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Retired ag lender and ISU Alum. Cyclones, Cubs, Bears and Blackhawks. Will never forget KB2RIZZ in the 10th.

[ISU ANR Extension @ISUANR]

Beef and forage producers interested in strengthening their fall management plans are invited to a pasture walk on Sept. 9 in Wapello County. @ISUCropNews

Learn more 👉 https://t.co/SlAOM3Lgcl

[Pioneer Troy @deutmeyer_troy]

Do # of rows around matter????

It is the kernel counting season for those excited (or concerned) about yields this fall.

While rows around is part of total kernels and the yield equation, some VERY high yielding hybrids often times have 14-16 rows around.

Kernel size/weight is a HUGE factor in the yield equation and many of today's Pioneer hybrids have what we refer to as kernel flex.

Kernel flex allows for larger & heavier kernels during favorable weather & high nutrient availability late into grain fill. This is why the "divide by" factor is so important.

While seeing 24 rows around the other day excited me... keep in mind the world record holding hybrid of 14830 typically has 14-16 rows around.

Check out the 2025 summary of average rows around in EC IA.

So don't be concerned if you are seeing some 14-16 around ears and your neighbor is bragging about 20+... the yield can still be there!!

Contact your local Pioneer Sales Rep with questions and your "divide by" # in your yield estimates.

[Nicole Stecklein @NicoleStecklein]

I have been finding more and more of these guys: Western Bean Cutworm, an ear feeding pest that TYPICALLY is not an issue for us in east central and northeast Iowa. To date, packages with the Vip3A trait (Vipterra) is the only thing offering good protection

[Pioneer Troy @deutmeyer_troy]

Southern Rust???

Most of the calls/pics I have been getting customers being concerned about Southern Rust in their fields has been Physoderma Brown spot. Leaf symptoms can lookf quite similar in early stages.

Physoderma infects when "free" standing water is inside the whorl. Either from dew or rainfall.
Typically in most cases, it is not yield limiting.
In severe cases it can limit leaf area for photosynthesis.

Reason for so much in fields right now in NE IA is our extremely wet June.
Much better to have this than Southern Rust!

Contact your local Pioneer Sales Representative with any questions!.

[agbanker @agbanker]

@FarmrHuntr Big drop in land values by 1986 and prime was back down to 9%. Helped a farmer buy a farm in late 1986 and his payments were less than the cash rent would have been.

[ISU NC Crops @nciacrops]

ISU Extension and Outreach is hosting 4 pre-harvest Fertilizer and Finance workshops. Global issues have fertilizer P and K prices on the rise. Skipping a year of fertility is sometimes OK, but sometimes not. Registration is required. #isucrops

[Alison Robertson @alisonrISU]

We see southern rust almost every year in Iowa. In 23 years of walking corn in Iowa I have probably seen it 21 years. In one of those years (2025) it was widespread and needed statewide mgt. In other two years it was more localized - SE (2023) & SW (~10 yrs ago) so mgt localized

[Andrew Rupe @RupeAndrew]

Hmmm….Not was I was expecting to find this morning. For all the haters, if I had a newspaper I would include it in the picture. @alisonrISU we may want to have a look at this. @corndisease @CropNetwork

[Bob Gunzenhauser @BobGunzy]

Found some common rust in test plots today. Probably 1 plant in 500 or so. Corn is at VT/R1.

Probably a good idea to scout your crops.

[ChicagoFed @ChicagoFed]

In July 2001, the Chicago Fed’s Money Museum opened its doors to the public, with then-President Michael H. Moskow and then-Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on hand. Today, we celebrate 25 years of educating the public on economics, money, and the role of the Fed.

[ISU NC Crops @nciacrops]

Fungicide decisions are upon us. See this excellent article from @alisonrISU for guidance on decisions. https://t.co/PEZrRr8uEv #isucrops

[agbanker @agbanker]

@jonbrooks By offering incentives, they keep appraisal valuations up. The appraisers just see the sale price, not the discounts. It works until it doesn't.

[Pioneer Troy @deutmeyer_troy]

Running out of nitrogen prior to tassel?

Getting calls on "bottom leaves turning yellow in really green corn".

Pic below shows what happens as the stalk diameter rapidly increases during late vegetative stage. The small leaves at the bottom detach from the plant as stalk diameter gets larger than the leaf collar can expand.

Corn plant is smart enough to pull the nutrient out of these leaves before "separation".

See this each season in even the highest yielding fields.

[Pioneer Troy @deutmeyer_troy]

How can the lower leaves on corn plants in wet NE IA be fired up like its a drought??

Soils in some locations are so saturated that there is no oxygen left in the soil... and thus the roots cannot work to bring nutrients into the plant. Very similar to severe drought conditions when there is not enough water in the soil to allow roots to work.

Plants takes mobile nutrients like N and K from lower leaves to keep feeding new growth.

As the leaf has nutrients robbed from it, disease tolerance on that leaf is about zero. Expect to see opportunistic bacteria/fungi attack it.

Visit with your local Pioneer Sales Representative about rescue N applications.

[agbanker @agbanker]

Interesting situation.

[Kevin Van Trump @KevinVanTrump]

Brazil’s farm problem may not be acres.

It may be credit.

Distressed rural credit has grown to nearly 1/5 of outstanding farm loans. Problem debts have more than quadrupled in two years. Rural property auctions jumped to 14,219 in 2025.

Everyone watches the Brazilian weather.

The bigger structural question might be whether banks keep funding expansion.

>>> Brazil Ag Credit

[ISU Crop News @ISUCropNews]

Storms rolled across the state and with them came heavy rain, hail, and wind. Check out this resource for helping to access the damage: https://t.co/Ntc2tXYCDt. #ISUCrops #hail #wind #flooding

[Amanda Fuller 🐮 @amandaa_fuller]

There are some pretty significant changes to LRP that will be effective Juy 1 regarding forward sales contracts and what can/cannot be done concurrently with a brokerage account.

LRP, like all other risk mgmt tools, has its nuiances and things we wish were different.

But it IS something that I, as someone that uses it every day, think every producer should consider.

[agbanker @agbanker]

@ScottIrwinUI Hopefully we won't have the brutally hot winds from the south at tasseling like we did in '77.

[agbanker @agbanker]

@espn Why can't Ohio or Indiana AG charge Sorsby for illegal activities - gambling under age, moving money across state lines, wagering on your own team with insider knowledge. The Texas judge has no authority over courts in other states.

[Nicole Stecklein @NicoleStecklein]

V5 corn + high temps + much needed rain = recipe for rapid growth syndrome! If you see random light colored plants out in your field in the coming weeks, it’s plants growing faster than the chlorophyll develops and turns green in those new young leaves