River Valley Ag

08/07/2026

Thankful for a good fertility program, excellent hybrid placement and of course, irrigation. 🌽 🌽

08/04/2026

Started scouting down south this morning and got caught by a downpour about 100 yards from my pickup 🏃🏻‍♀️⛈️

Seeing some pollination issues from intense heat and silk clipping showing up with ear tips not fully pollinated. Got this ear from an irrigated field that had fungicide and insecticide.

07/30/2026

Woof. At least it’s already pollinated…

07/22/2026

Klaus is not the best scouting partner.

Check out these lacewing eggs we found today.

07/21/2026

Soybean fungicides absolutely have a place. That place just isn’t every acre, every year.

The latest Iowa Soybean Association research reinforces what I’ve seen in my own trials over the years. Disease pressure is what drives a response. If disease risk is low, a fungicide isn’t likely to consistently pay for itself.

That doesn’t mean never spray soybeans. It means scout your fields, know your disease risk, and make the application when it’s warranted, not just because it’s that time of year.

Fungicides are a great tool. Like any tool, they work best when there’s actually a job for them to do.

Disease pressure and timing are critical factors to consider before deciding to apply fungicide to soybean fields.

07/21/2026

Trying to find another five bean pod but so far just a lot of 3s and 4s and bugs 🪲 🐛

07/11/2026

Me after telling customers about the bugs and disease in their corn ✈️ 🚁 😈

07/10/2026

The gold standard for fungicide application on corn is still VT/R1.

After last year’s extreme and prolonged southern rust pressure, there’s understandably some hesitancy to pull the trigger at VT/R1 and instead wait until closer to R3 for more of a “catch-all” application.

But last year was not the norm.

I’m currently finding southern rust, common rust, gray leaf spot, eyespot, s**t, a small amount of tar spot, and significant silk clipping from Japanese beetles, corn rootworm beetles, and flea beetles.

If your field is clean at R1, and some are, I don’t see a need to spray immediately. But if disease or insect pressure is already present, you could be prolonging a problem while waiting for one that might not show up.

07/02/2026

😮‍💨 thank goodness. Looking forward to trying something new.

EPA has approved Bayer's Convintro, the first Group 12 herbicide for U.S. corn and soybeans. The new chemistry targets resistant waterhemp and Palmer amaranth. Read more below ⬇️