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Outstanding in Your Field

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Outstanding in Your Field is the podcast created for farmers and powered by Pioneer Agronomy—bringing you trusted insights and proven solutions to fuel forward-thinking farming.

Hosted by agronomists Brian Schrader (eastern Indiana), Carl (northwest Indiana/northeast Illinois), and Crystal Williams (northern Illinois), this show delivers timely, practical agronomic advice you can apply directly to your fields across the Eastern Corn Belt.

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  • S1 · E21
    Thursday · 38 min

    Managing Corn Residue for a Better Start in 2027

    In this episode of Outstanding in Your Field, Pioneer Field Agronomist Troy Deutmeyer joins Crystal Williams and Carl Joern to talk through corn residue management and why what happens behind the combine can make a difference next spring.

  • S1 · E20
    September 29 · 33 min

    Wet Weather, Red Crown Rot, and What It Could Mean for Harvest Yield

    Wet conditions are putting a slow start on harvest 2026 across parts of the Midwest. With special guest and Southeast Indiana based agronomist Jason Geis joining the conversation, this episode of Outstanding in Your Field discusses what wet weather could mean for soybean harvest and yield potential, including what growers may see from later-planted and fuller-season soybeans.

  • S1 · E19
    September 23 · 1 hr

    Copper Cross Hybrid Corn: The One That Started It All

    When Henry A. Wallace introduced his high-yielding hybrid “Copper Cross” corn seed in the late 1920s, it wasn’t just a new seed—it was the start of a new era in farming, changing what farmers could expect from their crops.

  • S1 · E18
    August 27 · 41 min

    Tar Spot in Corn: When Is Fungicide Still Worth It?

    In another special crossover episode, Kick'n Dirt co-host and Nebraska Product Agronomist Mike Wardyn talks with Outstanding in Your Field's Carl Joern about the ROI of fungicide. With tar spot across the Corn Belt, they talk about an important question for growers: When is it still worth making a fungicide application?

  • S1 · E9
    April 22 · 37 min

    Seed Quality Science, Systems & Stories

    In this episode of Outstanding in Your Field, the team sits down with Ryan White, Regional Production Director, to pull back the curtain on the full journey of seed from the field all the way to the bag.

  • S1 · E8
    April 21 · 17 min

    Roots, Resilience, and the Next 100 Years

    In this special anniversary episode of Outstanding in Your Field, the team celebrates 100 years of Pioneer reflecting on the people, progress, and purpose that shaped a century of agriculture. From early innovation in hybrid seed corn to today’s cutting-edge advancements, the conversation traces how far the industry has come and where it’s headed next.

  • S1 · E4
    March 5 · 38 min

    Soft Red Winter Wheat

    In this episode, the team welcomes Pioneer Field Agronomist Scott Eversgerd. He's spent 23 years serving southern Illinois along the I-64 corridor—home to nearly half of Illinois’ soft red winter wheat acres.

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