Land Prices and Productivity
With new technological developments in measuring soil productivity, more emphasis will be put on stewardship and production potential when determining land values.
Soil Test P – Making a case for annual soil testing
Phosphate fertilizers are applied in the top 3-4” of a soil profile and don’t typically move much. One of the biggest challenges to getting accurate year to year results is a consistent sampling depth. It’s crucial to get an accurate 0-6” depth.
What exactly is soil health?
Last week I was able to participate in the annual DIRT workshop hosted by NDSU t [...]
Embrace change… it’s constant and inevitable
The face of farming has changed over time from breaking ground and ploughing wit [...]
When is a trial not a trial?
Conducting field scale trials is not new. When we look back on the history [...]
Are you extracting the full value from your soil samples?
A few weeks ago, I had a conversation with a prospect about the benefits of annu [...]
Old habits can be hard to break!
This past fall I was fortunate to be invited on an agronomy tour of Eastern Euro [...]
Take it with a grain of salt…
"Take trial results with a grain of salt unless you have all the trial data at your disposal, you know the trial layout and you've been provided all the stats, otherwise the results could be made to show you what they want you to see."
Incorporate LIDAR data into your surface drainage plans
Following the flood of 1997, the Province of Manitoba commissioned the collectio [...]
Yield Mapping Part 2 – Do I need to calibrate?
ver study your yield maps and wonder why yields might increase or decrease with [...]
