Tilth Talk Radio

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

Topic: Tips For Picking Which Biological Products to Use

Spotlight: HERMON Offers Farmers Fresh Hope In The War On Weeds

Ag History Minute: History Of Biopesticides

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: US Ethanol Production Reaches Record Levels To Start 2026/Brazil Surpasses US As Top Global Beef Producer

Field Good Friday: Whole Milk Goes Back To School, Is Butter Next?

Topic: Phosphorous Products

Spotlight: University Of Illinois Confirms First US Case Of Glufosinate Resistant Waterhemp

Ag History Minute: History Of WARF At UW-Madison

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: USDA Reveals Commodity Payment Rates For Farmer Bridge Assistance Program/China Is Investing Billions In Latin America

Field Good Friday: UW-Madison Top 5 In National Research Ranking

Bill, Matt and Todd Talk Through The Top 10 Ag Stories From 2025.

Bill, Matt and Todd discuss weed seed movement and more with Dan Smith, UW Division of Extension NPM Program Manager.

Topic: Herbicide Changes For 2026

Spotlight: Tractor Sales Down Nearly 20% As Combine Sales Post Even Bigger Drop

Ag History Minute: Poor Richards Almanack

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Americans Drank More Milk in 2024/HPAI Detected In WI Dairy Herd

Field Good Friday: Hula Bins 572.2589 BPA Winning Entry

Topic: Allelopathy

Spotlight: USMCA Faces 2026 Review

Ag History Minute: Discovery of Allelopathy

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Nationwide Year-Round E 15 Could Be Nearing The Finish Line/Government Threatens Seizure Of 85 Year Old’s Entire Farm Over Irrigation

Field Good Friday: Former State Senator Joan Ballweg Receives Distinguished Service To Wisconsin Agriculture Award

Topic: Fertilizer Pricing And Ordering

Spotlight: UW Milwaukee Researchers Discover Way To Turn EV Battery Into Fertilizer

Ag History Minute: The Christmas Tree In Wisconsin History

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: “The World Wants US Ethanol” ACE CEO Says/Global “Wall Of Milk” Weighs On Dairy Markets

Field Good Friday: Want To Cut Your Own Tree This Christmas, Wisconsin Has Plenty Of Tree Farms To Choose From

Topic: Southern Rust Wrap Up

Spotlight: Open Source Drone Technology Will Democratize Precision Agriculture

Ag History Minute: Southern Rust Historical Movement

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Consumers Hungry For What Dairy-Beef Delivers/Angry Dairy Farmers Stop Feeding Bovaer

Field Good Friday: Wisconsin Farmers Face Storage Limits After Big Corn Crop

Topic: Split Application Nitrogen

Spotlight: Bayer Announces Roundup Alternative With Rollout Of New Weedkiller In Australia

Ag History Minute: History Of Turkey For Thanksgiving

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner Cost Dips 5%/Ag Economist Says It’s Unlikely China Will Buy 12 Million Tons Of Soybeans In 2025

Field Good Friday: Oconto County Tree Farmer Donates Wisconsin Capitol Holiday Tree

Derek reveals the results for the 5th Annual Fantasy Corn League plot to Doug, Matt, Todd and Bill.  They discuss their teams and the top 10 varieties.

Topic: How And Where To Find Good Plot Data

Spotlight: Cover Crop Rebate Forms Open December 1st

Ag History Minute: F.I.R.S.T Trials

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Top 10 Tractors From Jon Kinzenbaw’s Historic Auction And Where They’re Going/Anhydrous Ammonia – One Small Mistake Can Have Life Changing Consequences

Field Good Friday: Wagner’s Market Featuring Fresh Produce Puts Black Creek, Wisconsin On The Map

Topic: 2026 Seed Guides

Spotlight: Jon Kinzebaw To Sell 100 Antique Tractors From His Private Collection In Iowa

Ag History Minute: Local Haunted Road

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: China To Buy 12 Million Metric Tons Of Soybeans This Season/Shutdown Means No Crop Progress Report For Fourth Straight Week

Field Good Friday: 22 Candidates Move Forward In National FFA Officer Elections

Topic: Rotational Value Of Wheat

Spotlight: University Of Minnesota Working To Boost Oil Content

Ag History Minute: History Of Wheat In Wisconsin

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Corn Cattle Farmers Pivot To Create Profit/Members Of The Cattle Industry Say Argentina Plan Isn’t The Way To Lower Beef Prices

Field Good Friday: Harvest Of A Lifetime – Farmer Sees Record Corn Yields In Southern Minnesota

Topic: BMR Silage Future

Spotlight: Maryland Scientists Find Gene That Could Triple Wheat Yields

Ag History Minute: History Of BMR

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Some Farmers Are Increasing Cover Crop Acres To Cut Costs And Boost Soil Health/Drought Causes Headaches For Christmas Tree Farmers

Field Good Friday: 128 Drivers Turn Out For Tractor Ride In Seymour To Support Farmers Cancer Battle

Topic: 5 Ways To Plant Cover Crops On A Budget

Spotlight: Ohio Farmer Jed Bower Begins Term As President Of The NCGA

Ag History Minute: History Of Baseball And Agriculture

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Illinois Baleage Wins Forage Superbowl/Beware Of Silo Fillers Disease

Field Good Friday: Busch Light Hunting Cans Hunter Name Change Contest

Topic: Farmer’s Almanac Fall Weather

Spotlight: Nutrien Hub Adds Weather, Financing And Crop Planning Tools

Ag History Minute: History Of Old Farmer’s Almanac

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: USDA Crop Progress Report September 29th 2025/China Signals Purchases Of US Soybeans Hinge On Tariff Removal

Field Good Friday: New Wisconsin Legislation Aims To Support Family Farmers And Feed The Hungry

Topic: Talking Compaction

Spotlight: All Roads Lead to World Dairy Expo At The Alliant Energy Center

Ag History Minute: History Of World Dairy Expo

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Farmers Want Transparency With New Fertilizer Bill/Number Of Argentine Soybean Cargoes Purchased By China This Week Keep Rising

Field Good Friday: Deadline Nears To Nominate A 2026 Master Agriculturist

Topic: End Of Season Soybeans

Spotlight: Safety Webinars Slated For September 22-26

Ag History Minute: History Of Soybeans

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Butter Exports Shift In Our Favor/OSHA Investigating Farm Incident With 6 Fatalities

Field Good Friday: Badger Stripe Out Camp Randall Game Celebrating Agriculture

Topic: Nutrient Removal From Harvest

Spotlight: 5 Yield Saving Combine Adjustments

Ag History Minute: History Of The Bray P Soil Test

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: MAHA Report Prioritizes Nutrition, Concerns Remain About Crop Protection Availability/China Steps In For Pork, Skips Soybeans Again

Field Good Friday: World Dairy Expo Dairy Product Winners Named

Topic: Corn Silage Drydowns

Spotlight: New Soybean Products Found At Farm Progress Show

Ag History Minute: History Of The Farm Progress Show

Cool Beans/That’s Corny: 36 Wisconsin FFA Members Are Honored At The National Level For Their Proficiency Projects/Environmental Groups Motion Court To Pull Enlist

Field Good Friday: Incredible Hoard Of 51 Native American Blades Discovered In Missouri Soybean Field