Wilson Seed

05/25/2026

05/17/2026

Congrats to Ben Bittner on graduating from the University of Illinois today! Ben has helped part time the last couple years as an intern and look forward to having him help us in between farming and fishing down the road! Ben has been a great asset to have with us! Congrats Ben!

05/13/2026

Sudangrass is the last member of the sorghum family that we offer. It is a great option for grazing or haying! It is a member of the sorghum family, and still presents a slight risk for prussic acid poisoning, but is typically less risky than sorghum or sorghum-sdangrass. Sudangrass is finer stemmed and is a great option for hay!

05/13/2026

Teffgrass is an increasingly popular option for producers looking for a summer forage that makes dry hay, and for good reason! With its very fine stems and extremely palatable nature, it's no wonder most types of livestock can't get enough of it. In fact, Teffgrass hay is often in high demand, and for producers who can master its unique challenges, the rewards can be significant. However, Teff can be a bit of a challenge to manage, so make sure to work closely with your agronomist to develop a comprehensive plan for success. A few essential tips to keep in mind when working with Teffgrass include: Planting no deeper than 1/8, cut when seed heads appear, and apply nitrogen fertilizer.

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to my mom and all the moms out there!

05/10/2026

Congratulations to Jacob Holtgrave who graduated today from Illinois State! Had the opportunity to have Jacob help the last 2 springs and couldn’t be happier for him!

You will do great in whatever life brings your way and good luck w taking over the farming back home!

Congrats!

05/09/2026

Walking fields seeing some really good plant dates of beans (April 14 picture) and some that are in question hopefully the heat today will help! Beans planted April 23-26 seem to the ones that need looked at the most.

PPO interaction seems to be high too with the cool wet weather and possible pythium injury after that cool stretch w same plant date window.

Gonna be a crazy week (and this wknd) next week with weather trending back in the right direction!!!

Be safe everybody!

04/23/2026

Rise and shine plot this morning to get a white corn plot in the ground and keeping the planters rolling while evaluating some April 7-12 planted soybeans in between today! Could use a rain for the corn and beans planted earlier!

04/20/2026

Today marks the actual 100th year anniversary for Pioneer!