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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.
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Oct 16, 2026
IAM Podcast 10-16-26
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16:56Dan BjorklundGUEST
One of the things, you know, a lot of people from just a timing aspect like to get their beans off.
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17:06Dan BjorklundGUEST
And so as soon as they get their soybeans off, then they start making decisions about fall application of anhydrous.
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17:17Dan BjorklundGUEST
Right now, the main worry about any farmers who are watching this, are just timely harvest of what they have left out there.
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20:21Riley SmithHOST
What are some of the things you encourage farmers to be thinking about at this time of year?
IAM Podcast 10-6-26
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8:18Riley SmithHOST
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.
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8:28Dan BjorklundGUEST
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.
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8:38Dan BjorklundGUEST
Um, And I think for the whole month, 14, 14 and a half inches, depending upon where you're at.
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8:47Dan BjorklundGUEST
Usually it's occurring on the butt end of the ear and it's somewhat hybrid specific, Riley.
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8:53Dan BjorklundGUEST
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.
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9:15Dan BjorklundGUEST
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.
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10:23Riley SmithHOST
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.