Tilth Talk Radio

Topic: Corn Shrink

Spotlight: Wisconsin Cranberry Growers Show Support For The Brewers

Ag History Minute: Bob Uecker

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: 60% of US Corn, 79% Of Soybeans Harvested/USDA Reveals Cause Of Skewed September Yield Estimates

Field Good Friday: Rhode Island Man Grew First Pumpkin To Surpass 3000 Lbs

Topic: How A Mild Winter Could Impact Next Years Cropping

Spotlight: BASF Ridivex Corn Herbicide Gets EPA Approval

Ag History Minute: History Of IPM

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: 1 Million Available For On-Farm Research In Wisconsin Nitrogen Optimization Pilot Program/Hurricane Isaias Destroys 95% Of Florida Panhandle Cotton Crop

Field Good Friday: Buy Local Buy Wisconsin Connects The Dots For The States Food Supply Chain

Topic: Seed Company Updates

Spotlight: New Satellite And AI Tools Aim To Help Growers Optimize Nitrogen

Ag History Minute: History Of Hoegemeyer Seeds

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: China Buyers Snap Up More U.S. Soybeans/Wisconsin Mild Winter Could Fuel Tick, Mosquito Populations

Field Good Friday: Wisconsin Friends Rally Around Al Timm’s Fight

Topic: 5 Ways To Save Diesel

Spotlight: Missouri Corn CEO Says Federal Dyed Diesel Waivers Provide Some Relief For Farmers

Ag History Minute: Red Dye Diesel

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Asian Long Horned Tick Vaccine Makes It’s Debut/US Farm Debt Is At A Record

Field Good Friday: Dairyman Tops World Forage Analysis Superbowl

Topic: Adjusting pH With Lime

Spotlight: FBN And Google Build AI Context Engine For Farms

Ag History Minute: World Dairy Expo Time Capsule

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Meet First U.S. Farmer To Plant His Entire Crop Autonomously/Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) Confirmed In Wisconsin Cattle

Field Good Friday: 30 Foot Wisconsin Christmas Tree From Silent Night Evergreens Tagged For White House

Topic: Notes From The Field – Wheat, Aerial Seeded Rye, SCN

Spotlight: UW Madison Researchers Explore Whether Solar Farms Can Boost Agriculture

Ag History Minute: The Four Founders Of World Dairy Expo

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Back To The Future – Would 1980’s Dairy Farmers Even Recognize Today’s Industry/California Farmers Struggling To Sell Grapes As Demand For Wine Drops

Field Good Friday: Pepper Jack Cheese Gets It’s Own Day Of Recognition

Topic: Corn Stalk Strength Going Into Fall

Spotlight: CHS To Build Soy Processing Facility In Southern Wisconsin

Ag History Minute: The “Happy Accident” Of 1847, Reid’s Yellow Dent Corn

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Rep. Hinson Pushes For Greater Domestic Fertilizer Production/57% of US Corn and 58% of US Soybeans Good To Excellent

Field Good Friday: Deere Bringing Back 375 Employees Ahead Of Planting Season

Topic: Relay Cropping And Diversifying The Rotation

Spotlight: Genetic Goldmine Hidden In Corn DNA

Ag History Minute: 25th Anniversary Of 9/11

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Wisconsin Farmer Optimistic About Forage Production Despite Drought/Record Diesel Prices Threaten Farm Margins

Field Good Friday: Pivot Bio Pledges $1000 Grants To Build The Next Generation Of Farmers

Music is a little loud at the beginning, sorry. Commissioner Derek takes Doug, Bill, Matt and Todd through the Fantasy Corn League plots.

Topic: Matt, Todd and Bill talk alfalfa and other forages with UW Division Of Extension Crops and Soils Agent Kevin Jarek.

Topic: Notes From The Field – Disease And Hybrid Rye

Spotlight: Case IH Expands Nutri-Tiller Lineup With 16 Row Strip-Till System

Ag History Minute: History Of Wisconsin State Fair

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Scientists Discover How To Make Plants Absorb Nitrogen/Fertilizer Prices Could Stay High Through 2028

Field Good Friday: Henning Cheese Of Kiel Claims Grand Master Cheesemaker Crown At Fair

Topic: Notes From The Field – Japanese Beetles And Late Season Insects

Spotlight: Aspirin Shows Promise Addressing No-Till Plant Stress

Ag History Minute: Don “Nellie” Nelson

Cool Beans That’s Corny: Where Is The Best Corn In The Country Right Now/Floating Farm Folds For Now

