Merschman Seeds Cup of Joe
Tune in every Saturday for a new episode of Merschman Seeds Cup of Joe! We share current events happening in the agricultural industry and educate you on our products to help you become profitable on your farm. You can also watch the video version of each episode on YouTube or visit our website at www.merschmanseeds.com for more information. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don't miss future episodes!
Initial Test Plot Results
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/PXHn_rZJbgs
On this episode:
🌽Hear the latest report on seed production soybean harvest in the Southern Illinois and Kentucky area.
🌽Ben answers a question from this week on soybean shatter.
🌽Hear what Ben and Lynn keep in mind & look for in the field leading up to harvest and how that affects our future product lineup
🌽Test Plot results are available on our website under The Merschman Advantage tab and linked below.
2026 Test Plot Data:
https://merschmanseeds.com/the-merschman-advantage/yield-data
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Test Plots, Harvest & What’s Ahead
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/TxmMh_bpvpc
On this episode:
🌽Hear about our week visiting test plots & what’s coming down the pike in the next few years.
🌽Ben shares some early harvest info & talks about phone calls he’s gotten this week.
🌽Hear about Meristem Crop Performance products that can help benefit yield potential & standability.
🌽What is the double crop opportunity?
https://meristemag.com/
https://merschmanseeds.com/products/wheat
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Gearing Up for Harvest 2026
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/NTpksE2WCvo
On this episode:
🌽Hear some pre-harvest insights from Dylan & he shares an an article on soil temperatures when it comes to anhydrous & manure application.
🌽Lynn shares an article on Wheat Double-Crop Soybean Profitability in Recent Years from Successful Farming. Hear how our Double-Crop program works at Merschman Seeds.
🌽Congratulations to Cindy Schinstock, our Seed Order Manager, on a Happy Retirement after a total of 47 years working at Merschman Seeds!
Wheat Double-Crop Soybean Profitability in Recent Years via Successful Farming:
https://tinyurl.com/yc3ke...
Field Days & More About Merschman PowerCore® Enlist® Corn Hybrids
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/vMwRlc385kE
🌽Hear about what we’ve seen around the Midwest & Mid-South at our seed dealers’ field days.
🌽We talk about factors such as disease pressures & weather events that might affect yield potential.
🌽Hear about the Xyway® system & Meristem Crop Performance® products and how they benefit the plant.
🌽Ben gives an update on a few new 2027 Merschman PowerCore® Enlist® corn products and improvements.
🌽Stick around for a corny joke from a special guest!
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New Merschman PowerCore® Enlist® Corn Hybrids, Disease Pressures & Field Scouting
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/-AtHtKrrjBU
On this episode:
🌽We talk about disease pressures such as southern rust and stalk rot that are showing up.
🌽Hear about what Ben, Dylan and Lynn have seen along the countryside on their way to Field Days and meetings this week.
🌽Dylan shares a few photos of our new PowerCore® Enlist® corn hybrids and how they’re building yield.
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Wheat Fertility, Rainfall & Corn Heat Stress
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/hgAQ0rXs10g
🌽Wheat is the big topic at Merschman Seeds as we get closer to fall harvest. Dylan shares updates on things to keep in mind this time of year for wheat fertility and more.
🌽Ben shares a precipitation anomaly map & talks about how rainfall can impact yield potential. He also shares a corn heat-stress threshold map from Elwynn Taylor.
🌽How can a cricket tell the temperature?
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Soil Moisture, Excess Rain & Wheat Outlook
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/QrYlale7Pks
On this episode:
🌽Ben shares soil moisture maps & mineralization rates from Iowa State University Extension & Outreach.
🌽How does excess rain this time of year affect crops and the environment?
🌽Hear a wheat update on what to expect for this year, getting ready for fall production, double crop, and our Hyper-Early™ Peyton 2 wheat.
https://facts.extension.iastate.edu/soil-n-mineralization
https://facts.extension.iastate.edu/soil-moisture-15cm
https://facts.extension.iastate.edu/soil-moisture-100cm
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A Meristem Crop Performance Meeting Recap
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/K7eMYhF4gl0
🌱Ben and Lynn attended a Meristem Crop Performance meeting in Wisconsin this past week. Hear their key takeaways and things they’ve learned about taking costs out of production agriculture and maintaining yield potential.
🌱The Merschman Seeds 2027 Product Guide is available now. Find it on our website or your local Merschman seeds
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Season 9 Premiere Featuring New Products
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/86k4Cl_rpLA
On this episode:
🌱The new 2027 Product Guide is available now. Contact your local Area Sales Manager, Merschman Seeds Dealer or visit our website to get a copy.
🌱See a flash drought map from John Feldt’s Blue Water Outlook.
