad Carlson sit down with Fabian Fernandez and Dan Kaiser, Extension Nutrient Management Specialists from the U of MN Department of Soil, Water, and Climate on St. Paul Campus, and Jeff Vetsch, nutrient management researcher at the Southern Research and Outreach Center. We talk about some recent observations with respect to nitrogen management. In particular, we discuss factors affecting the variability of corn nitrogen fertility needs from farm to farm and from year to year. Enjoy! Blog post on Nitrogen Management: https://blog-crop-news.extension.umn.edu/2020/12/flexible-nitrogen-management-know-your.htmlListen to the podcastRead about current issues in the Minnesota Crop News blog: Minnesota Crop News blog: https://z.umn.edu/cropnews Sign up to receive Minnesota Crop News: https://z.umn.edu/CropNewsSignup The Gopher Coffee Shop Podcast is available on Stitcher and iTunes. For more information, visit University of Minnesota Extension Crop Production at http://z.umn.edu/crops.

In this installment of the Gopher Coffee Shop podcast, Extension educators Ryan Miller and Brad Carlson sit down with Seth Naeve, Extension Soybean Agronomist, and Dean Malvick, Extension Plant Pathologist, to discuss soybean variety selection. We cover herbicide resistance traits, sources of information for selecting varieties, yield trends, strategies for selecting varieties, and the importance of host plant resistance for managing diseases of soybeans. Enjoy!Listen to the podcastRead about current issues in the Minnesota Crop News blog: Minnesota Crop News blog: https://z.umn.edu/cropnews Sign up to receive Minnesota Crop News: https://z.umn.edu/CropNewsSignup The Gopher Coffee Shop Podcast is available on Stitcher and iTunes. For more information, visit University of Minnesota Extension Crop Production at http://z.umn.edu/crops.

In this installment of the Gopher Coffee Shop podcast, Extension educators Ryan Miller and Brad Carlson recorded a podcast all about phosphorus and potassium fertility. We recruited Dan Kaiser, Extension nutrient management specialist, and Jeff Vetsch, Researcher at the University of Minnesota Southern Research and Outreach Center for this discussion. We run the gamut of topics related to P and K fertility: soil testing, soil test values, rates, placement, timing, crop safety, and fertility management strategies. Enjoy!Listen to the podcastTwo blog posts related to our discussion:https://blog-crop-news.extension.umn.edu/2020/12/is-build-and-maintain-viable-strategy.htmlhttps://blog-crop-news.extension.umn.edu/2021/01/over-application-of-potash-containing.htmlNutrient management podcast on nutrient interactions:https://blog-crop-news.extension.umn.edu/2020/12/nutrient-interactions-what-are-they-and.htmlRead about current issues in the Minnesota Crop News blog: Minnesota Crop News blog: https://z.umn.edu/cropnews Sign up to receive Minnesota Crop News: https://z.umn.edu/CropNewsSignup The Gopher Coffee Shop Podcast is available on Stitcher and iTunes. For more information, visit University of Minnesota Extension Crop Production at http://z.umn.edu/crops.

In this installment of the Gopher Coffee Shop podcast, Extension educators Ryan Miller and Brad Carlson sit down with Tom Hoverstad, Researcher with the University of Minnesota Southern Research and Outreach Center. We learn about the history of the University of Minnesota corn hybrid testing program and chat about corn management, planting conditions, and hybrid selection. Enjoy!Hybrid trial results: https://www.maes.umn.edu/publications/field-crop-trials/corn Corn management website: https://extension.umn.edu/corn/growing-cornListen to the podcast Read about current issues in the Minnesota Crop News blog: Minnesota Crop News blog: https://z.umn.edu/cropnews Sign up to receive Minnesota Crop News: https://z.umn.edu/CropNewsSignup The Gopher Coffee Shop Podcast is available on Stitcher and iTunes. For more information, visit University of Minnesota Extension Crop Production at http://z.umn.edu/crops.

In this installment of the Gopher Coffee Shop podcast, Extension educators Ryan Miller and Brad Carlson sit down with Debalin Sarangi, University of Minnesota Extension Weed Scientist with the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics. We learn a little about Debalin’s background in weed science, talk about current issues in weed management, and visit about where he sees weed management headed as we move into the future. You also have the opportunity to help him with a new research project (see link below). Enjoy! Weed seed sampling project article/request: https://blog-crop-news.extension.umn.edu/2020/09/herbicide-resistant-weed-screening.html Listen to the podcast Read about current issues in the Minnesota Crop News blog: Minnesota Crop News blog: https://z.umn.edu/cropnews Sign up to receive Minnesota Crop News: https://z.umn.edu/CropNewsSignup The Gopher Coffee Shop Podcast is available on Stitcher and iTunes. For more information, visit University of Minnesota Extension Crop Production at http://z.umn.edu/crops.