Field Good Friday: Illinois State Fair Sets Milestones

Topic: Evaluating This Years Crop To Make Decisions For Next Year

Spotlight: CRISPR Powered Sterile Flies Could Help Eradicate New World Screwworm

Ag History Minute: Fritz Haber

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: New Soil Health Institute Study Shows Soil Health And Conservation Are Improving Forage Production/Corn Condition Slips Again This Week In USDA Reports

Field Good Friday: Pagels Ponderosa’s Bootcamp Brings Next Generation Of Ag Closer To The Farm

Topic: Notes From The Field: Fungicide On Corn, Leafhoppers, Waterhemp

Spotlight: Corteva Launches New Soybean Herbicide For 2027 Growing Season

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Wisconsin Cheese On Tour With American Idol Winner Hannah Harper/Midnight Flash Flood Threatened 100 County Fair Cattle

Field Good Friday: When Injury Strikes, AgrAbility Of Wisconsin Helps Farmers Keep Farming

Bill and Todd talk about loose tassel wrap, low insect populations, and disease projections.

Todd and Matt talk with fellow NAICC consultants Casey Carr (Michigan), Jason Fussy (Minnesota), Allen Hubers (Iowa) and James Todd (Texas) to hear how the 2026 season has been going.

Topic: Getting Your Cover Crop Seed For Fall

Spotlight: Pollinator Habitat Turns Unprofitable Acres Into An Asset

Ag History Minute: History Of July 4th Fireworks

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: China May Drop 10% Tariff On US Ag Goods Including Soybeans/Tar Spot Confirmed In 29 Nebraska Counties

Field Good Friday: How MVP Dairy Is Building Sustainability For The Next Generation

Topic: Post Spray On Beans When It’s Hot

Spotlight: DJI Introduces Two New Agricultural Drones

Ag History Minute: History Of Drones In Agriculture

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Holstein Association USA Names Distinguished Junior Members/Wisconsin To Get 2 Million Eggs In Pact Over Alleged Price Fixing

Field Good Friday: There’s Beef About Beef At The World Cup

Topic: Hail Damage In Corn

Spotlight: Excessive Heat Forecast For Next Week

Ag History Minute: Summer Solstice

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Farmers For Soil Health Launch 2026 Enrollment/Japanese Fair Trade Officials Raid 6 Ice Cream Companies

Field Good Friday: 68% Of Corn, 66% Of Soybeans Rated Good to Excellent

Topic: Todd and Matt talk with Bill Eberle, Account Manager with Novonessis, about fostering manure relationships between Dairy farms and Cash Grain Farms.

Topic: Nutrient Deficiency Symptoms In Crops

Spotlight: June Dairy Month Website

Ag History Minute: Henry Wickham

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Outagamie County Breakfast On The Farm This Sunday/Winter Wheat Conditions Worst Since 2006

Field Good Friday: Wisconsin FFA Welcomes New Staff Members

Topic: Notes From The Field – Waterhemp, Wheat Fungicide and more.

Spotlight: Super El Nino Could Be On The Way

Ag History Minute: History Of June Dairy Month/Breakfast On The Farm

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: 2026 Wisconsin Dairy Breakfasts/New World Screwworm Has Landed

Field Good Friday: Over 1,800 FFA Members Set Out To Make A Difference In D.C.

Topic: Notes From The Field – Crusting

Spotlight: Corteva Names Seed Spinoff Vylor

Ag History Minute: Saying Goodbye To Seed Legends – Dairyland Seeds

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Crops Insurance Agent Says Base Acre Changes Could Increase Farm Program Payments This Fall

Field Good Friday: Dairy Checkoff Introduces Body By Cheese For National Cheese Day

Topic: GDU’s And How They Can Affect Crops

Spotlight: ADN Assembles Nationwide Drone Network

Ag History Minute: Willem Feekes And The Feekes Scale

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Wisconsin Farmers Catching Up On Fieldwork/Cargill Locks Out 1,700 Workers At US Beef Plant Due To Labor Dispute

Field Good Friday: Idaho Farmers Can Band Together To Buy Cheaper Health Insurance Through Farm Bureau Deal

Topic: Notes From The Field For 2026 So Far

Spotlight: No Mow May Becomes Slow Mow May

Ag History Minute: Ted Turner Dies At 87 Leaving Behind 2 Million Acres Of Ranchland

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Bayer And BP Team Up To Expand Camelina Market/64 Steers Stolen From Ohio Farm

Field Good Friday: Youth Tractor Certification Course Returns

Doug, Matt, Todd And Bill Draft Their 2026 Fantasy Corn League Varieties Under The Watchful Eye Of Commission Derek.

