Around The Farm

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Strategies to Defend Your Yield from Threats Jun 25, 2020

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It’s growing season, and that means defending your yield against threats. In this episode, three crop protection experts from Bayer Crop Science -- Eric Riley, North America Selective Herbicides Technical Manager; Mercedes Diaz, North America Broadacre Fungicide Technical Manager; and Ross Recker, US Soy Agronomic Systems Manager -- share the insights you need to help you make decisions when it comes to chemistry and protecting your crops.

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Summer Forecast: What You Can Expect for Growing Season Jun 10, 2020

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What are the effects of the late spring cold snap, above average soil moisture, and El Niño? Get the latest growing season forecast to help you prepare for summer. John Mioduszewski, Environmental Data Scientist at Bayer, shares what the weather data is pointing toward for the weeks and months ahead, along with possible impacts on Midwest farmers.

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Around the Farm is brought to you by Climate FieldView™. Go to Climate.com/bayer-PLUS to find out how to get a year of FieldView Plus free.

Staying Connected When You Can’t Meet In Person May 20, 2020

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Coronavirus has changed the way many farmers work with their dealers and advisors. In this episode, we’re joined by Aly White, Bayer field sales representative, and Lindsey Friel, precision ag specialist at Nutrien, who share how they’re navigating social distancing to work with their farmer customers and how digital tools are filling the gap. Tune in to get the full story on how you can keep your team connected this season.

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Around the Farm is brought to you by Climate FieldView™. Go to Climate.com/bayer-PLUS to find out how to get a year of FieldView Plus free.

How to Make Seed Scripting and Test Plots Easier Mar 30, 2020

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What farmer would want to have to stay up late writing scripts before planting, or repeatedly jump out of the cab to place marker flags for test plots? In this episode, Iowa corn and soybean farmer Jerry Seuntjens tells us how he has used digital tools to improve scripting and more easily execute test plots. He also shares his perspective about the need to improve rural broadband access.

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Around the Farm is brought to you by Climate FieldView™. Go to Climate.com/bayer-PLUS to find out how to get a year of FieldView Plus free.

Planting Forecast: What Does Mother Nature Have in Store for Us? Mar 23, 2020

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Coming out of a rain-soaked 2019 planting season, what do the skies have in store for us this year? Bayer Crop Science weather expert John Mioduszewski joins the show to tell us what to expect for planting in the weeks and months ahead, and he shares his top tools for keeping tabs on the weather.

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Around the Farm is brought to you by Climate FieldView™. Go to Climate.com/bayer-PLUS to find out how to get a year of FieldView Plus free.

Precision Planting and FieldView: Paving the Way for Planting Mar 16, 2020

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Onsite at Precision Planting, Rick talks with two members of their team - Emil Bandy, product support software lead, and Bryce Baker, marketing communications manager - to give you an inside look at the latest precision ag innovations. FieldView Cab app Product Manager Greg Deim is also on board for a discussion on how the two teams are working more closely together than ever to help set you up for success during planting season.

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Around the Farm is brought to you by Climate FieldView™. Go to Climate.com/bayer-PLUS to find out how to get a year of FieldView Plus free.

Where Will Digitization Take Farming? Feb 13, 2020

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It seems like data is top of mind throughout every industry these days. Mark Young, CTO and head of product at The Climate Corporation, grew up on a farm, so he understands the potential of ag data from both a tech and real-farm perspective. Farming data collection is expanding faster each year, and more data opens the door to better, faster insights. Listen in as Mark “takes the governor off” to share his thoughts on where digitization is taking us. Plus, hear what he says is the one thing you should be doing even if digital tools are not yet in your toolbox.

With guest Mark Young, Chief Technology Officer, Head of Product, The Climate Corporation

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Around the Farm is brought to you by Climate FieldView™. Go to Climate.com/bayer-PLUS to find out how to get a year of FieldView Plus free.

Gaining Control of Farm Management Dec 18, 2019

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You didn’t get into farming to spend all day looking at spreadsheets. Guests Pat Christie, Founder at Conservis and Chris Olson, General Manager at Rabo AgriFinance, discuss how farm management software helps you gain control over multiple aspects of your operation. They explain how digital tools make organizing and analyzing farm management data faster, easier and more effective and help you home in on your cost of production, sharpen your approach to grain marketing and streamline preparation for effective discussions with your lender.

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Around the Farm is brought to you by Climate FieldView™. Go to Climate.com/bayer-PLUS to find out how to get a year of FieldView Plus free.

The New Way to Optimize Grain Marketing Dec 11, 2019

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Grain marketing is one of the more challenging aspects of farming. Brennan Turner explains how a digital grain marketplace makes it easier to make a deal on your terms. You’ll hear how Brennan combined experience from his family farm, his career in professional hockey and his time on Wall Street to develop a new grain trading technology. Find out how digital trading tools can make it easier to manage your current grain buying relationships as well as find new ones, and learn Brennan’s three rules for building a solid grain marketing plan.

Guest: Brennan Turner, CEO of FarmLead

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Around the Farm is brought to you by Climate FieldView™. Go to Climate.com/bayer-PLUS to find out how to get a year of FieldView Plus free.

The Problem with Benchmarking for Seed Selection Nov 12, 2019

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Do you use benchmarking to help inform seed decisions? Sam Eathington explains why when it comes to accurately evaluating seed performance and selection, benchmarking falls short. The broad approach of benchmarking misses a host of variables - from weather to interdependent agronomic factors to human bias. Sam provides advice on when to use benchmarking vs. when to run your own experiments, and he shares the experiments he and his brothers have conducted on their own family farm.

Read more about Sam’s insights on benchmarking in his article that appeared on precisionag.com.

Guest: Sam Eathington - Chief Science Officer, The Climate Corporation

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Around the Farm is brought to you by Climate FieldView™. Go to Climate.com/bayer-PLUS to find out how to get a year of FieldView Plus free.