Jun 30 2020
Japanese Beetles continue to spread westward
By Bethany Kroeze, AgVenture Marketing Manager Japanese beetles first arrived in the United States in the early 1900s with a shipment of Japanese iris…
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Seeds for Success
Explore the latest news, seasonal insights and expert advice from the McKillip Seeds team.
Jun 25 2020
Assessing hail damage to corn fields
By Bethany Kroeze, AgVenture Marketing Manager Approximately one-third of all hailstorms occur between June and September across the United States, wh…
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Jun 9 2020
Maximizing the effectiveness of mid-season nitrogen
By Samuel Peters, AgVenture Product Marketing Intern As of June 8th, 97% of corn in the United States had been planted. Remembering the pain of last y…
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May 22 2020
Begin scouting for pests
It’s never too early to begin scouting for pests in your fields. It’s never too early to begin scouting for pests in your fields. Several insects can…
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May 14 2020
AgVenture welcomes Samuel Peters for summer product marketing internship
Johnston, Iowa – May 14, 2020 – AgVenture, Inc. is pleased to welcome Samuel Peters to the team for a summer internship focused on product, agronomy a…
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May 11 2020
Early season cold stress and frost damage
Temperatures dipped below freezing in many areas of the Corn Belt over the past several days, with freeze warnings issued in many areas, causing many…
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Apr 21 2020
That crazy (wait, a better word might be opportunistic) no good (again, how about pretty good) horrible (actually it could have been profitable) 2019!
How AgVenture customer Mike Davis kept his APH rolling upward and achieved a really good corn crop in THAT year. By Jeff Shaner, AgVenture Seed and Te…
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Apr 10 2020
Will fallow syndrome affect your acres in 2020?
Did you have prevent plant acres in 2019? In Iowa alone, there were more than 460,000 prevented plant acres last year. One concern that stems from unp…
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Apr 7 2020
Plant it like you own it #4
A Short Series on Soybean Planting Best Practices By Jeff Shaner, AgVenture Soybean Product Manager A final thought on spring soybean planting from my…
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Apr 3 2020
Plant it like you own it #3
A short series on soybean planting best practices By Jeff Shaner, AgVenture Soybean Product Manager Welcome back for Part 3 of a series on soybean pla…
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