Crop-Tech Consults: The Importance of Choosing the Right Closing Wheel
Isaac illustrates the potential downfalls of choosing the wrong closing wheel for your condition.
Crop-Tech Consults: Seed Germination Tests
Isaac discusses seed germination tests and which test may be the most beneficial for your farm.
Crop-Tech Consults: Weather Roundup
In this week’s Crop-Tech Consults, Thomas discusses the impact of last year’s weather and benchmarks the beginning of 2016.
Poly Vs Ortho Phosphates
Isaac discusses the differences between poly-phosphate and orthophosphate when choosing your starter blend.
Crop-Tech Consults: Importance of Interpreting Yield By Soil Type
Analyzing field size trials by like soil types and management zones makes the data more accurate and robust as well as more applicable to farmers in other areas.
The Importance of Scales In Data Collection
Yield data can be misleading if several factors aren’t taken into consideration when scaling data. Listen as Isaac walks you through why different plot situations can skew plot data, and the importance of being able to weigh each passes.
Ken’s End Of The Year Wrap Up for 2015
Ken highlights what you need to be working on at the end of 2015 to prepare for the new year. Ken covers tillage, yield evaluations, hybrid placement, and changes for next year.
Boots In The Field Report November 23rd
Ken gives his last Boots in the Field Report of 2015. He recaps the hand shelling day and gives advice for those that have fields that missed the tillage window. Look out in December/January for the return of Technology Tuesday and Agronomy Thursday.
Boots In The Field Report for November 11th
Patience is key in making sure you aren’t pulling tillage tools out of the ground to get traction and not jumping the gun on getting your anhydrous on. Ken also talks about thresholds for fall burndown in this week’s Boots in the Field report. We are looking for volunteers on Thursday, Nov 12th. [...]
Boots In The Field Report for October 30th
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report, Isaac covers a few timely reminders as we finish the harvest. Including weather, tillage, inhibitors, and weed management.