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Out Standing in the Field
by University of Illinois Extension in DeWitt, Macon & Piatt Counties
Out Standing in the Field is a podcast from the DeWitt, Macon & Piatt County University of Illinois Extension offices. Educator Doug Gucker covers seasonal agriculture issues specific to Central Illinois. Follow him on Twitter @SoilWaterDougUniversity of Illinois * U.S. Department of Agriculture * Local Extension Councils CooperatingUniversity of Illinois Extension provides equal opportunities in programs and employment.If you need reasonable accommodation to participate please contact the extension office at 217.877.6042.
Episodes
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New Corn Disease to Keep and Eye Out For
Commercial Ag Educator Doug Gucker discusses harvest progress, a new corn disease that has been present in the Midwest, whether you need all the tillage you are doing, and the 2025 ARC/PLC Program County level payments in this week's podcast.
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Harvest Updates and New University Information
Commercial Ag Educator Doug Gucker discusses harvest progress and issues, increasing your custom harvesting charges, and the lack of genetic variability in a commonly used corn inbred line in this week's podcast.
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Corn harvest has begun in Central Illinois
Commercial Ag Educator Doug Gucker discusses corn harvest conditions and offers some quick crop fertility cost-cutting tips.
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Early stages of corn harvest and an update on crop conditions
University of Illinois Extension Commercial Ag Educator, Doug Gucker, discusses early stages of corn harvest and current crop conditions. Gucker also touches on a survey from the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers focusing on farmland rent lease trends, cash rent...
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Corn Crown Rot is appearing in fields, is one of those fields yours?
Commercial Ag Educator Doug Gucker discusses his recent discovery of Corn Crown Rot in area fields and shares information on what to look for as well as some concerning declines in farmland value.
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What August fields are telling us
University of Illinois Extension Commercial Ag Educator, Doug Gucker, provides an update on crop conditions across east-central Illinois. Corn and soybean crops continue to look good overall. Gucker discusses crop development stages, current challenges in the fields, and reviews recent U of I...
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Good crops, tough weeds, hot markets
Extension Commercial Ag Educator, Doug Gucker provides a mid-July crop update including current corn and soybean conditions, weed management challenges, and emerging disease and insect issues. Gucker also discusses the grain market rallies and updates on ARC/PLC county payment estimates.
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Weathering Stress and the Season
Commercial Ag Educator, Doug Gucker emphasizes the importance of mental health for farmers and producers in this episode, and provides multiple contact numbers for resources for individuals and families. Additionally, Gucker provides a crop report for East Central Illinois and discusses the…
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Are Black Swans Circling over Illinois Farm Fields
University of Illinois Extension Agriculture Educator Doug Gucker discusses the financial outlook for farmers and strategies for surviving low-profit years.
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Spring weather affecting crops, markets
Illinois Extension Educator Doug Gucker talks about the effects temperature has had on current crops, discusses the market, and a crop scouting competition for teens in this episode of Out Standing In the Field.
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Long Range Price Forecast for Grains and more!
Doug Gucker discusses the USDA long-range price forecast for grains, corn production changes over the last 15 years, South America and the Ukraine production, and the Illinois Farm Economic Summit
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Healthy Meals in the Field
Doug Gucker talks with Registered Dietitian Caitlin Mellendorf about the importance of nutrition for farmers during harvest season. More information about Healthy Meals can be found in the Know How, Know More blog at go.illinois.edu/khkm read. For Central Illinois ag updates, follow Doug on…
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Farmland Lease Trends
Extension Education Doug Gucker talks about farmland lease trends, variability in crop yields and ways to reduce stress.
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A Brief Introduction to the Available Government Relief Programs
A short synopsis of the multiple relief programs created by the government, a quick check on winter weeds and insect capture and a reminder to invest some time in yourself during these stressful times.
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Navigating Markets in Uncertain Times
Over the past couple of weeks, stock and commodity agriculture markets have been struggling. We are currently in a flash recession, according to University of Illinois Agriculture Economists Todd Hubbs and Scott Irwin. The good news is it should end relatively quickly. FarmDoc Webinars Sign up to...
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Spring is Coming: Ready or Not, Here We Go
Extension educator Doug Gucker returns to discuss Farm Program and Crop Insurance deadlines in March, grain storage issues after a wet fall and warm winter, new dicamba restrictions and more. For Central Illinois ag updates, follow Doug on Twitter @soilwaterDoug. Learn more about Extension at...
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Welcome to 2020: Programs and Trainings
Extension educator Doug Gucker returns to discuss sign-ups for farm commodity programs - ARC, PLC and MAL - available until March 15, Illinois' mandatory annual dicamba training and upcoming farm conferences and Extension webinars. For Central Illinois ag updates, follow Doug on Twitter...
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Now & Then: Crop Conditions & Long-term Planning
It's been an interesting year so far with weather and prices in ways most people in agriculture wish it wouldn't. Extension educator Doug Gucker talks about crop conditions in Central Illinois, long-term planning, and the upcoming 2019 Farm Progress Show being hosted in Decatur. For Central...
