Kick'N Dirt with Mike and The Kevins
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Kick'N Dirt with Mike and The Kevins
Podcast about Agriculture in the U.S. This show hosts guests from a large area of corn and soybean production, including growers, agronomists and other industry professionals.
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Fourth Quarter Crops
From western fields facing water shutoffs and hail streaks, to central regions battling spider mites and southern rust, to the eastern counties seeing...

Fungicide Timing, Disease Pressure and Tar Spot Insights
The team digs into disease dynamics in Nebraska cornfields during a year of high humidity and timely rains. Pioneer Field Agronomists Mike Wardyn and...

Battling White Mold
With Nebraska fields entering the R1 stage and weather conditions aligning for risk, the team covers everything from identifying the early signs of wh...

V3 to V8 Corn Management
The panel, featuring Patrick Howard, Kevin Keller, Chase Sauder and Kevin Kowalski, shares insights on regional growth stages, challenges with residu...

Water Is the Yield: Irrigation Insights for a Dry Season
Brad Arens from GroVantage (@GroVantageLLC) in Ainsworth, NE and Ryan Overleese (@AgTechRyan) from Acre Insights in Minden, NE, join the conversation...

Planting Season Tips, Irrigation Timing and Managing Risk in a Dry Spring
🌾 Topics Covered:
✅ Pre- vs. post-plant irrigation strategies
✅ How to avoid ammonia burn and manage strip-till fertilizer risks
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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Soybeans With Dr. Shawn Conley
From adjusting populations based on soil type and planting date, to the latest research on planting green and navigating white mold pressure, Shawn sh...

Kick’n Dirt At The Commodity Classic
Tubbs and Schaa talk about new technology that is helping farmers plan, including water reporter, and some of the new corn and soybean traits debuting...

Kick’n Dirt Asks About Tariffs And Ethanol At The Commodity Classic
“This is a huge trade deal for the corn industry… we can’t let this thing fall apart,” says Andy Jobman, who is President of the Nebraska Corn Growers...

How Will La Nina Affect Moisture For Crops In 2025?
"There's less water in the air coming off the ocean, and that causes storm systems to be less productive with rain, especially along that 40 degree la...

Kick'N Dirt as DONE: Department of Nitrogen Efficiency
The biggest takeaway from this episode according to Kevin Kowalaski -- try to use stabilizers. If you aren't using them, think twice, and do some tria...

Kick'N Dirt and Farm Profitability
Troy Deutmeyer, Field Agronomist, and Russell French, Certified Crop Advisor join the conversation alongside hosts Mike Wardyn, Kevin Keller and Kevin...

Kick'N Dirt and the Annual Pioneer Research Book
Pioneer Agronomy publishes a research book each year, and the 2025 version is available now! During this episode of Kick'N Dirt, listen in for a conve...

Kick' N Dirt with Adam Banks and Late-Season Water
Mike and the Kevins are Kick' N It this episode with Adam Banks, Pioneer Field Agronomist in Kearney, Nebraska, and talking about finishing strong lat...

Kick'N Dirt and How Biologicals are Improving Yield Potential for Farmers
Mike and the Kevins are Kick' N It this episode, providing a Nebraska August history session, including touching on Midwest football. Dan Uppena, Cort...

Kick'N Dirt Around the Field: Summer Field Updates
Mike and the Kevins are Kick' N It this episode, talking about what they are seeing in corn and soybean fields. Diseases have been pretty minor so far...

Kick' N Dirt with Jason Gibson and talking about white mold management
Mike and the Kevins are Kick' N It with Jason Gibson, Market Development Specialist, Corteva Agriscience. The group discuss white mold and how to scou...

Kick' N Dirt and Discussing Weed Best Management Practices
Mike and the Kevins are Kick' N It with Dan Smydra, Enlist Field Specialist with Corteva Agriscience. The group discuss corn conditions, post-emergenc...

Kick' N Dirt and Timing Postemergence Herbicide Applications
Mike and the Kevins are Kick' N It with Emma Irwin and Trevor Spath, Corteva Agriscience Crop Protection experts. The group discuss all things post-em...

Kick' N Dirt Around the Field: How are Nebraska Fields Looking?
Mike and the Kevins are Kick' N It with some local agronomists, discussing field and planting conditions and more. Joining this episode are Jake Hoxme...

