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Tag: Planting
Early Corn Evaluation
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Plotting for Success
Spring is here but it’s not too late to plan for in-field trials. Trials can take very little work and will provide valuable information to help make better decisions to your bottom line. I challenge you to do one replicated trial on your farm, it could take as little as 30 minutes during planting and…
Planting Early? Be Aware!
The meeting circuit this past winter has provided some thoughts on things to try for this coming year. One topic that has repeated itself over the past few years is the advantage to planting early and pushing the planting window as early as possible. The biggest advantage discussed is always yield, however less frequently mentioned…
Gaining that EXTRA bushel! – Winter Management
As I sit in my office; looking out the window at the thermometer reading negative 15°C, the sun is shining on me with its intense heat. Days are getting longer, and spring is around the corner. Now is the time we should be increasing our monitoring of stored grain. Specialist suggest routinely monitoring our stored…
Shifting Cropping Gears: Shortening Up or Changing Crops?
If you stayed the course and got your full season hybrids planted by May 25, congratulations! If you have a decent amount of your full season soybeans planted as well, nice! For the rest of us, we have some decisions to make. In areas less than 2900 CHUs, it is prudent to plant at least…