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Are You Making $100 Per Hour?

By Lee Hart February 23, 2009

For most producers, on first blush, making $100 per hour sounds like a pretty lofty goal. But two U. S.-based farmers and consultants say there may be all kinds of management decisions made in an average day that could return a farmer even more than $100 per hour. Even something as simple as spreading your […] Read more

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The Cost Of Compaction

By Lee Hart February 19, 2009

Matt Price wants to know why one field on his south central Alberta farm has an average Hard Red Spring Wheat yield of about 68 bushels per acre, while a field across the road, with the same soil and same fertility, has an average of 78 bushels per acre. Is the 10-bushel yield difference related […] Read more

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Charles Schmidt wants to deep-till his whole farm about once every 15 years. He says mixing his hardpan-prone soil makes the difference between profit and loss

By Lee Hart February 19, 2009

Charles Schmidt knows it takes time and money to do deep tillage — or “subsoiling” — on his eastern Alberta farm, but he says the treatment makes a big difference. It determines whether a field is worth farming. He can put the time, effort and expense into growing a 15-bushel-per-acre wheat crop, or he can […] Read more

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Pesticide Update 2009

By Gerald Pilger February 19, 2009

Here are new products and label changes from the past 12 months. Companies are listed in alphabetical order. ARYSTA LIFESCIENCE Deploy. Deploy is a higher concentration of the same Group 2 active ingredients found in the popular Refine line of products. It will control 21 broadleaf weeds, has 18 tank mix options, no recropping restrictions […] Read more

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Needham Likes To Tissue Test

By Jay Whetter February 19, 2009

Phil Needham takes a long-term view in his fertilizer management. It all begins, as you’ve heard before, with soil tests and with plant tissue tests. The Kentucky-based wheat agronomist and author of “Taking Your Wheat Yields to the Next Level” uses these tests to determine the immediate mineral deficiencies in a field. But more importantly, […] Read more

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With the price of phosphorus where it is, your best and simplest application is to put it with the seed — as you probably already do

By Jay Whetter February 19, 2009

“At current P prices, I will be happy if farmers can continue to just seedplace 20 to 25 pounds per acre of P2O5.” —Lyle Cowell Phil Needham says in the other article on page 6 that deep banding of phosphorus worked for some farmers in Kentucky, but he says it’s probably not an option for […] Read more

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While dual-banding nutrients is a benefit, don’t put all your phosphorus fertilizer in one basket. You want 10 to 15 pounds in the seed row

By Lee Hart February 9, 2009

If a couple extra bushels of wheat per acre makes a difference to you, placing 10 to 15 pounds of starter phosphorous with the seed may be a practice to consider, say western Canada soil fertility specialists. Those two bushels aren’t a huge difference, points out Geza Racz, a professor and researcher with the University […] Read more

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Producers follow fertilizer recommendations in one or two pass operations. They’re diligent about keeping high rates of nitrogen away from the seed row

By Lee Hart February 9, 2009

Keep the phosphorous with the seed and either broadcast or band nitrogen away from the seed row. That’s how producers contacted for this month’s farmer panel handle their fertilizer placement. None of the four Prairie farmers contacted at random apply a dual blend of phosphorous and nitrogen in a band separate from the seed row […] Read more

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If you’re in a cash crunch or don’t like the high cost of fertilizer, at least maintain a minimum fertilizer rate. The payoff from those first pounds is so high

By Jay Whetter February 9, 2009

“We need to start thinking of fertilizer as a scarce commodity that needs to be conserved and protected,” says Jeff Schoenau. The research scientist and professor at the University of Saskatchewan gave a talk called “Strategies for maximizing returns on fertilizer inputs” at the Crop Production Show in Saskatoon in January. Here is my summary […] Read more

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Here are five basic steps to improve the root quality of your crops. Proper nutrient placement and attention to disease control are simple starting points

By Scott Ewert February 9, 2009

Root care is a vital component of producing a healthy and plentiful crop — and it’s not just for pulses. The purpose of root care is to protect roots from disease and insects and to protect root hairs for maximum nutrient uptake, promote a better plant stand, and ultimately help support a bigger yield. If […] Read more

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Are You Making $100 Per Hour?

The Cost Of Compaction

Charles Schmidt wants to deep-till his whole farm about once every 15 years. He says mixing his hardpan-prone soil makes the difference between profit and loss

Pesticide Update 2009

Needham Likes To Tissue Test

With the price of phosphorus where it is, your best and simplest application is to put it with the seed — as you probably already do

While dual-banding nutrients is a benefit, don’t put all your phosphorus fertilizer in one basket. You want 10 to 15 pounds in the seed row

Producers follow fertilizer recommendations in one or two pass operations. They’re diligent about keeping high rates of nitrogen away from the seed row

If you’re in a cash crunch or don’t like the high cost of fertilizer, at least maintain a minimum fertilizer rate. The payoff from those first pounds is so high

Here are five basic steps to improve the root quality of your crops. Proper nutrient placement and attention to disease control are simple starting points

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