The Cornelius Seed Podcast

Craig Allaman, Cornelius Seed Lead Agronomist, shares soybean emergence issues he’s seen across various areas of Cornelius Country.  Most issues date back to the last week of April planting, where it turned cold after planting and some fields received a pounding rain followed by 90° temps.  Craig also provides guidance in making replant decisions on soybeans.

In this bonus episode, we provide you with an in-season Plant It. Profit. update.  Are you planting your Soybeans in late May or early June? Tune in for a quick tip on handling your Soybean maturity and planting population. 

In this episode Craig Allaman, Cornelius Seed Lead Agronomist, talks about planting season progress across Cornelius Country.  With the quick warm-up of soil temperatures, he also discusses emergence data with relation to planting date.  Don’t miss Craig’s early season watchouts and what to scout for now.  Planting into dry soils?  Hear Craig’s planting depth recommendations.

In today’s episode, we talk about the compacted growing season and what it means for some of your planting decisions. Jeremie Parr, Cornelius Seed District Sales Manager for East Central Iowa discusses things to keep in mind as it relates to planting green, fertilizer & herbicide programs, and how to address some planting difficulties brought about by the quick transition from cool to hot & humid.

In today’s episode, Cornelius Seed Lead Agronomist Craig Allaman provides an update on crop conditions and how emerged corn and soybeans fared across Cornelius Country, following the Mother’s day weekend cold snap. Craig also offers insight on identifying early season drought stress as you begin scouting fields and evaluating corn stands

In this episode, Cornelius Seed Lead Agronomist Craig Allaman discusses the decision to plant soybeans earlier than traditionally planted. Craig covers the background on how we got here, yield benefits to this decision & tips for actions we can do in advance for any anticipated added stress from insects and leaf diseases.

In today’s episode,  we talk about insect pressure and volunteer corn for the 2021 growing season. Craig Allaman, Cornelius Seed Lead agronomist gives us some ideas on how we can prepare for these yearly challenges.

In this episode Craig Allaman, Cornelius Seed Lead Agronomist talks about what to be on the lookout for as we prepare for the 2021 planting and growing season . We discuss how to best prepare for a “La Niña” weather pattern this year and give some ideas around evaluating your operations inputs by leveraging the current grain market prices.

In todays episode we talk to Will Cornelius, Soybean Lead for Cornelius Seed & Craig Allaman, Cornelius Seed Lead Agronomist about the latest herbicide tolerant programs in Soybeans, XtendFlex and Enlist. We discuss the best way to use each program to help you be successful with whichever program you choose. Check out this study on waterhemp management in soybean conducted by the Iowa State University Weed Science program in Iowa Herbicide Programs for Waterhemp Control in Soybean | Integrated Crop Management (iastate.edu)

In this episode, Craig Allaman (Lead Agronomist at Cornelius Seed) shares his post harvest thoughts and discusses some of the variability we may have seen in our harvest along with the reasons behind it.  We cover corn emergence, wind events, continuous corn issues, "Edge Effect" and 2020 soybean issues.  Tune in to listen to our discussion around key events during the 2020 growing season.