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 as they come. Comment welcome.
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 clothes outside to dry. My very round prego belly got in the way of everything- that is my excuse! This [...]
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 for a minute or so. and just like that you have rosemary butter. My favourite thing to drizzle it [...]
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 conditions were perfect for Red Clover Seeding. With the warmer weather coming we may only have one more morning left [...]
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 crop on frozen ground. Opinions differ on when the best time to apply N on the wheat is. Here are [...]
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 than just easy adjustment between seeding rates for different custom jobs. With the seed being the by far the highest [...]
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 topic that was recurring was the threat of Slugs in a No-Till System. This topic reminded me to post the [...]
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.