Producers are gearing up for planting season and securing any last-minute seed, fertilizer, and plant protection products. Timing and success, however, is weather permitting. Crop consultant Eric Birschbach joins us. He owns and operates Ag Site Crop Consulting in Dane County serving farms in Dane, Iowa and Lafayette counties. He says you can't predict exactly what's coming your way in terms of weather, but we do know we're faced with a drought. And that should be influencing your field decisions. He recommends terminating cover crops if there's no moisture in the forecast. He recommends getting your soil tested because the warm winter may have limited nutrient availability. And he recommends scouting for insects that are likely to be higher in population this year.

Producers are gearing up for planting season and securing any last-minute seed, fertilizer, and plant protection products. Timing and success, however, is weather permitting. Crop consultant Eric Birschbach joins us. He owns and operates Ag Site Crop Consulting in Dane County serving farms in Dane, Iowa and Lafayette counties. He says you can't predict exactly what's coming your way in terms of weather, but we do know we're faced with a drought. And that should be influencing your field decisions. He recommends terminating cover crops if there's no moisture in the forecast. He recommends getting your soil tested because the warm winter may have limited nutrient availability. And he recommends scouting for insects that are likely to be higher in population this year.

Join Pam Jahnke for the latest farm news. Heard daily on WOZN 96.7 FM and 1670 AM in Madison Wisconsin from 5-6am. Also heard on affiliate stations all over Wisconsin.

Join Pam Jahnke for the latest farm news. Heard daily on WOZN 96.7 FM and 1670 AM in Madison Wisconsin from 5-6am. Also heard on affiliate stations all over Wisconsin.

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