Agronomy Highlights

About Agronomy Highlights

Agronomy Highlights is a biweekly podcast hosted by Penn State Extension field and forage crops educators. The goal of the show is to cover a broad range of pertinent agronomic topics in depth with knowledgeable guests. Farmers, industry professionals, and anyone interested in increasing their knowledge of field crop production and management should find the information useful.

Publisher

Penn State Extension

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Aug 2022

Latest episode

30 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

111 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Sept 2026

   S5E3: Statewide Crop Conditions Tour Wrap-Up

   Recorded: 9/24/26 Join Penn State Extension Agronomy Educators for a timely and practical conversation on current crop conditions across Pennsylvania. In this episode, the team shares on-the-ground observations from fields spanning multiple regions. They highlight how recent weather patterns, soil moisture variability, and crop growth stages are shaping corn, soybean, and forage performance. The discussion wraps up with a review of the 2026 Statewide Crop Conditons Tour, summarizing yield...

2. 

   16 Sept 2026

   S5E2: Harvest, Humidity, and El Niño: A Pennsylvania Weather Outlook

   Recorded: 9/10/26 In this episode of the Agronomy Highlights Podcast, Penn State climatologist Kyle Imhoff joins the team to break down Pennsylvania’s 2026 growing season, from spring freeze events and summer rainfall patterns to what producers can expect heading into harvest and winter. The discussion explores how weather has affected crops across the state, explains the science behind El Niño and its influence on regional weather, and outlines potential implications for field conditi...

3. 

   3 Sept 2026

   S5E1: Statewide Crop Conditions, Yield Estimates and Silage Moisture

   Recorded: 8/25/26 Join Penn State Extension Agronomy Educators for a timely and practical conversation on current crop conditions across Pennsylvania. In this episode, the team shares on-the-ground observations from fields spanning multiple regions. They highlight how recent weather patterns, soil moisture variability, and crop growth stages are shaping the performance of corn, soybean, and forage. The discussion includes two questions about timely decisions happening on the farm:...

Who has been a guest on Agronomy Highlights

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dean Collamer
• Lew Frame
• Dr Heidi Reed
• Dr Dwight Lingenfelter
• Dr John Spargo

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

5,912,473

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

13 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

42

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

77

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