On Location: A Southern Illinois Wheat Update

About this episode

This episode features an update on wheat conditions in Southern Illinois, discussing various aspects of wheat cultivation and management.

Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/Iv2VcEQHrGQ On this episode: 🌱Area Sales Manager Aaron Harpole joins us on location in a Millie 8 wheat field in Carbondale, Illinois. Hear about everything under the sun about wheat from growing conditions, to maturities, to heading time, fungicide timing and harvesting. 🌱Hear about fungicide timing and protecting your yield potential. 🌱Ben shares a GDU Accumulation map for the 2026 season. 🌱Dylan has a Southeast Iowa wheat update from local gr...

People in this episode

Guest: Aaron Harpole

Topics covered

• wheat growing conditions
• fungicide timing
• yield potential
• GDU Accumulation
• harvesting

Keywords

• wheat
• fungicide
• GDU Accumulation
• harvesting
• growing conditions

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Millie 8 wheat

Places: Carbondale, Illinois, Southeast Iowa

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