🌱We highlight a handful of new soybean and wheat products in the 2027 Product Guide.
🌱Thank you for your business this past year and we are excited for what’s ahead in 2027.
Flip through the Merschman Seeds 2027 Product Guide: https://merschmanseeds.com/product-guide
What to Watch Out for This Time of the Growing Season
Watch the video version here:https://youtu.be/dKgeGbLz5C4
On this episode:
🌱Ben reviews disease maps from the Crop Protection Network.
🌱See photos from Area Sales Manager Aaron Harpole of Red Crown Rot & a map of counties it’s been found in.
🌱Hear about our newly updated optional soybean seed treatment Starting Line Plus with Victrato® and Trunemco®.
🌱We talk about kernel size throughout the growing season & how our Merschman corn hybrids make their yield.
https://merschmanseeds.com/products/soybeans/starting-line-soybean-seed-treatment-plus
https://cropprotectionnetwork.org/crop-lookout
...Double Crop Soybeans, Wheat Updates & Fungicide Timing
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On this episode:
🌱We share a testimonial on double crop soybeans from the Sparta, IL area.
🌱Hear a recap of this week including meetings, new Group 4 soybean products, Hyper-Early™ wheat, wheat heading date data and more.
🌱Ben talks about waterlogged soybeans and how certain products can help plants recover faster.
🌱See a leaf wetness hours index graph & how it coorelates to fungicide application timing.
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Wheat Trial Results, Tassel Wrap & Upcoming Stress Conditions
Watch the video version here to see important visuals, graphs and charts shown on screen in this episode: https://youtu.be/io8Id5Nh-FU
On this episode:
🌱See wheat trial results in 2 locations. How well did Merschman Peyton 2 and Julie 12 do in the trials?
🌱We have a discussion tassel wrap on corn and managing it.
🌱We discuss upcoming stress conditions and what can be done to minimize those stresses as well as what kind of yield preservation can be seen.
Wheat Trial Results in Rush Hill:
https://varietytesting.missouri.edu/wheat/results/N...
A Meristem Crop Performance Summer Update
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/FNWhH2NNIrc
On this episode:
🌱Peter Rousonelos and Taylor Flynn from Meristem Crop Performance join us to share latest updates from Meristem and discuss practical strategies for maximizing yield potential, along with insights growers can put to work this season.
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Wheat Test Weight Results
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/afYtcz3r2zE
On this episode:
🌱Hear a summary of this week’s field scouting, meetings, travels and weather.
🌱Ben shares a Crop Lookout Map from the Crop Protection Network compiling different crop issues & diseases in counties into one map.
🌱We talk about why scouting crops is critical during the growing season.
🌱Dylan shares test weight results for our Julie 12 and Maddie 3 wheat.
Crop Lookout Map:
https://cropprotectionnetwork.org/crop-lookout
Flip through the Merschman Seeds 2026 Product Guide: https://merschmanseeds.com/product-guide
New Merschman Corn Hybrids Available in 2027
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/8-0JDB2xmVw
On this episode:
🌱Dylan highlights two new Merschman PowerCore® Enlist® RA hybrids available in 2027.
🌱We share a summary of meetings we attended this week in central Iowa.
🌱Hear a conversation about Tar Spot in corn & a map showing increased Tar Spot identification.
Merschman PowerCore® Enlist® Corn:
https://merschmanseeds.com/products/powercore-enlist-corn
Starting Line® Corn Seed Treatment:
https://merschmanseeds.com/products/powercore-enlist-corn/starting-line-corn-seed-treatment
Flip through the Merschman Seeds 2026 Product Guide: https://merschmanseeds.com/product-guide
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An Eastern IL update with Area Sales Manager Brett Ries
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/WDUYTzbuz-U
On this episode:
🌱Area Sales Manager Brett Ries of the eastern Illinois area joins us for a crop update, how the season got started and is progressing, and the opportunity in Brett’s area.
🌱Brett shares insight on the performance of the Merschman PowerCore® Enlist® 2512C-30 hybrid and how our Starting Line® corn seed treatment has helped support its performance.
🌱Brett also discusses the performance and yield potential of our Hyper-Early® Peyton 2 brand wheat.
🌱Hear about Merschman Enlist E3® soybeans Brett is excited about in Group 3 when it...
Hyper-Early® Peyton 2 Wheat Yield Results
On this episode: https://youtu.be/3PfhJBOuXRM
🌱We have a wheat discussion, and see Merschman Hyper-Early® Peyton 2 brand soft red winter wheat yield results from the Sparta, IL area.
🌱Hear how wheat management has changed over the years.
🌱We have a discussion on the purpling on the base of crops.