In this installment of the Gopher Coffee Shop podcast, Extension educators Ryan Miller and Brad Carlson visit with Jeff Coulter, Extension Corn Systems Agronomist. We talk a little bit about things to consider as we enter corn harvest season. Topics covered include phantom yield loss, stalk and grain quality, grain moisture and dry down, compaction, and yield monitor calibration. Enjoy!Link to recent article: https://blog-crop-news.extension.umn.edu/2020/09/prepare-for-corn-harvest.htmlListen to the podcast Read about current issues in the Minnesota Crop News blog: Minnesota Crop News blog: https://z.umn.edu/cropnews Sign up to receive Minnesota Crop News: https://z.umn.edu/CropNewsSignup The Gopher Coffee Shop Podcast is available on Stitcher and iTunes. For more information, visit University of Minnesota Extension Crop Production at http://z.umn.edu/crops.

In this installment of the Gopher Coffee Shop podcast, Extension educators Ryan Miller and Brad Carlson visit with Charlie Rohwer, Research Scientist in Horticulture at the Southern Research and Outreach Center. We discuss processing crops in Minnesota and some of the other horticulture projects Charlie is working on at the Southern Research and Outreach Center. The horticulture research projects include: a processing pea variety trial, nitrogen management in sweet corn, bacterial leaf streak in sweet corn, a NCIS hail loss project, hop breeding, carrot production, broccoli, and hot peppers. Enjoy! Link to the horticulture page: https://sroc.cfans.umn.edu/research/horticultural-science Listen to the podcast Read about current issues in the Minnesota Crop News blog: Minnesota Crop News blog: https://z.umn.edu/cropnews Sign up to receive Minnesota Crop News: https://z.umn.edu/CropNewsSignup The Gopher Coffee Shop Podcast is available on Stitcher and iTunes. For more information, visit University of Minnesota Extension Crop Production at http://z.umn.edu/crops.

In this installment of the Gopher Coffee Shop podcast, Extension educators Ryan Miller and Brad Carlson visit with Dave Nicolai, Crops Extension Educator. We discuss 2020 crop conditions and cropping issues to date, and then we talk about some of the changes to in-person educational events that traditionally take place throughout the summer months. Enjoy! Listen to the podcast Read about current issues in the Minnesota Crop News blog: Minnesota Crop News blog: https://z.umn.edu/cropnews Sign up to receive Minnesota Crop News: https://z.umn.edu/CropNewsSignup The Gopher Coffee Shop Podcast is available on Stitcher and iTunes. For more information, visit University of Minnesota Extension Crop Production at http://z.umn.edu/crops.

In this installment of the Gopher Coffee Shop podcast, Extension educators Ryan Miller and Brad Carlson “sat down” to record a three-segment podcast on managing prevent plant and prevent harvest acres from the 2019 season. In the first segment, we visit with Liz Stahl, Crops Extension Educator from southwest Minnesota and Jared Goplen, Crops Extension Educator from west-central Minnesota. Their part of the state was most impacted by the prevent plant conditions in 2019, and we discuss the 2019 situation and management considerations for the 2020 crop season. At about minute 24 in the recording, we switch over to a discussion on 2019 prevent harvest of sugarbeets in northwestern Minnesota. For this discussion we rely on Lindsay Pease, Extension Specialist in Nutrient and Water Management located at the NW Research and Outreach Center. At minute 36 we switch over to visit with Dan Kaiser, Nutrient Management Specialist, in order to discuss nutrient management issues related to prevent plant situations. Enjoy! Listen to the podcast The Gopher Coffee Shop Podcast is available on Stitcher and iTunes. To connect with additional prevent plant resources, visit Spring management of prevent plant acres: https://blog-crop-news.extension.umn.edu/2020/04/spring-management-of-prevent-plant-acres.html To credit or not credit nitrogen following fallow fields: https://blog-crop-news.extension.umn.edu/2020/04/to-credit-or-not-to-credit-nitrogen.html For a chance to read about various crop management topics, please see our Minnesota Crop News blog: https://z.umn.edu/cropnews Sign up to receive Minnesota Crop News: https://z.umn.edu/CropNewsSignup For more information, visit University of Minnesota Extension Crop Production at http://z.umn.edu/crops.

In this installment of the Gopher Coffee Shop podcast, Extension educators Ryan Miller and Brad Carlson sit down with Paul McDivitt, University of Minnesota Extension Communications Specialist with the nutrient management team. In this podcast about podcasts and Extension communications we visit with Paul and get his take on modern Extension communications and education. Please note this podcast was recorded prior to our COVID-19 shutdown and travel restrictions. Listen to the podcast The Gopher Coffee Shop Podcast is available on Stitcher and iTunes. To connect with additional nutrient management resources, visit Nutrient management podcast: http://z.umn.edu/NMvideos Nutrient management playlist on Crops YouTube channel: http://z.umn.edu/NMpodcast For a chance to read about various crop management topics, please see our Minnesota Crop News blog: https://z.umn.edu/cropnews Sign up to receive Minnesota Crop News: https://z.umn.edu/CropNewsSignup For more information, visit University of Minnesota Extension Crop Production at http://z.umn.edu/crops.