Beck’s generates a lot of agronomic information. The Agronomy Resources Library is an index of our PFR Reports, blog postings, ASK PFR, white papers and webinars by crop and topic. This page will be regularly updated to include the latest from the Beck’s team.
Definitions: Videos are submitted from our team in the field, demonstrating real world challenges and providing agronomic insights. PFR Reports detail what we see in PFR studies throughout the season. Webinars are long-format agronomic deep dives, typically 45 min-1 hour. ASK PFR videos are in response to real-time questions submitted from farmers. (Submit your questions by using the hashtag #ASKPFR on social media). White papers are printable pdf resources with good overview information on agronomic phenomena. Blogs are agronomic deep dives written as articles.
Blog: Alfalfa Winterkill
Management
Alfalfa
Crop Talk: A Harvest Plan Will Make the Difference
Corn
Video: PMD and Stalk Quality
Disease
White Paper: Ear Drop
Croptalk: Tar Spot, Soybean Gall Midge and Red Banded Stink Bugs
Video: Crown Rot and Late Season Corn Standability
Video: Ear Mold in Corn
Video: Southern Rust vs. Common Rust
White Paper: Corn Foliar Disease
White Paper: Crown Rot
White Paper: Ear Mold Identification
White Paper: Seedling Disease
White Paper: Stalk Rot in Corn
White paper: Tar Spot in Corn
Video: Drought Stress on Corn
Drought
Video: Assessing Flood Damaged Corn
Flood
Video: Corn Frost Injury
Frost
PFR Report: Fungicide Placement
Fungicide
PFR Update: Fungicide Application and Scouting
Video: Corn Fungicide Timing and Scouting
Video: Fungicide Application Scouting
Video: Fungicide Use in Corn
Video: Timing and Scouting
Video: Assessing Corn Hail Damage
Hail Damage
Video: Evaluating Hail Damage***
PFR Report: Population and Row Width Study
Harvest
Video: Harvest Priorities
Blog: Terminating a Failed Corn Crop
Herbicide
Video: Post Herbicide Labels
Blog: Pre-Emerge Herbicide
Herbicides
Video: Herbicide Injury Diagnosis in Corn
Blog: Early Season Emergence
Blog: Early Season Frost Damage
CropTalk: Don't Turn a Delayed Planting into a Late Harvest
PFR Report: Corn Fungicide Applications
PFR Report: Sugar Applications In Furrow and Foliar
Video: Checking Corn Pollination
Video: Floppy Corn Syndrome
White Paper: Delayed Planting
White Paper: Early Corn Development
White Paper: Early Season Flooding
White Paper: Early Season Frost Damage
White Paper: Greensnap
White Paper: Harvesting Corn for Silage
White Paper: Late Planted Corn
White Paper: Planting into Cold Soils
White Paper: Seed Size and Crop Establishment
White paper: Storing Damaged Grain
Ask PFR: Heavy Rain and Nitrogen Rate and Timing
Nutrition
Blog: Sulfur Nutrition and Deficiency
PFR Report: Nitrogen Timing X Hybrid
PFR Report: Sidedressing Nitrogen
Video: N Timing and Placement
Video: Nutrient Deficiency
Video: Starter Fertilizer
Video: Sulfur Deficiency
Video: Tissue Testing
Video: Tissue Testing in Corn and Soybeans
Video: Yellow Streaking in Corn
Webinar: Replant and Delayed Planting Decisions
White Paper: Purple Corn
White Paper: Sulfur Deficiencies in Corn
White Paper: Tissue Testing
Ask PFR: Nematode Sampling
Pest
Blog: White Grubs, Fall Armyworm, Slugs
Video: Black Cutworm Pressure
White Paper: Corn Rootworm
Ask PFR: Wet Conditions at planting
Planting
Blog & Video: Delayed Planting
Blog & Video: Delayed Planting (West)
Blog: Planting Considerations
PFR Report: Impact of Corn Planting Conditions
PFR Report: Planting Date Study
PFR Report: Population and Row Width
PFR Report: Sugar In-Furrow
Video: Delayed Germination/Seed Survival
Video: Emergence and Early Season Performance
Video: Planting into Suboptimal Conditions
Video: Identifying Pigweed
Weeds
Ask PFR: Cover Crops and Interseeding
Cover Crops
Ask PFR: Establishing Cover Crops
CropTalk: Planter Performance and Preparation
Systems
Equipment
CropTalk: Population Estimations Using Sentera
PFR Report: Closing Wheels
PFR Report: Conceal Starter Fertilizer System
PFR Report: Martin-Till Dual UMO
PFR Report: Precision Planting's SmartDepth
PFR Report: STP Disc Openers
PFR Report: Yetter Dual 2968 2x2x2
Video: NutriMax Dual Delivery System
Video: Planting under film
Video: Prepping for Planting
Video: Yetter 2984 Strip Freshener
PFR Report: 2x2x2
PFR Report: Capstan Seed Squirter
