Articles tagged under: Kristie Sundeen

Sundeen Earns CCA Award

Published February 14, 2025

The North Dakota Certified Crop Advisor program has honored Pioneer Field Agronomist Kristie Sundeen as its certified crop advisor of the year. Sundeen has been with Pioneer since 2019. Before that, she worked for Bayer, BASF, CHS and as an…

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Disease Pressure in Canola

Published January 30, 2025

According to Pioneer Field Agronomist Kristie Sundeen, a relatively new disease threat is being seen in the traditional canola areas. "Verticillium stripe is relatively new; it was identified in Manitoba in the early 2000s," said Sundeen. "The negative part is it…

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Corn Acreage Expected to Increase

Published January 9, 2025

According to Pioneer Field Agronomist Kristie Sundeen, there is still a lot of indecision about seed purchases. Going into a new cropping season, Sundeen believes corn is in a good position to increase acres. "Wheat has been kind of flat to going…

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Pioneer Agronomy Report

Published September 27, 2024

Soybeans should be harvested between 13 and 14 percent moisture. In the latest Pioneer Agronomy Report, Field Agronomist Kristie Sundeen said soybeans harvested below 13 percent moisture can result in less weight at the elevator and have a bigger impact…

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Pioneer Agronomy Report

Published September 26, 2024

In the latest Pioneer Agronomy Report, Field Agronomist Kristie Sundeen says the recent wet weather slowed harvest activity. However, "the summer-like temperatures in late August and early September has gotten us back to normal for GDUs and corn is black-layered…

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Improved Pod Shatter Canola

Published August 28, 2024

On the second day of the RRFN Crop Tour, Pioneer Field Agronomist Kristie Sundeen said this is a surprisingly good year, citing the additional moisture this season. “As long as we can get the GDU’s to get to the tail…

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Pioneer Agronomy Update

Published July 11, 2024

With the excess rain in recent weeks, canola is at risk for sclerotinia or white mold. In the Pioneer Agronomy Update, Field Agronomist Kristie Sundeen said the best time for a fungicide application is 20-to-50 percent bloom stage. "Twenty percent…

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Pioneer Agronomy Update

Published July 9, 2024

In northeast North Dakota and northwest Minnesota, crops are just 150-200 GDUs behind the five-year average, but only 50-100 GDUs behind normal. In the latest Pioneer Agronomy Update, Field Agronomist Kristie Sundeen says Rapid Growth Syndrome has been seen in…

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Wind Damaged Crops

Published June 7, 2024

Pioneer Field Agronomist Kristie Sundeen is seeing the effects of the windy conditions in northeastern North Dakota. "There are some fields that got hit pretty hard with some blowing dirt. We have had some replant on sunflowers and canola already."…

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Pioneer Agronomy Update

Published May 23, 2024

In the latest Pioneer Agronomy Update, Pioneer Field Agronomist Kristie Sundeen says weeds, such as waterhemp and kochia, continue to be a challenge in post applications. "It is essential that growers take the time to apply pre-emerge herbicide to help…

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