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A Tale of Two Fields
After a wet spring, Central Illinois weather is back at it again with dry fields down the road from standing water, spotty rain and insects on the move. Extension educator Doug Gucker talks about crop conditions, upcoming field day events and the 2019 Farmer Progress Show being hosted in Decatur....
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Track 24
It's official. Central Illinois has had the wettest spring on record. Extension educator Doug Gucker talks about what that's meant for planting, a market spike because of the delays and issues with black cutworms. For Central Illinois ag updates, follow Doug on Twitter @soilwaterDoug. Learn more...
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Walk the Line: Expected Corn & Soy Returns for 2019
Extension educator Doug Gucker talks about expected corn and soybean returns for Central Illinois, how that relates to federal safety net programs, the few remaining pesticide applicator trainings and finally, some good news about weather projections for March! For Central Illinois ag updates,...
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Start Planning: 2019 Crop Budgets & Insurance Calculator
Local Food Systems & Small Farms Extension educator Doug Gucker discusses the newly released crop budgets for the Midwest, the crop insurance calculate and upcoming Extension programs. For Central Illinois ag updates, follow Doug on Twitter @soilwaterDoug. Learn more about Extension at...
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Grain: The Good and the Bad
One last podcast to end the year. Bad news - grain prices are expected to stay low over the next few years. Good new - organic grain production is showing it is more productive For Central Illinois ag updates, follow Doug on Twitter @soilwaterDoug
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November Report - Market prices to should you diversify?
Local Food Systems & Small Farms Extension educator Doug Gucker discusses market prices, questions about diversifying and upcoming programs. For Central Illinois ag updates, follow Doug on Twitter @soilwaterDoug
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Cash Leases: Are You Doing Them Wrong?
Now is the time of year to work out farmland lease renewals. But instead of a straight cash lease, why not try a flexible or hybrid lease? Local Food Systems & Small Farms Extension educator Doug Gucker discusses leases, an upcoming Beef Research Field Day (goo.gl/hQVgFf) and crop prices. For...
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Goodness Gracious Great Growing Season
This season's heat and mostly consistent rain means the corn and soybean growing season is moving along in Central Illinois. Extension educator Doug Gucker discusses grain safety as lower prices likely mean longer storage as well as a Grazing Day program July 21 in Northern Illinois. Registration...
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Feel the Heat - Crop Conditions
Central Illinois farmers have been feeling the heat and crops have been suffering because of it. Extension Local Food Systems and Small Farms Educator Doug Gucker has updates on field conditions for DeWitt, Macon and Piatt Counties. Follow Doug on Twitter @soilwaterdoug or subscribe to his blog...
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Planting, Palmar Amaranth & Tick Tock It's Tick Season
Extension Educator Doug Gucker talks about how the spring planting seasonis going for corn and sobyeans in Central Illinois, dealing with Palmar Amaranth this season and a projected heavy tick season. Follow Doug on Twitter @soilwaterdoug or subscribe to his blog "Acres of Knowledge" at...
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Springtime Tariff Blues
Extension Educator Doug Gucker talks about how tariff talks with China and the European have Central Illinois farmers worried about what to plant, have a late spring will affect insects, nitrogen fertilizer prices and low soil temperatues. Follow Doug on Twitter @soilwaterdoug or subscribe to his...
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March - In Like a Lion, Out like Grain is Rallying
Extension Educator Doug Gucker talks about the looming crop insurance deadline and factors that might influence your choice, rallying grain prices and new regulations with Dicamba tolerant soybeans. Follow Doug on Twitter @soilwaterdoug or subscribe to his blog "Acres of Knowledge" at...
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2018 Grain Outlook & Effective Farm Managers
This month Extension Educator Doug Gucker discusses current trends in marketing, how 2018 will treat grain farmers and skills resilient farm managers need. And to wrap it all up Illinois Extension is back at it again with its Small Farms Winter Webinar Series starting in January. Details and...
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'Tis the season for NAFTA fallout and FSMA rules
Deck the halls with news of NAFTA. Extension Educator Doug Gucker isn't usually a grinch, but he doesn't have good news when it comes to how the trade agreement may affect farmers. And small farmers who sell direct to consumers need to take heed new Food Safety Modernization Act exemption rules....
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When It Rains, It Pours
The rain Central Illinois has been waiting on finally came and with it wet soils and the possibility of compaction. Local Food Systems and Small Farms Educator Doug Gucker talks about that and soil temperatures and fall nitrogen, the winter weather outlook and pesticide applicator training...
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Fall Reminders
Central Illinois got some much-needed rain the first week of October which gave farmers a bit of a break from the 2017 harvest which is halfway complete. In this issue, Local Food Systems and Small Farms Educator Doug Gucker discusses soil testing, cover crops and new decreased fertlizer...
