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Made for Agriculture co-hosts Adam Jones and Cameron Horine do a deep dive into Soybean Cyst Nematodes and related challenges with the disease in soybean fields. MFA Crop-Trak agronomists Scott Wilburn, Kevin Moore and Jesse Surface discuss what they’ve seen in grower fields and the effects of the disease, testing and its management. Learn more the Made For Agriculture podcast and find show notes at https://mfa-inc.com/resources/made-for-agriculture-podcast

Made for Agriculture Podcast co-host Emily Beck interviews three folks with expertise in raising forage and livestock around the MFA territory. The return guests include MFA livestock specialist Lane Groce, Range and Pasture specialist David Moore and MFA Conservation Grazing Specialist Landry Jones. They cover the best methods for growing, grazing and getting the most of warm-season grasses. They also discuss best practices on killing invasive species, brush and more. This podcast is available as a video on Facebook, X and Youtube. Visit MFA-inc.com/ for the show notes.

Made for Agriculture co-host Adam Jones and Cameron Horine discuss updates to EPA labels for dicamba products and crop protection strategy with MFA’s Crop-Trak agronomists. The team discusses the challenge of working with fewer crop protection tools including future limitations of post-emergence chemicals and how using overlapping residuals can help prevent the need for rescue spray treatments of fields. The agronomists discuss yield loss calculations from weeds, modes of action, active ingredient levels, 2-pass Liberty programs, the latest news on EPA lawsuits and trends of new EPA-approved labels for farm chemicals. Also as video on YouTube, Facebook and X. #soybeans #cropprotection #dicamba #madeforagriculture

In this episode of the Made For Agriculture podcast's In-Season Crop Report series, the MFA Crop-Trak agronomists discuss emerging crop diseases. The team shares photos of their disease findings from the season and discusses solutions, preventative measures, and disease trends in MFA territory. This episode is also on all the popular podcast networks, including Spotify, Apple, iHeart, and AgAmerica. See the presentation on YouTube here: https://mfa.ag/emerging24

MFA's Agronomy team discusses this year's growing season, talks about potential yields in each of their areas and discusses a few solutions to problems they saw this week in the field. The Made For Agriculture podcast is available as video on Youtube, Facebook, and X, and as audio on Spotify, Apple, AgriAmerica, and iHeart podcasts. Subscribe today, learn a little and discuss.

The Crop-Trak agronomy team discusses the state of crops in MFA territory. They talk fungicides, crop pests, their control and go over some of the research findings they shared with employees in last week's MFA Training Camp for agronomy employees. More coming to the next Today's Farmer magazine. This Made for Agriculture podcast is hosted by Adam Jones and Cameron Horine. Listen on all the places you hear podcasts including Apple, Spotify, YouTube and AgriAmerica.

Join Made for Agriculture podcast co-host Emily Beck and MFA Retail Precision manager Davin Harms as they discuss a new program with guests Dr. Newell Kitchen, Mitchell Rice and Andrea Rice. The new MU Center for Regenerative Agriculture program takes much less paperwork than other cost-share programs that pay for conservation ag practices. They discuss two specific programs that work with the Missouri Fertilizer Control Board to distribute to farmers who focus on these 4Rs. The 4Rs of Nutrient Stewardship Practices in Agriculture include putting the Right fertilizer source at the Right rate at the Right time and putting those nutrients in the Right place in a crop field. Listen here or find this Made For Agriculture episode on your favorite podcast network and on YouTube.

Podcast hosts Adam and Cameron lead our Crop-Trak agronomy team in a morning discussion about crop conditions across the MFA territory. The full team met to discuss, crop conditions and a few actions farmers can take to make good-looking crops great. Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube and as audio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart, Podcast Addict and AgriAmerica podcast systems.

Made for Ag podcast co-host Emily Beck shares an effective training that was created for internal use to teach MFA employees about fungicides. Our director of Agronomy Doug Spaunhorst and podcast regular agronomist Scott Wilburn discuss the importance of timing and type of products. This short podcast starts with the basics and covers some important complex uses of these foliar applications.

Made for Agriculture co-host Cameron Horine discusses the latest state of row crops across the territory with Agronomists Kevin Moore, Scott Wilburn and Jesse Surface. They talk about awesome wheat yields, some diseases hitting corn and the timing of soybean fungicides.

Made For Agriculture co-host Emily Beck talks about food insecurity and ag education with Missouri Farmers Care Executive Director Ashley McCarty. Then MFA Ag Experience interns Makenna Stundebeck, Allie Norton, Emily Hoyt and Karson Calvin speak a bit about their summer projects and what motivates them as they work toward their ag careers. MFA’s recruiter, Scott Morfeld talks about managing a program of 21 interns and how MFA contributes to ag education and training the best ag professionals in the territory.

Hosts Adam and Cameron speak with the MFA agronomy team about crop conditions around the territory and how farmers are doing this growing season. They also discuss a few new pests and diseases that are showing up a bit earlier than usual.

