Agronomy

NuWay-K&H Agronomy Account Managers Weed control in both corn and soybean fields was one of the biggest challenges this past season. As we reflect on the year, we also want to share updates from recent customer trials and offer early recommendations for 2026, particularly around managing weed pressure more effectively and maximizing input efficiency. This […]

by: David Anderson & Ryan Schmidt, Agronomy Operations Directors With harvest just around the corner, we’re asking for your help to get ahead of the curve on fall fertilizer application. Every fall, our team shifts from dry fertilizer to anhydrous, which means the sooner we can spread dry nutrients, the better. Waiting to apply until

NuWay-K&H AGRONOMY ACCOUNT MANAGERS The 2024 growing season had some challenges early on. Don’t forget about the drowned-out areas and the decreased weed control. The excessive rain events from last year changed our intended weed control programs. With this in mind, it is important to plan for 2025. Here’s what we recommend: Increase pre-emerge residual

DAVID ANDERSON AND RYAN SCHMIDT, AGRONOMY OPERATIONS DIRECTORS David.Anderson@NuWay-KandH.com and Ryan.Schmidt@NuWay-KandH.com We want to recognize our seasonal employees in operations for their hard work and years of service. These seasonal employees and their years of service are listed in a chart accompanying this article. We get our seasonal employees in March. Some of them just

NUWAY-K&H AGRONOMY ACCOUNT MANAGERS Excessive moisture early in 2024 created challenges from the start. Crop variability and below average yields were two main aspects of the growing season Our customers told us that nitrogen (N) management was key in maintaining what yield potential was left. Corn fields that had N applied in spring of 2024

NuWay-K&H AGRONOMY ACCOUNT MANAGERS Temperatures this winter have been abnormally high, and lack of snow cover could lead to an early growing season. Our concern is for the minimal soil moisture in the top two to four inches—see the accompanying map generated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Soil temperatures could warm faster this