🌱We highlight Merschman Enlist E3® Reagan 2635E soybeans.
https://merschmanseeds.com/products/wheat
https://merschmanseeds.com/products/hyper-early-wheat
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An Area Update from Bryan Regennitter & Carbon Penalty on Corn
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/VTYitXndCJA
On this episode:
🌱Area Sales Manager Bryan Regennitter of the north eastern, eastern Iowa & southeastern Minnesota area joins us for a crop update, how the season is progressing, and the opportunity in Bryan’s area.
🌱Bryan shares the soybean varieties he’s excited about coming up.
🌱Lynn shares photos from his own farm of carbon penalty on corn.
🌱Hear about week travels from Ben and Dylan.
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'Corkscrew' Corn & A Herbicide Discussion
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/QcoVf5yrQVI
On this episode:
🌱Ben shares an article addressing ‘corkscrew’ corn.
🌱Hear a discussion on how to make the herbicides Liberty® and Enlist One® work to their full potential.
https://ag.purdue.edu/news/department/agry/kernel-news/2024/04/corkscrewed-mesocotyls-what-does-it-mean.html
https://www.agry.purdue.edu/ext/corn/news/articles.04/corkscrew-0501.html
How to Tank-mix with Enlist® Herbicides via Corteva Agriscience:
https://tinyurl.com/566aapb7
Flip through the Merschman Seeds 2026 Product Guide: https://merschmanseeds.com/product-guide
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Test Plots, Row Spacing & Spraying Timeframes
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/_o-YSJWsf7g
On this episode:
🌱Ben and Dylan got test plots in the ground this week. Hear about their plot plans and population trials.
🌱Hear about row spacing in soybeans and how that can affect yield potential.
🌱We talk about spraying timeframes after crop emergence.
🌱Stick around for the corny jokes!
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A New Addition to our Starting Line Plus Soybean Seed Treatment
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/MIM7e_IUpf4
On this episode:
🌱We share information on Victrato® Seed Treatment from Syngenta®, now part of our Starting Line Plus® Soybean Seed Treatment along with Trunemco®.
🌱Hear a local Southeast Iowa update on crop progress, field conditions, tillage and more.
🌱Dylan shares an update on Peyton 2 and Maddie 3 wheat brands in the Southeast Iowa area.
More Victrato Seed Treatment Information:
https://shorturl.at/4TlZO
Starting Line & Starting Line Plus Soybean Seed Treatment:
https://merschmanseeds.com/products/soybeans
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Current Weather & Delayed Planting
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/hrWsJdCTx6s
On this episode:
🌱Ben answers several questions he’s gotten this week from growers and shows a 4 model hourly temperature forecast.
🌱We talk about how the weather is affecting everything from planting, to growth progress to potential replant.
🌱Hear a wheat and soybean growth progress update from Dylan and Ben.
🌱Joe and Lynn share advice on things to think about when it comes to planting corn.
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Merschman Fertilizer President & CEO Henry Merschman Joins Us for a Spring 2026 Fertilizer Update
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/KyYJ2H51WAM
On this episode:
🌱Henry Merschman joins us for a Spring 2026 fertilizer update.
Flip through the Merschman Seeds 2026 Product Guide: https://merschmanseeds.com/product-guide
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Amy Niver Returns to talk about our Starting Line & Starting Line Plus Seed Treatments
Watch the Video Version here: https://youtu.be/YkFcIuQlDIk
On this episode:
🌱 Amy Niver from Rosen’s joins us for a discussion on the components of our Starting Line® Seed Treatment for corn, along with Starting Line® and Starting Line Plus® for soybeans. She’ll also cover how these treatments protect seed from pests and disease, and how they work together to support strong emergence and early growth for high yielding crops.
Merschman Starting Line® Corn Seed Treatment:
https://merschmanseeds.com/products/powercore-enlist-corn/starting-line-corn-seed-treatment
Merschman Starting Line® and Starting Line Plus® Soybean Seed T...
On Location: A Southern Illinois Wheat Update
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/Iv2VcEQHrGQ
On this episode:
🌱Area Sales Manager Aaron Harpole joins us on location in a Millie 8 wheat field in Carbondale, Illinois. Hear about everything under the sun about wheat from growing conditions, to maturities, to heading time, fungicide timing and harvesting.
🌱Hear about fungicide timing and protecting your yield potential.
🌱Ben shares a GDU Accumulation map for the 2026 season.
🌱Dylan has a Southeast Iowa wheat update from local growers.
Starting Line Wheat Seed Treatment: https://merschmanseeds.com/products/wheat
Merschman Seeds’ Hyper...
April Weather, Soil Temps, Wheat Scouting & Red Crown Rot Insights
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/ppgWZLWc-SE
On this episode:
🌱Ben shares an April weather update & soil temperature and moisture graphs in the Southeast Iowa area, Kearny, NE & Carbondale, IL areas from AgWeather.com.
