There is no such thing as a Nitrogen Credit for soybeans. If you aren’t taking into account organic matter mineralization and free nitrogen release when you are planning on nitrogen applications, you are likely overspending on N. Roughly between V9 and V14 in [...]
There are quite a few decisions to make with each crop you raise. One that takes more time to make, in my experience, is planting population. With all the data you have on your farm from yields to fertility levels and more, dropping the [...]
Ever since he was a boy growing up on his family’s farm near Souris, North Dakota, Jeff Skarphol knew that it was the life for him. “That’s where I liked being – driving tractor and four-wheeler, checking the crops,” Jeff said. But [...]
Wheat farmers have asked us for years – “Why aren’t corn farmers using more foliar fungicides?” It’s puzzling to them because foliar fungicides have shown increases in plant health and yield in wheat for so long, they’ve become “no-brainer” applications. The only question in [...]
Enlist One and Enlist Duo (Enlist One plus glyphosate) just got approved for use in the United States through at least 2028. While this is great news, there are a couple of label changes that I personally don’t like. ⊲ Enlist [...]
Look up “Boron deficiency” online right now. Depending on the source, it is either the #1 or #2 most deficient nutrient in crop production IN THE WORLD!!! The odds that your soils – and ultimately, your crops – need more boron [...]
Will you use Harness, Surpass, Outlook, Dual, or Zidua on your farm? How about SureStart, TripleFLEX, Acuron, Resicore, Anthem Maxx, or Harness Max? Maybe you’ll be spraying Warrant, Warrant Ultra, Halex GT, or Armezon Pro. The one common denominator with all these herbicides? They [...]