Kick' N Dirt with Laura Thompson, discussing farm management and post-planting considerations
Mike and the Kevins are Kick' N It with Laura Thompson, former University of Nebraska Extension Educator and current Farm Experimentation Lead for Cor...

Kick' N Dirt with Dan Ilten and New Digital Tools for Growers
Mike and the Kevins are Kick' N It with Dan Ilten, Agronomy Innovation Manager for Pioneer. The group take a deep dive into digital tools available to...

Kick' N Dirt with Calvin Rupe, Discussing Pre-Plant Herbicide Decisions
Mike and the Kevins are joined by Calvin Rupe, Pioneer Field Agronomist, to discuss pre-plant and pre-emergence herbicide decisions as growers get rea...

Kick' N Dirt with Jonathan Propheter, Talking About Strip-tilling and Planting Prep
Mike and the Kevins are joined by Jonathan Propheter, Pioneer Sales Representative in South-Central Nebraska joins the podcast to dig into strip-till...

Kick' N Dirt LIVE with the University of Nebraska Agronomy Club
Mike and the Kevins are LIVE from the University of Nebraska Lincoln campus with the UNL Agronomy Club. The trio field questions and dull out career a...

Kick' N Dirt with Don Day, Talking About the Impact of El Niño
Mike and the Kevins talk with Don Day of DayWeather. DayWeather provides weather forecasting and meteorology to farmers. The group discuss the unseaso...

Kick' N Dirt with John Mick, Managing Soybeans for Higher Yields
Mike and the Kevins talk with John Mick, Pioneer Field Agronomist. This episode wraps up the three-part series on maximizing soybean yield. The crew d...

Kick' N Dirt with Brad Van Kooten, Talking Soybean Seed Treatments
Mike and the Kevins talk with Brad Van Kooten, Seed Applied Technology Leader for Pioneer Seeds and Corteva Agriscience. This is part two of a three-p...

Kick' N Dirt with Don Kyle, Plant Breeder
Mike and the Kevins talk with Don Kyle, Soybean Breeding Evaluation Zone Lead with Pioneer, about soybean breeding, testing and bringing products to m...

Kick' N Dirt with The Kevins - 2024 Pioneer Agronomy Research Summary
Mike is back and so is Kick' N Dirt! Joining the podcast are new co-hosts Kevin Kowalski, Pioneer Field Agronomist, and Kevin Keller, also a Pioneer F...

Kick' N Dirt with Dylan Mangel
Mike and Adam talk with UNL Soybean Plant Pathologist Dylan Mangel. We discuss issues affecting soybeans and what to watch out for as mid August hits...

Kick' N Dirt - Pioneer Corn with Scott Walker
Mike and Adam talk with Pioneer Western Corn Marketing Manger Scott Walker around the future of Pioneer Corn.
Kick'N Dirt is a podcast ab...

Kick' N Dirt with Chris Barron Part 2
Mike and Adam follow up with Chris Barron from Ag View Solutions. We discuss more about Peer Groups, Markets and how to find more successes in your f...

Kick' N Dirt - Agronomist Updates
Mike and Adam talk with Pioneer Agronomists across the state of Nebraska to get an update of crop condition, challenges and what's working well. We a...

Kick' N Dirt with Ag View Solution's Chris Barron
Who is Chris Barron and what is Ag View Solutions. Find out at Mike and Adam talk with Chris about his farming operation, family and his role in Ag V...

Kick' N Dirt - Seasonal Weather with Don Day
Mike and Adam discuss the upcoming seasonal weather trends with private climatologist Don Day with DayWeather.
Don does a great job recapping wh...

Kick' N Dirt - Herbicide Challenges and Solutions
Mike and Adam talk with Corteva Market Development Specialist, Jason Gibson around herbicide challenges and best practices. When it comes to soybean...

Kick' N Dirt - With Farm Fit Momma
Mike and Adam talk with Amanda Nigg aka (Farm Fit Momma) about creating a healthier Agricultural environment. How can members of the Ag community kee...

Kick' N Dirt - Here we go again....Planting Time!
Mike and Adam talk with Pioneer Field Agronomist Gabe Bathen around best practices and watch outs as planting time is here.
Field Conditions, ti...

Kick' N Dirt - Nutrient Interactions in Corn
Mike and Adam talk with Corn Physiologist and retired Corteva Researcher Steve Strachan about nutrient uptake in corn. The interactions in the soil, w...