🌱Dylan and Ben have been scouting wheat; they share photos and talk about how soil temperature & planting depth affects greenup.
🌱Hear a summary of a Red Crown Rot article from the University of Missouri, linked below.
🌱Joe highlights components of our Starting Line and Starting Line Plus seed treatment options.
Ag Weather:
https://ag-wx.com
Wat...
Alfalfa Pests, Nitrogen & A Meristem Video on Emergence & Germination
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/mqr0RwNM8Gs
Watch the Meristem Crop Performance video on Emergence and Germination:
https://youtu.be/vZdZdmxObaw
On this episode:
🌱Dylan talks about alfalfa and pests to look out for.
🌱Ben shares an article from Iowa State University about residual soil nitrogen from crop year 2025 and how it might affect 2026 nitrogen needs.
🌱Check the link below for a Meristem Crop Performance video regarding emergence and germination.
Alfalfa Weevil Eggs Hatching Early in 2026 via ISU Extension & Outreach:
https://crops.extension.iastate.edu/cropnews...
A Spring 2026 Outlook
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/OnVowm_80ZQ
On this episode:
🌱Weather is the number one topic on farmers minds this week; what does that mean when it comes to field work before planting?
🌱We share maps from National Phenology Network on Spring Leaf Index, a temperature outlook for April, a Corn Rootworm Risk Forecast map and more.
🌱Ben has been scouting wheat; hear about the current growth stage & how cold weather affects the plant.
🌱We talk about the risks & rewards when it comes to planting dates.
Merschman Seeds Soft Red Win...
Victrato® Seed Treatment
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/7ajA_Sania0
On this episode:
🌽 Hear information about Syngenta’s Victrato Seed Treatment, a new component in our Starting Line Plus seed treatment and how it can help protect against diseases such as Red Crown Rot.
🌽 Dylan shares projected future weather patterns and a map of an El Niño projected to come this winter.
🌽Lynn shares an article from Progressive Farmer about qualifications and restrictions on OTT Dicamba.
Victrato Seed Treatment Information:
https://tinyurl.com/79bct6hk
More slides from the presenta...
Our Corn Hybrid No Substitutions or It’s Free Guarantee Policy
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/IDymD2Z436Q
On this episode:
🌽 Joe explains our “No Substitutions or It’s Free Guarantee” policy, applicable to the hybrid only, not weight or grade.
🌽 Dylan shares updates on production and germ quality, including specific germ results for Merschman PowerCore® Enlist 2512C-30.
🌽 Ben breaks down our Starting Line® Corn Seed Treatment and continues last week’s discussion on soil moisture.
🌽 Joe also recaps key takeaways from an Ag Outlook seminar he attended this past week.
More on our “No Substitutions or it’s Free Guarantee”...
Introducing the Enlist E3® Expance™ Soybean Trait Technology
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/KosvKw0sJ-Y
On this episode:
🌱We have a discussion about Enlist E3® Expance™ soybeans developed by M.S. Technologies® and Syngenta®, Marketed by Merschman Seeds®. The Enlist E3® Expance™ soybean trait technology was announced this week at the Commodity Classic.
🌱We talk about price discovery and crop insurance.
🌱Ben shares soil moisture and precipitation maps coming up in the next few weeks.
M.S. Technologies, L.L.C. and Syngenta Introduce Enlist E3® Expance™ Soybean Trait Technology at Commodity Classic 2026 Press Release:
https://merschmanseeds.com/me...
Drone Innovation & Technology & 2027 Products
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/CrgNz10zp34
On this episode:
🌱Hear a recap of a meeting we attended at Rosen’s in Indiana this past week.
🌱We highlight how drone innovation & technology is utilized in agriculture, especially when it comes to spraying herbicides and fungicides.
🌱We talk about abiotic stress on crops and what can be done to help alleviate those stressors.
🌱Dylan and Ben share our West Point, Iowa test plot plans this year as well as new corn hybrids that will be available in 2027.
Rosen's Inc:
https://ww...
Precip Projections, Brandt Research & Development & Nitrogen Application Considerations
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/TODlwjGQAg8
On this episode:
🌱We have a discussion on drought conditions. See a map from Blue Water Outlook showing needed precipitation to end drought conditions.
🌱The 2025 Brandt Research and Development Guidebook is available; Ben highlights a few of their studies and trial work.
🌱Hear about spring nitrogen application considerations from Dylan.
Brandt’s 2025 Research and Development Results:
https://issuu.com/brandtweb/docs/2025_brandt_research_and_development_results
Blue Water Outlook:
https://bluewateroutlook.com/
Merschman Seeds Soft Red Winter Wheat:
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