MFA's agronomists review current crop conditions and discuss what's next in the growing season. Cameron leads the discussion over the variability from Kevin in the north, to Scott in the Central to Jesse in the Boothill & southeast. What's next? Listen now.

Made for Agriculture Podcast co-host Emily Beck interviews two experts in regenerative agriculture from the University of Missouri. Kelly Wilson and Bethany Bedeker discuss 8 different programs that Missouri farmers and ranchers can participate in while earning some money for their farming practices. MFA livestock specialist Lane Groce discusses the benefits of rotational grazing to Missouri’s livestock and row crop farmers.

The last two weeks have brought a lot of moisture to a dry MFA territory. Made for Agriculture podcast co-hosts Adam and Cameron talk replants, weed control, cover crops & crop reports from around the territory with MFA Agronomists Scott Wilburn, Shannon McClintock, Kevin Moore & Jesse Surface. #cropprotection #rowcrop

Adam and Cameron discuss the early crop growing season in the MFA territory with Crop-Trak agronomists Shannon, Kevin, Jesse and Scott. They talk wheat, corn, soybeans, alfalfa and the pests who love them. Jesse talks a bit about cotton and rice in the Bootheel / Mid-south. The InSeason Crop-Trak report is a growing-season series within the Made For Agriculture podcast from MFA Incorporated, a farm supply and service cooperative serving farmers in Missouri and the surrounding states.

The Made for Agriculture podcast co-hosts Adam and Cameron discuss the start of the row crop growing season with Crop-Trak agronomists around the MFA territory. The team discusses planting & planning for corn, soybean, wheat, and alfalfa in Missouri, Southern Iowa, Eastern Kansas, the Boothill and northern Arkansas. They also do a quick Stripe Rust update. This week's podcast outline is in the show notes here: https://www.todaysfarmermagazine.com/blog/2254-mfaapril12

Made for Agriculture co-hosts Adam Jones and Cameron Horine double down on their Agronomy backgrounds with a timely roundtable on rust and wheat. This episode is the first of this growing season’s series that we call “In Season Insights,” named after the weekly newsletter that only Crop-Trak Complete customers get. Once corn and soybeans are in the ground, this podcast will be every other week, sometimes every week, depending on just what these Crop-Track agronomists are seeing in the row crop fields across the MFA and Ag Choice territory. Intro 50 seconds – Shannon talks about the wheat crop in Southeast Kansas. 1:40 – Stripe Rust is starting to show up already just south of the territory 2:45 – How Rust robs yield 3:30 – Weather conditions for rust is forecast over next weeks 5:20 – Scott Wilburn, central Missouri, talk about fungicides. 6:00 – systemics work well early, discussion on types of fungicides. 8:00 – How fast can Stripe Rust spread? 10:00 – Frost damage on advance wheat might be a concern. 10:3

Made for Agriculture Podcast co-host Emily Beck interviews two folks with experience with the Missouri Department of Conservation and conservation land management. MDC’s Private Lands Program District supervisor Jordon Beshears and MFA District Sales Manager Matt Hill. Introductions 3:00 min – Previous podcasts on NRCS. 3:55 min – History of Missouri Department of Conservation. 5 min – MDC the envy of other states. 6 min – MDC resources for private land owners from native forages to management plans. 7 min – MFA and conservation practices. 7:40 min – MDC and expertise they offer. 8:50 min – Ninety plus percent of land in Missouri is private. 10 min – Increasing production for both ag and wildlife habitat is important. 11 min – From Buffer zones to native grasses, small changes make large impacts. 12 min – Private lands make real impact. 13 min – Example of farmer who improved profit by enrolling field borders with CP33 program, planted warm-season grass . . . 17:08 min – using precision to conserve. 18:4

Made For Agriculture podcast hosts, Adam, Cameron and Emily team up to discuss the latest in Dicamba ruling news with MFA’s Central Staff Agronomist Scott Wilburn and MFA Director of Crop Protection and Seed Jordan Tomlinson. They talk about product availability and substitutions. The agronomy team discusses the best ways to control weeds in your row crop fields this year. Intro 1 min – Guest intros 2 min – Summary of Dicamba ruling. 3:30 min – Existing stock order by EPA. 4:30 min – What’s legal Dicamba use for 2024? 5:20 min – If you have Dicamba in stock…. 5:50 min – How much product in stock? 6:40 min – Max dates in pipeline ruling. 7:10 min – Have a plan B and plan C. 9 min – Dicamba use pre and post. 9:30 – Boothill uses diacamba for Palmer 10:40 – Waterhemp plague in the North. 11:25 – The Waterhemp challenge by Scott. 13:30 – The loss of an effective tool. 17:00 – Resistance growth. 18:50 – Other tools are targeted. 21:00 – Group 15’s are not bulletproof. 22:00 – Who was behind the lawsuit? 23:00