Strategic Farming: Field Notes

Join the University of Minnesota Extension Crops team in addressing all your crop-related questions this growing season, from soil fertility, agronomics, pest management and more. We will tackle issues as they arise to help you make better crop management decisions this season.

Cover Crops and Nutrient Interactions
Jun 18, 2025 – 33:01
Post-Emergent Weed Control
Jun 12, 2025 – 33:24
Nutrient management and sidedress considerations and small grains updates
Jun 4, 2025 – 30:35
Tips for Forage and Pasture Management: Insect Pests, Production and Harvesting
May 30, 2025 – 31:36
Planting progress and stand assessments
May 23, 2025 – 29:17
Early Season Weed Control
May 16, 2025 – 31:02
Planter tips for successful crop establishment
May 9, 2025 – 27:15
Takeaways from the cropping season and looking to harvest
Aug 21, 2024 – 33:55
Irrigation and drainage updates after a wet summer
Aug 14, 2024 – 32:14
Assessing and restoring pastures after drought/flood
Aug 7, 2024 – 30:55
SCN + Phytopthora and manure
Jul 24, 2024 – 30:34
Corn updates and crop disease considerations
Jul 17, 2024 – 30:43
Insect updates and management considerations
Jul 10, 2024 – 31:38
After the flooding - crop disease & weed management considerations
Jul 3, 2024 – 31:41
Crop management considerations for soggy fields
Jun 26, 2024 – 29:51
Resources for crop disease ID
Jun 12, 2024 – 30:44
Making the most out of Postemergence Weed Control (Timing and weed ID)
Jun 5, 2024 – 32:22
Alfalfa weevil and nutrient management update
May 29, 2024 – 29:50
Seedling diseases and small grains in a wet spring
May 22, 2024 – 33:12
Corn and Soybean Planting Update-Are we on Schedule? or What's next?
May 15, 2024 – 30:09
Field Notes talks weed and insect updates
May 8, 2024 – 28:31
Preparing for grain storage and marketing tips
Aug 23, 2023 – 27:52
Corn and soybean yield updates
Aug 16, 2023 – 28:26
Late-season weed issues and soybean aphid management
Aug 9, 2023 – 33:31
Is corn rootworm getting your corn down?
Jul 26, 2023 – 31:04
Soybean Update and Crop Diseases (including tar spot) on the radar
Jul 19, 2023 – 36:18
Corn agronomy updates and preparing for soybean insects
Jul 12, 2023 – 30:39
Crop management considerations during this abnormally dry season
Jun 28, 2023 – 31:31
New small grain insect found in NW MN and armyworm updates
Jun 21, 2023 – 27:45
Post-emergence weed control & small grains updates
Jun 14, 2023 – 34:29
Field Notes talks - Moisture issues (too dry and too wet) & supplemental nitrogen updates
Jun 7, 2023 – 28:36
Field Notes talks cover crop termination + weed management
May 31, 2023 – 33:23
Field Notes talks alfalfa and early-season insects
May 24, 2023 – 28:36
Field Notes talks corn & soybean planting
May 17, 2023 – 31:18
Weather and early-season field work
May 10, 2023 – 30:58
Late-summer forage small grains outlook
Aug 24, 2022 – 34:24
Expected corn and soybean yields
Aug 17, 2022 – 30:59
When Pests Bite Back
Aug 10, 2022 – 34:26
Corn and soybean disease: Strategies for effective management in 2022
Aug 3, 2022 – 31:49
Getting ready for late-season insects
Jul 27, 2022 – 33:22
Corn pollination, atrazine herbicide use, and July insect updates
Jul 18, 2022 – 04:50
The latest regarding risks for and management of iron deficiency chlorosis (IDC) in soybeans
Jul 6, 2022 – 31:20
Corn Rootworm Current Status, etc. and crop disease update/fungicides
Jun 29, 2022 – 36:16
Corn nutrient status and herbicide application in hot weather
Jun 22, 2022 – 33:52
Managing soybean insects and weeds in June
Jun 15, 2022 – 40:13
Prevent Plant and Late Planting Decisions
Jun 8, 2022 – 31:00
Early Season Weed Control and Field Scouting Tips
Jun 1, 2022 – 32:23
Delayed Planting, It’s been a late spring, Now What?
May 25, 2022 – 33:43
Early season weed control
May 18, 2022 – 35:28
2022 Weather and Pest Outlook
May 11, 2022 – 31:25