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Dan Bjorklund

Technical Agronomist at Landus Cooperative in Iowa, a regular agronomy update contributor on the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network podcasts.

Oct 16, 2026

16:53
Right.
16:54
Oh, definitely.
16:56
One of the things, you know, a lot of people from just a timing aspect like to get their beans off.
17:04
Most of the time, you know, they're rotating to corn.
17:06
And so as soon as they get their soybeans off, then they start making decisions about fall application of anhydrous.
17:13
And of course, all of that is pushed back.
17:17
Right now, the main worry about any farmers who are watching this, are just timely harvest of what they have left out there.
20:21
What are some of the things you encourage farmers to be thinking about at this time of year?
8:18
Uh, Dan, if you could just give us an update on what things are looking like right now with those fields and, uh, how much that damage, uh, has come from that water.
8:28
A lot of the sprouting, uh, has occurred in the Southwest West part of the state where a couple of weeks ago, there was a four to six inch rain on top of everything else.
8:38
Um, And I think for the whole month, 14, 14 and a half inches, depending upon where you're at.
8:46
I've seen some sprouting.
8:47
Usually it's occurring on the butt end of the ear and it's somewhat hybrid specific, Riley.
8:53
And what I mean by that is if the hybrids are holding the ears upright, which some do late into the season, then if the husk is opened up as that plant is drying down and the rain gets channeled right through the husk to the bottom, of, of, of that ear and it's in this upright, that's where you're seeing the sprouting right at the bottom.
9:15
Some ears are maybe upright, but the husk is still wrapped pretty tight, and so there's no way for the rain to get in there.
10:23
So were there things that maybe went under the radar a little bit this year, as far as a disease and pest pressure is concerned, just because we had so much rain and, uh, we were just kind of enjoying that for most of the summer until it became too much.

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