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. 

  1. 5 FEB

    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 attachment updates in comparison to all the other updates you can buy?”, “ How can I evaluate my stand to identify if my closing system is an issue?”, and “Can you put too much downforce on a cast iron wheel?”

    7 min

  2. 28 ENE

    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 situation.

    8 min

  3. 9 ENE

    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 didn’t, and why?”  He also gives his thoughts on growers asking about cutting out insecticide on the planter to try to reduce costs.

    8 min

  4. 12/12/2025

    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.

    11 min

  5. 28/11/2025

    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

    9 min

  6. 06/11/2025

    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.

    12 min

  7. 24/10/2025

    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 window is so crucial, checking stalk quality of standing fields and keeping an eye on harvest loss till the last field is harvested.

    9 min

  8. 03/10/2025

    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 for signs of a field fire and of team burnout in these long dry stretches. These reminders and more in this week’s Boots In The Field Report.

    5 min
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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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  • Creador
    Ken Ferrie
  • Años de actividad
    2014 - 2026
  • Episodios
    379
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    © Copyright 2026 Ken Ferrie
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