Lindauer Farms - Pioneer Sales Representative

08/28/2026

We had a fun night with a great crowd! Thanks to all those who came for the homemade ice cream, we hope you learned what your favorite flavor of corn was too!

08/20/2026

08/11/2026

We know August is full of lots of meetings and activities before harvest starts. But we hope you can join us August 27th for our Pioneer Field Day. PARP & CCH credits available.

07/20/2026

If you haven’t let us know please do so soon. Pioneer 100 year celebration party with David Hula as guest speaker August 20th in Princeton.

06/30/2026

Here are some quick thoughts on flooding/saturation damage with the heat, some thoughts around how to assess things in a couple days, and a very quick summary on possibly how much nitrogen you potentially could have loss. I wish it was all as simple as these 4 pics but each situation and field is going to be a tad different. If you need help reach out. Same with lost crop and the decision to replant will be different for everyone let us know how we can help but what crop insurance policy you have will be an important deciding factor if you unfortunately did lose some crop. Stay safe and cool! A lot of crop still looks really good!

05/29/2026

Here are some common corn post herbicides and their cut off stages/sizes.
Remember glyphosate is 30 inches or V8.
In the comments is a link with a video on determine growth stage after V5.
Coming off the added saturation stress let’s not try and add more stress as V5-V8 is critical period for ear development. If you can afford to let your plants have a couple days to regroup before asking them to metabolize herbicides that would be ideal.

05/07/2026

We are about to exit the “ugly duck looking crop phase”!
As a reminder it takes 82 GDU’s for a new corn leaf to form and 75-100 GDU’s for a new soybean trifoliate to form. For the past week I am guessing we are around maybe 42-50 GDU’s total. Good news is after today we get back into double digit daily GDU’s and a week from now we should have accumulated just over 100 GDU’s so sit tight things are about to get growing and green up and our best stands we have seen in a long time will look really good in a week!
We normally see this every year, it’s normally just 15-20% of the crop not 90% of the crop planted going thru this phase.

Here are two excerpts from Bob Nielsen’s timeless article about young corn in the transition phase. Read and see if it has a familiar ring…

Every year, for the first five weeks or so after corn planting is finished, the guys down at the Chat 'n Chew Cafe complain royally about the looks of the crop. It does not matter whether it was an early planting season or a late planting season. Gripes about uneven stands, poor color, and slow growth waft over the tables as everyone airs their concerns about the looks of their neighbors' fields.

READ THIS. During this important transition from dependence on kernel reserves to dependence on the nodal root system, corn seedlings are easily sidetracked when growing conditions are not adequate for maximum photosynthesis and rapid development of the nodal root system. Consequently, the appearance of corn seedlings during these early leaf stages can be downright ugly during extended periods of cloudy, cool weather. Throw in some excessively wet soils plus a little soil compaction plus a pinch of frost damage and you have a good start on a recipe for "crappy" stands of corn. The best remedy for most fields of yellow-green corn seedlings suffering from the effect of "crappy" growing conditions is the return of ample sunshine and warmth.

05/03/2026

You probably woke up to some frost this morning. Some of our electronic weather stations recorded lows of 36 degrees around 5:30am. See pictures for more info about soybeans and corn, but hopeful they will be ok. Will know more towards end of the week after we get several warmer days.