Customer Conversations: Chris Lehe
Snapshot: Lehe Farms Near Brookston, IN 5,000 acres of popcorn and soybeans Advanced Agrilytics customer since 2022 Prescriptions used: Nitrogen Management Suite (nitrogen placement, Nitrogen Protectant) Seeding and plant population The Lehe Family at their farm near Brookston, IN. From left to right are Grayson, Kim, Brycen, Chris and Jocelyn. Spread across White and Tippecanoe […]
How Crop Resiliency Can Be Your Strongest Risk Management Tool
New data shows that farmers working with Advanced Agrilytics experience lower loss risk than national benchmarks. Here’s why that matters more than ever. When spring weather takes a turn—whether it’s delayed planting due to excess rain, or unexpected cold snaps that push back field prep—the effects ripple through the entire growing season. For row crop […]
Implementing a Successful Nitrogen Management Program: Key Strategies for Efficiency and Profitability
Efficient nitrogen management is critical for maximizing crop yields while minimizing nutrient waste and environmental impact. Old fashioned, “cookie cutter” application approaches inevitably lead to over-application in some areas and under-application in others. A successful nitrogen management program requires flexibility, creativity, and a deep understanding of how various environmental factors in and around the soil […]
Planting with Confidence: 3 Key Risks and How to Navigate them in 2025
As the 2025 corn and soybean planting season approaches, uncertainty looms over growers across the Corn Belt. Unpredictable spring temperatures, evolving agronomic threats, ever-tightening profit margins and shifting acreage expectations make the timing of planting decisions more critical than ever. Making the “go or wait” decision on when to plant soybeans and corn is a […]
Predictive Agronomy Offers a Path to Greater Crop Resilience
By Dr. Kess Berg, Chief Innovation Officer, Advanced Agrilytics As the 2025 planting season approaches, producers across the Corn Belt prepare to face the annual battle with the one major factor in crop production they can’t control – Mother Nature. From waterlogged fields to unexpected droughts, the season’s success often hinges on how well a […]
Customer Conversations: Albert O’Connor
Near the town of Columbus, Indiana – noted for its collection of modern architecture – you’ll find Albert O’Connor’s farm. Albert, along with wife Kim and son Jake, farm approximately 2,500 acres of corn, soybeans and seed corn, and run a small herd of Simmental and Angus cattle – most of them destined to shine […]
Impatience During Spring Tillage Can be a Costly Mistake
Spring tillage season is almost upon us. And so starts the annual crunch that is corn and soybean planting time. Over the years, most farms have gotten larger and larger, but the number of days to work the fields hasn’t changed. So the pressure on growers to start spring field work earlier and earlier intensifies, […]
Five Things to Consider During Fall Fertility Planning
It’s that time of year again. The crops are maturing in the field, and corn and soybean farmers start thinking about their fall fertility planning. Along with mulling over the usual decisions of what inputs are needed, where, and at what rate, there is other, more sobering news for growers to contemplate this year. Farmers […]
Tar Spot: A Mid-Season “Watch Out!” for Late-Planted Corn
Editor’s Note: Our blog article this week comes from a recent conversation with Dan Emmert, Lead Agronomist with Advanced Agrilytics in Southwest Indiana. He reports that due to a wide range of planting dates for this year’s corn crop, there is a tremendous variety of agronomic issues growers are facing right now. Here are some of […]
Corn and Soy Grower Boosts Production with Advanced Agrilytics
When Kyle Mehmen made some personnel changes a couple of years ago at MBS Family Farms, based near Plainfield, Iowa, he started shopping around for farm consulting services. A fifth-generation farmer who primarily grows corn and soybeans, he knew he wanted more than typical farm consulting. From his time working as a sales rep for […]