Manage Corn Residue in No-Till Soybeans
This video shows a simple planter attachment along with changing to 30" row production that will give us a 4 to 5 day head start planting soybeans.
Why we need down pressure in NoTill
Having the inccorect down pressure setting when planting can drastically reduce yield potential. Here is a clip on why the down pressure is important.
No-Till Bean Planter Conversion I
Old Meets new. This is how we put the new technology to work on older equipment. I will be posting a few videos on this [...]
Hang your laundry outside!
There are many things I LOVE about the Spring and Summer. One thing that I missed out on last Spring and Summer was hanging my [...]
Rosemary Butter!
Here is a super easy way to make rosemary butter. Melt your butter in a sauce pan over medium heat. Add rosemary. Stir [...]
Nitrogen on Winter Wheat II
This morning we had excellent weather for Nitrogen application on the Winter Wheat. We had enough frost to carry the Sprayer. All the snow but a trace was gone. The [...]
Nitrogen on Winter Wheat
This week the weather looks like it is going to give us a few morning opportunities to apply Nitrogen to our winter wheat [...]
Variable Rate Planting Corn
Normalized Yield Map Last week I decided it was finally time to start using our VARIABLE RATE SEED DRIVE on our corn planter for more [...]
Slug Damage in Fall Corn
Today I attended the Innovative farmers conference in London Ontario. There were some excellent speakers from around the world speaking about their preferred production methods. One [...]
Relay Crop Soybeans for 2011
In theory you could no-till your soys into the wheat when it is just starting to elongate. The "Intellicoat" would delay the beans to germinate just as the wheat is dying off.