Boots In The Field Report
Ken Ferrie
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One of the founding pillars of Crop-Tech Consulting is integrating a systems approach to farming. Crop-Tech is continually adding to their expertise and services. To aid in this process, CTC conducts over 150 test plots every year and works in conjunction with Farm Journal to gather research data on the industry’s equipment, practices, and technology. The Boots in the Field Report features Crop-Tech Consulting agronomist Ken Ferrie. He will keep you up-to-date by describing what he is seeing while in the field.
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S9E389 Episode 389: Boots In The Field Report June 12, 2026
This week’s episode of Boots In The Field Report, Ken discusses the recent weather impacts across the region, including crops standing in water, nitrogen concerns after heavy rains, the importance of…
S9E388 Episode 388: Boots In The Field Report May 28, 2026
Ken gives an update on: planting progress, stand evaluations, and nitrate levels in this week’s Boots In The Field.
S9E387 Episode 387: Boots In The Field Report May 15, 2026
In this week's Boots In The Field Report Ken gives a recap of some of the issues being called in from the field, planting updates, and a warning to map the gullies in fields that will get fixed this…
S9E386 Episode 386: Boots In The Field Report May 7, 2026
In this week’s episode, Ken Ferrie defines what constitutes a CTC “A+” planting rating and the specific environmental conditions needed to achieve it. He breaks down the CTC stoplight signals,…
S9E385 Episode 385: Boots In The Field Report April 29, 2026
Ken gives a quick update to the planting window warnings according to current forecasts.
S9E384 Episode 384: Boots In The Field Report April 20, 2026
Ken Ferrie talks frost damage on beans and planting windows for corn in this Boots In The Field Report
S9E383 Episode 383: Boots In The Field Report April 17, 2026
Ken was in Lindsay Ontario giving a presentation for the Durham Soil and Crop Improvement Association and got the chance to talk to a couple of Canadian farmers about what 2025 looked like for them…
S9E382 Episode 382: Boots In The Field Report April 2, 2026
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report, Ken Ferrie talks about how in the early planted beans, growers need to be watchful for a need to replant the ponds and to keep a close eye on conventional…
S9E381 Episode 381: Boots In The Field Report March 19, 2026
We need warm temperatures, moisture, and time for decomposition of last year’s crop. Due to the dry fall and cold winter temperatures, we will be facing a heavier carbon penalty this spring since we…
S9E380 Episode 380: Boots In The Field Report February 27, 2026
Ken talks about what to consider in several areas due to drought conditions; tillage, anhydrous applications, topdressing wheat, population and hybrid selection and more in this week’s Boots In The…
S9E379 Episode 379: Boots In The Field Report February 5, 2026
Ken continues to answer questions that came in during our CTC Winter Virtual College and answers the following questions: “Where would you rank the closing wheel system when it comes to planter…
S9E378 Episode 378: Boots In The Field Report January 28, 2026
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken Ferrie walks through some of the questions that come in during the Virtual College about tillage tools and how to evaluate which is the right one for your…
S9E377 Episode 377: Boots In The Field Report January 9, 2026
In this week’s Boots in the Field Report Ken Ferrie walks through some important aspects of doing a good year end review session as you look forward to the coming growing season. “What worked, what…
S9E376 Episode 376: Boots In The Field Report December 12, 2025
Ken does a round robin crop recap with some of our northern growers who came to Osage, IA to help with the hand shelling day.
S9E375 Episode 375: Boots In The Field Report November 28, 2025
Ken recaps the IL edition of the hand shelling day and talks about things to consider when picking up new ground in this week’s episode of Boots In the Field Report
S9E374 Episode 374: Boots In The Field Report November 6, 2025
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken Ferrie talks all things fall tillage including adjustments for dry soil and warnings about anhydrous applications in these drought conditions.
S9E373 Episode 373: Boots In The Field Report October 24, 2025
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken talks on streaks from aerial fungicide applications can skew plot data if not accounted for, tough tillage situations, why spreading out your planting…
S9E372 Episode 372: Boots In The Field Report October 1, 2025
Beans are disappearing fast, but make sure to keep an eye on stalk quality while waiting for corn to dry down, especially in fields that didn’t get sprayed. Everyone at the field be on the lookout…
S9E371 Episode 371: Boots In The Field Report September 17, 2025
Drier areas showing some crazy swings in bean yields within a field. Ken shares that corn that dies before black layer will dry down slower, reminds growers to recalibrate yield monitors as need…
S9E370 Episode 370: Boots In The Field Report September 8, 2025
“Don’t ignore your gas gauge” Ken Ferrie talks initial yields coming in from early April corn and breaks down why a statement taken out of context can be very dangerous for approaching phosphorus…
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