A Penney For Your Thoughts
A Penney For Your Thoughts
Sean Blomgren & Andrew Penney
The Nitty Gritty of Nitrogen Management with Iowa State University’s Dr. Sotirios Archontoulis
1 hour 21 minutes Posted Aug 11, 2026 at 11:00 am.
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Sean and Andrew are back with Iowa State University’s Dr. Sotirios Archontoulis to continue their conversation about nitrogen. The conversation digs into how breeders, agronomists and growers can work together to optimize nitrogen use.
 
The crew discusses:
✅ Achieving high harvest indexes
✅ Whole system nitrogen management
✅ Nontraditional high yield indicators 
✅ The relationship between breeders, agronomists and growers
 
Meet the Guests:
🌱Dr. Sotirios Archontoulis is a professor of integrated cropping systems in the Iowa State University Department of Agronomy. His research aims to predict impacts, explain causes, and design future strategies to improve crop productivity and environmental sustainability. His approach combines field experimentation and use of agricultural systems process-based models to explain Genotype x Environment x Management interactions and enable prediction and design at scale.
 
A Penney for Your Thoughts is hosted by Sean Blomgren, agronomist and owner of Blomgren Seed from Boone, Iowa, and Andrew Penney,  plant doctor and Preceon agronomy lead for Bayer Crop Science from Ames, Iowa. We cover all things agronomy and high-yield management, share what we're seeing in the field and bring in trusted voices from the industry to deliver timely, relevant insights that matter to your farm.. It's ag talk that just makes cents.
 
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