PFR Report: Introducing the Multi-Row Width, Multi-Hybrid Planter
PFR Report: Mandako Land Roller
PFR Report: Multi-Row Width, Multi-Hybrid Planter
Video: FurrowJet
Video: Yetter Dual 2x2x2
Crop Talk: Space Age Spatial Soil Sampling
Audio APP: Prevent Plant Discussion
Fallow
CropTalk: Unplanted Acres: Using the Silent Partners in your Soil
White Paper: Fallow Syndrome
CropTalk: Base Saturation: An Important Soil Fertility Calculation
Fertilizer
CropTalk: Foliar Nutrition: Targeted or Blanket Applications
CropTalk: Spring Anhydrous
CropTalk: Spring Applied Nitrogen
White Paper: Spring Anhydrous Ammonia Risks
Crop Talk: pH and Liming Soils
CropTalk: Common Herbicide Symptomology on Soybeans
CropTalk: Spring Burndown
PFR Report: In Season Residual Herbicides
PFR Report: Over-Reliance on Group 14 and 15 Herbicides
White Paper: Spring Burndown
Blog: Fall vs. Spring Burndown in Soybeans
Blog: Glyphosate Tolerant vs. LibertyLink Systems
Blog: Managing Marestail
Blog: Managing Weeds in Varying Herbicide Platforms
Blog: Residual Herbicides and Influence on Soybean Yields
Blog: The Efficacy of Herbicide Modes of Action
PFR Report: Late Spring Herbicide Decisions
PFR Report: Water Conditioning Study
CropTalk: Exploring Water Management through PFR
Irrigation
CropTalk: Managing Irrigation with VRI and Moisture Probes
Video: Water Management
Nematodes
Blog: Planter Preparations
Planter
White paper: Planter Preparations
White Paper: Sudden Death Syndrome
Soybean
White Paper: White Mold
Blog: Soybean Seeding Rate Considerations for Delayed Planting
CropTalk: Sorting Out Soybean Replant
PFR Report: Sequential Fungicide Applications on Soybeans
White Paper: Early Season Compaction and Nodulation
White Paper: Early Soybean Growth and Development
White Paper: Late Season Soybean Growth and Development
Webinar: Sulfur on Soybeans
White Paper: Iron Deficiency Chlorosis (IDC)
PFR Report: Landroller
Crop Talk: For Soybean Threats, the Best Defense is a Good Offense
Seed Treatment
Video: Phytopthora Root Rot vs. Fusarium Wilt
Video: Soybean Pythium Seedling Blight
Video: Sudden Death Syndrome Symptoms
PFR Report: Row width and population
Double Crop
Video: Residual Herbicides for Use in Double Crop
PFR Report: Fungicide Application on Soybeans
Video: Fungicide Application Timing
Ask PFR: Effects of Heavy Rain on Residual Herbicides
Video: PPO Injury On Soybeans
Video: Soybean Herbicide Damage
Video: The Time of Day Effect with RoundUp Ready 2 Xtend
Video: Dectes Stem Borer
Insect
Video: The Truth About Stink Bugs
Blog: Soybean Post Spray Reminders
Video: 15 Inch Soybean Population Test
Video: Growth Staging, Fungicides and Insecticides
Video: Late Season Soybean Disease: Discoloration & Seed Quality
White Paper: Seed Quality in Soybeans
Blog: Sulfur
Video: Furrow Jet
Video: Insecticide and Fungicide Applications on Soybeans
Video: Soybean Slug Damage
Ask PFR: Mitigating Stress on Late Planted Soybeans
Blog: Late Planting
PFR Report: Planting Depth
PFR Report: Seeding Rate
Video: Emergence & ILeVO Effects
Video: Emergence and Field Conditions
Blog: Escalate Performance in Warmer Soil Temperatures
Escalate
White Paper: Fertilizer Recommendations in Response to Crop Price
CropTalk: Tank Mix Glufosinate and Glyphosinate
PFR Report: Spring Burndown
Blog: 10 Reasons to Stick to your Planting Plan
Blog: Delayed Planting: Stick to the Plan
CropTalk: 2018 PFR Proven
Video: 400 Bushel Plot
400 Bushel Plot
PFR Report: Drainage Tile Installation
Drainage
PFR Report: Tillage Study
Tillage
Video: Weed identification and Compaction Issues
PFR Report: PFR Proven PGR and Fungicide Products on Wheat
Wheat
PFR Report: Planting Date, Row-Width and Population on Wheat
Video: PFR Proven Fungicides in Wheat
Video: Wheat tissue sampling and spring fertilizer
White Paper: Spring Freeze Damage to Winter Wheat
White Paper: Springtime Management of Winter Wheat
PFR Report: What's New in the World of Wheat?
Blog: Freeze Damage in Wheat
PFR Report: Planting Date, Population and Row Width
PFR Report: Wheat Row Width Study
Video: Early Wheat Management
Video: Freeze Damage in Wheat
Video: High-Yield Wheat Attempt
Video: Planting Date
Video: Preventing Fusarium Head Scab In Your Wheat
Video: Scouting Your Wheat Crop Development
Video: Wheat Crop Management