Monthly Archives: July 2017

The BigYield Spotlight – Crop Progress

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Landon Teal of AgTech, Inc. discusses the progress of the 2017 crop. Listen to the BigYield.us team and Kyle Hill, Ag 1280 Farm Director, each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on Ag 1280 KDKD-AM. The segments air at 7:15 am and again at 12:15 pm. This segment originally aired on July 10, 2017.

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The BigYield Spotlight – Thresholds

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Landon Teal of AgTech, Inc. discusses how they use insect thresholds in crop scouting. Listen to the BigYield.us team and Kyle Hill, Ag 1280 Farm Director, each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on Ag 1280 KDKD-AM. The segments air at 7:15 am and again at 12:15 pm. This segment originally aired on July 7, 2017.

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The BigYield Spotlight – AgTech Crop Consulting

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Landon Teal of AgTech, Inc. discusses the crop consulting services that AgTech offers. Listen to the BigYield.us team and Kyle Hill, Ag 1280 Farm Director, each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on Ag 1280 KDKD-AM. The segments air at 7:15 am and again at 12:15 pm. This segment originally aired on July 5, 2017.

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Go for the Good Bugs

Go for the Good Bugs

In some areas, insect infestations are now emerging as a threat. This story from DTN/The Progressive Farmer highlights potential outbreak problems with Japanese beetles and soybean aphids in particular. As growers take passes through their fields this summer, we encourage them to add a BigSweetYield application to their management programs. The BigSweetYield will not only help to boost plant health …

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Measure Your On-Farm Beneficial Insect Population

Measure Your On-Farm Beneficial Insect Population

Beneficial insects can play many important roles on the farm. One of those roles is potentially controlling harmful pests that could jeopardize crop health and yields. To know whether practices meant to attract beneficial insects are working, you can build Texas-style insect traps and pheromone lures. Capturing bugs in such traps enables farmers to measure the number of beneficial insects …

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