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Of Fields and Stink Bugs
Harvest is underway in Central Illinois. Local Food Systems and Small Farms Educator Doug Gucker is talking about field conditions, a growing number of stink bugs and what a dry fall has to do with tractor maintenance and insurance. Follow Doug on Twitter @soilwaterdoug or subscribe to his blog...
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Rules of the Road: Don't Text and Drive a Tractor
It's harvest season, which means farmers and vehicles are sharing the road. Extension Educator Doug Gucker provides guidelines on rural road safety from leaving plenty of room when passing to making sure SMV emblems on equipment are visible. Also in this episode, moderate drought conditions in...
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What You Need to Know about Renegotiating Cash Rents
In Illinois, 75% of farmland is owned by non-farming landowners. University of Illinois Local Food Systems and Small Farms Educator Doug Gucker talks about what farmers in Central Illinois need to know about this year's projected yields to renegotiate effectively. Don't forget the solar eclipse…
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Field Conditions, Market Prices and Farm Progress Show
Moving into August, Extension Educator Doug Gucker touches on field conditions for corn and soybeans in Central Illinois, market price expectations and how to give input for the Illinois Farm Bill. He's also thinking ahead to later this month when Extension will be at the Farm Progress Show in...
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Wibbily Wobbly Weather
Extension's Doug Gucker is talking all about the weather this week from heavy dew mornings and how a wet spring followed by a dry stretch means corn is shorter than normal in parts of Central Illinois. He touches on crop progress and prices. Follow him on Twitter @soilwaterdoug or subscribe to…
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Starting July Dry
Here is the drought map for Illinois - http://bit.ly/2tQS3Em. Notice that yellow swath with DeWitt, Macon and Piatt Counties right in the middle? Extension Educator Doug Gucker talks about what drought conditions mean for crops as well as a rally in prices, herbicide drift, pests and upcoming...
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How Deep do Corn Roots Grow?
Extension Educator Doug Gucker talks corn! This week he's covering everything from foliar diseases to redundant fungicide applications to how deep corn roots grow as well as insect issues with forage. Subscribe to his blog Acres of Knowledge for updates on Central Illinois farming:...
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Get Weedy With It
Extension Educator Doug Gucker hits on current crop conditions, herbicide, forage quality and upcoming programs, including a noxious weeds program at the University of Illinois. Follow him on twitter @soilwaterdoug or check out his blog Acres of Knowledge at web.extension.illinois.edu/dmp/eb263/
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Slows Crops & Spring Diseases
It's been a wet spring here in Central Illinois. Extension Educator Doug Gucker breaks down what that means for crop emergence and uneven stands, spring diseases and haymakers.
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Low Grain Prices and Flooded Fields
Grain prices are still low while water levels are rising in fields. Local Food Systems & Small Farms Educator Doug Gucker covers what you need to know about both as well as checking fields for insects in the May edition of Out Standing in the Field. Follow him on Twitter at @soilwaterDoug.
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2017 Crop Outlook & 4 Quick Tips for Using Dicamba
Local Food Systems and Small Farms Educator Doug Gucker is back at it again with information on the 2017 corn and soybean price outlook, a warning about grain bin temperatures and tips for using using herbicide, especially dicamba. Follow him on Twitter @soilwaterdoug or his blog "Acres of...
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Get Ready for a Spring Freeze
It may feel like winter, but we're gearing up for spring in this month's Out Standing in the Field. Extension Educator Doug Gucker is talking about potential freeze damage to wheat crops and fruit trees, a new study showing palmar amarath can become resistant to the herbicide Dicamba in as little...
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Spring Weather Outlook & 2017 Soybean Prices
The calendar says February, but the ground hasn't been frozen in Central Illinois since January 10 so we're looking ahead to spring and the possibility of an El Nino. Local Food Systems, Small Farms Educator Doug Gucker talks 2017 soybean price expectations, an update to phosphorus and potassium...
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Illinois Herbicide Resistance Growing
In this month's Out Standing in the Field, Educator Doug Gucker is talking about a new University of Illinois study about growing herbicide resistance in Illinois fields (http://bit.ly/2jVbvHP), grain bin safety with fluctuating winter temperatures and what NOAA has to do with Ground Hog's Day.
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2017 Laws & Events
It may be the dead of winter but there's a lot going on Central Illinois agriculture. Local Foods/Small Farms University of Illinois Extension Educator Doug Gucker talks about some 2017 law changes to worker protection standards and the FDA vet feed directive and upcoming events. Learn more about...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Out Standing in the Field is a podcast from the DeWitt, Macon & Piatt County University of Illinois Extension offices. Educator Doug Gucker covers seasonal agriculture issues specific to Central Illinois. Follow him on Twitter @SoilWaterDougUniversity of Illinois * U.S. Department of Agriculture * Local Extension Councils CooperatingUniversity of Illinois Extension provides equal opportunities in programs and employment.If you need reasonable accommodation to participate please contact the extension office at 217.877.6042.
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