Greene County Agronomy Services

08/12/2026

This time of year I like to pay attention to the evenness of ear height and size. When the space between nodes and ear placement on nodes is the same, it’s telling of even emergence back in the spring. As little as one node difference between ears will result in lost yield potential from the start.

Pictured is Pioneer 1742Q looking good 👀👌🏻

08/03/2026

This is our favorite part of the growing season to be out scouting fields, there’s so much to find🌽

Scouting this time of year consists of pollination confirmation, disease progression and treatment thresholds, and ear evaluation and yield estimates. We can begin to see every piece of the puzzle planned in the winter and executed in the spring start to come to fruition in August as we work our way through the grain fill period into physiological maturity, making it an exciting time to be out in your fields!

07/30/2026

We can see ‘tipback’ in corn when kernels do not fill out all of the way into the tip of the ear. This usually is a result of two reasons, 1) poor pollination and/or 2) kernel abortion due to stress.

Kernel formation or the lack of it is an indicator of the time that stress occurred. If a portion of the cob is empty with no evidence of fertilized, viable kernels, the stress occurred at or before pollination. If a portion of the cob shows either very small kernels or kernel dieback, the stress occurred sometime during the grain-filling process. If tip kernels did not abort but their test weight is minimal, the stress occurred in the late part of grain fill.

Stressors that can cause tip back include ⬇️

- Heat and the lack of adequate water during pollination - speeds up pollen shed and slows down silk emergence at the ear tip.
- Excessively warm night time temperatures - forces the plant to burn vital sugars it’s produced instead of sending them to the kernels
- Consecutive cloudy days during grain fill - reduces photosynthesis activity

Depending on the severity of the stress during grain fill, tipback will continue until the point the corn plant has the ability to supply adequate water and nutrients to support growth of the remaining kernels. Having mild temperatures, lots of sunlight, sufficient soil moisture, and nutrient availability is crucial for a successful grain fill period 🌽

07/22/2026

This season we're taking our tissue sampling program to the next level with our on-demand leaf tissue analysis system‼️

We’ve been covering a lot of acres with this machine pulling samples from the same spots in fields multiple times throughout the growing season. This gives us a clearer picture of how nutrient levels change over time instead of relying on a single snapshot. By monitoring these trends, we can identify when nutrients become limiting, verify that fertility programs are performing as intended, and build an accurate data set to make future decisions off of.

This has also been a valuable tool for evaluating foliar nutritional trials, comparing different fertility programs, and pinpointing what may be limiting yield potential. Having results available immediately improves the accuracy of the sample and means we can interpret the data while we're still in the field and respond much faster if necessary.

The overall goal is to fine tune fertility programs to give your crops exactly what they need, when they need it. We want to help our growers reach that next level with their crops and give them the data to back up their decisions rather than just blindly throwing out fertility dollars and hoping it’s what the plant needs.

07/17/2026

FUNGICIDE FOR YOUR BEANS

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07/04/2026

07/01/2026

This year’s weather has set us up to potentially see some disease throughout corn fields across the area - now is a good time to be thinking about your fungicide pass to stay on top of yield limiting factors like disease and give your crops the best chance to finish out the rest of the growing season strong!

We’ll continue to monitor Pioneer’s disease tracker and keep eyes in the field to stay ahead of anything to come our way🌽

06/26/2026

As we move deeper into the growing season corn and soybeans are making good progress. With a cool, wet spring, a lot of these fields are just starting to get their legs under them and are really beginning to thrive as they grow into these later vegetative stages.🌽🌱

Here’s a few snapshots of what we’ve being seeing while scouting ⬇️

- Japanese beetles are starting to make an appearance in soybean fields with adults feeding on the leaves. Fields are below the treatment threshold but it’s a good time to begin monitoring populations as they continue to emerge.

- Herbicide programs have performed well across the board. We’re seeing excellent w**d control on those post passes, reducing competition and giving each plant an ideal environment to thrive in and maximize their yield potential.

- European corn borer feeding is becoming noticeable in many fields with their trademark “shot-hole” feeding as larvae feed within the whorl before leaves unfurl. It’s important to get a handle on populations now before they reach yield impacting levels.

- We’re seeing some excellent soybean nodulation, a sign of good nitrogen fixation, setting these plants up for success meeting their nitrogen needs all season long.

As the season continues, we’re staying in the field and keeping a close eye on what’s happening across our customers’ acres. We’re committed to consistent scouting to catch issues early, provide timely recommendations, and keep growers informed all season long!

05/30/2026

Scouting update from the first few weeks of spring🌱

- Heavy rains after planting created a soil crust that a few seedlings have struggled to break through, contributing to stand variability and uneven emergence.

- Seeing some twisted soybean hypocotyls from fighting through heavy residue and crusted soils

- Some unfit, wet planted fields resulted in open seed trenches from sidewall smearing that could lead to some restricted root growth & reduced access to moisture and nutrients later in the season

- Finding corn plants a stage behind their neighbor and revealing a corkscrewed coleoptile is a giveaway of those seedlings struggling to get to the surface.

Early-season scouting is already revealing how planting conditions and weather events can impact crop establishment. Identifying these issues now helps set realistic expectations and guide management decisions for the rest of the season.

04/18/2026

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