Welcome back to the ALCIVIA Crop Tour! This tour gives ALCIVIA members an idea of territory yields through preliminary estimates. Doing this gives our members a head start on understanding the effects of the products and work they put in throughout the season. Our hope is that this tour will help our members stay All. Together. Proactive. when thinking about the next crop year.

Part two of the ALCIVIA Crop Tour focused on the Durand, Mondovi, and Osseo areas, along with Whitewater, Evansville, Clinton, Albany, and northern Illinois. If you haven’t read part one of the tour yet, click here!

The Durand, Mondovi, and Osseo area yield tour had estimates from 200 to 266 bushels per acre with harvestable ears ranging from 27,000 to 36,000 ears per acre. Pockets of this area received good rainfall throughout the season, while others were in pockets of drought – severe at times – during the vegetative stages. The average of our yield estimates from points in customer fields in this area is 224 bushels per acre. 

The Whitewater, Evansville, Clinton, Albany, and northern Illinois tour estimates ranged from 181 to 245 bushels per acre, with harvestable ears ranging from 28,000 to 34,000 ears per acre. The average from our yield estimates from customer fields is 221 bushels per acre. As we indicated in the previous report from southeastern Wisconsin, this area also went through periods of severe drought during the early vegetative stages, followed by better rains into the early August timeframe. The rains slowed in mid-August into September.

Our agronomy team is always ready with solutions to help as the opportunity to respond to the environment develops. A key strategy that we used during the growing season was positioning and utilizing a key plant performance product, such as VoyAgro® from WinField® United. When plants go under stress from drought, several things happen, including an increase in plant stress hormones like ethylene. Ethylene is a key plant hormone that causes ripening. VoyAgro, as a key biostimulant fertilizer, helps to mitigate stress by assisting the plant to accumulate key amino acids in plant cells. This helps the plant maintain tissue nutrient levels under drought and other abiotic stress conditions. 

ALCIVIA has expertise in many areas of agriculture. We work in a complex environment that demands changes and adaptations as the environment changes. Our team of dedicated professionals bring several years of hands-on experience and education. We are ready for the fall grain harvest with grain opportunity management, grain storage, and drying. Beyond that, our agronomy team is ready for field planning and preparation for the 2024 growing season. Please contact any of our sales or origination professionals for help with agronomy, animal nutrition, energy, grain, or Verity Business Solutions.

Introducing the ALCIVIA Crop Tour! This tour gives ALCIVIA members an idea of territory yields through preliminary estimates. Doing this gives our members a head start on understanding the effects of the products and work they put in throughout the season. Our hope is that this tour will help our members stay All. Together. Proactive. when thinking about the next crop year.

Part one of the ALCIVIA Corn Yield Tour finished yesterday where we focused on the New Richmond, Milltown, and Ellsworth areas along with Genoa City, Union Grove, and Burlington.

The New Richmond, Milltown, and Ellsworth area of our tour showed estimates from 165 bushels per acre on a lower seeding rate field with some hail damage, up to 237 bushels per acre in the Highway 10 area. The yield estimates averaged 207.8 bushels per acre throughout. This area had a good amount of rainfall variability through the growing season. Estimates of future harvest intactness is also variable with the areas with severe early season drought showing more vulnerability than areas with better rainfall. When we add in the shading effect(s) that we had early in the season from the wildfires (reduction of early photosynthetic rate), there are areas of caution as the harvest season is planned out and completed.

The Genoa City, Union Grove, and Burlington tour estimates ranged from 181 to 205 bushels per acre with harvestable ears ranging from 32,000-34,000 ears per acre. This area went through severe drought during the early vegetative stages through the pollination period. We received rains in early August followed by more drought stress from late August into September.

Our team of field sales agronomists provided several keys to success through the growing season, including understanding the optional strategies to pair with the weather conditions. Staying the course with proactive agronomy practices is showing to be very important leading up to harvest. As we indicated, pay close attention to field intactness as we start grain harvest. Don’t leave behind what you’ve already worked hard to produce! ALCIVIA’s grain team is prepared and ready to serve during harvest with grain drying, storage, and marketing programs! Please contact any of our sales or origination professionals for help with agronomy, animal nutrition, energy, grain, or Verity Business Solutions.