Matt, Todd and Bill talk with Washington State University Extension Agronomist Andrew McGuire about cover crops and soil health.

Topic: Stream Bars

Spotlight: Corn Emergence Reported In 8 States

Ag History Minute: NFL Draft And Agriculture

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Protein Maxxing And GLP-1’s Have US Farmers Betting On Peas And Lentils/Wisconsin’s Flooded Farm Fields

Field Good Friday: Heinz Turns 57th Pick Into Mr. 57 At This Years NFL Draft

Topic: Cover Crop Selection Tool

Spotlight: Comparing Yield Projection Methods

Ag History Minute: History Of The Midwest Cover Crop Council

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Tennessee And Kentucky Surge Ahead Of Corn Planting Averages By Double Digits/Wisconsin Farmers Wait For Fields To Dry Out

Field Good Friday: Grain Weevil Robot Started As A Father Son Project

Topic: Alfalfa Spring Seeding Tips

Spotlight: Extension Seeks Farmer Input On Alfalfa Insect Challenge

Ag History Minute: Van Brunt Seed Drill

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Semi-automatic Milking System Called Game Changer/Solar Panel Plague Or Progress?

Field Good Friday: Rising Demand For Protein Sparks A New Beverage Trend

Spring is coming fast, Bill and Todd sit down with Planter Specialist at Seed Concepts Dalton Ruechel to discuss how to have your planter ready for this spring.

Topic: Planning For Nitrogen Use In Corn Using MRTN

Spotlight: New Registration For Low Volatility Dicamba Herbicide

Ag History Minute: History Of MRTN

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: John Deere Shows Protoype E98 8R Tractor/War In The Middle East Causes Further Stress On U.S. Farmers

Field Good Friday: Wisconsin Earns 45 1st Place Finishes At World Championship Cheese Contest

Topic: Oilseed Crops for cover cropping, oil production and feed products.

Spotlight: Ceres AI Insights Available In John Deere Operations Center

Ag History Minute: History Of Canola

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Ranchers Rally As Nebraska Faces Historic Wildfires/Wisconsin Dairy Farms Face Rare Milk Dump During Brutal March Blizzard

Field Good Friday: Agribusiness Talent Council Promotes Ag Careers To Students With March Reading Program

Todd, Matt and Bill talk with Reggie Strickland of Strickland Farming Partnership about his farming operation in North Carolina.

Topic: Considerations For Early Planted Soybeans

Spotlight: La Nina Looks To Make One Of It’s Quickest Exits On Record

Ag History Minute: History Of Fertilizer Prices And The Persian Gulf

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Global Demand Lifts U.S. Dairy Exports To Near-Record Levels/Attack On Iran Could Disrupt Global Fertilizer Markets

Field Good Friday: Dairy Checkoff Launches “Dairy Does More” Campaign To Encourage Versatility

Topic: Different Water Types And Treatments For Spraying

Spotlight: Case IH Debuts Stars And Stripes Magnum Tractor

Ag History Minute: History Of RO Water

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: CoBank Predicts 6% Jump In Soybean Acres For 2026/Ranchers On Alert As Wildfires Spread Across The Plains

Field Good Friday: Secretary Rollins Announces $263 Million Dollars In Food Purchases

Topic: How Water Characteristics Impact Your Spray Mixture

Spotlight: Rethinking Nitrogen On Short Stature Corn

Ag History Minute: History Of AMS

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: New Research Suggests Higher Consumption Of Whole Fat Dairy Could Lower Heart Disease Risks/February USDA Report Defies Expectations By Lowering Corn Ending Stocks

Field Good Friday: Try Soothing Milk Based Lotion

Topic: Residual Herbicides And How Long They Last

Spotlight: Case IH Puma Tractors Get A New Cab, Tighter Turning, And Smarter Connectivity

Ag History Minute: History Of Soil Applied Corn And Soybean Herbicides

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Hemp Roots Offer New Opportunities/Demand For Protein Rich Cottage Cheese Spurs Wisconsin Plant Conversion, Layoffs

Field Good Friday: Expo Calls For Recognition Award Nominations

Bill, Matt and Todd talk to Allen Hubers, Research Manager at Alpha Ag Research, about his research projects, scouting and more.

Topic: Crop Budget Tools

Spotlight: Weather Shifting To El Nino Could Bring Dry Weather

Ag History Minute: Curler Steps Away From Sport To Farm

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Syngenta Introduces Plinazolin A New Insecticide Active Ingredient/Here Is How Much Fertilizer Tariffs Cost Farmers in 2025

Field Good Friday: Joe Dirt Tribute Takes Top Prize In Pennsylvania Farm Show Mullet Contest