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Agronomy
Spring tillage season is almost upon us. And so starts the annual crunch that is corn and soybean planting time. Over the years, most farms have gotten larger and larger, but the number of days to work the fields hasn’t…
Advanced Agrilytics Names Chris Kallal Illinois Regional Agronomy Lead Advanced Agrilytics™, a leading agricultural solutions provider, announced today Chris Kallal has joined the company as the Illinois Regional Agronomy Lead. Role with Advanced Agrilytics As a Regional Agronomy Lead at…
Highlights Using outdated, traditional nutrient management recommendations leads to over-application of costly nutrients in some areas and under-application in other areas. This wastes money and leaves potential yield gain unrealized. Using traditional nutrient management methods and applying the same rate…
It’s that time of year again. The crops are maturing in the field, and corn and soybean farmers start thinking about their fall fertility planning. Along with mulling over the usual decisions of what inputs are needed, where, and at…
Editor’s Note: Our blog article this week comes from a recent conversation with Dan Emmert, Lead Agronomist with Advanced Agrilytics in Southwest Indiana. He reports that due to a wide range of planting dates for this year’s corn crop, there…
As we progress through the month of May, rainfall across much of the Corn Belt has slowed planting progression, putting pressure on all of us to not only get the crop in timely, but under some challenging conditions. As the…
A few weeks ago, we talked about managing nitrogen and sulfur at planting and how, using the lens of environment first, we structured our starter trials to manipulate the plant’s rate of growth in the first 35-40 days of the…
What is the goal of starter fertilizer? Many in the industry will say it is simply to provide extra nutrition and get our crop “off to a good start.” But, can we get more specific in our goal for what…
The precision agriculture industry hasn’t done a great job articulating the value of site-specific soil testing, which has led to frustration from farmers, who aren’t sure how to use what they learn from the tests. “Soil testing methods haven’t changed in…
When Kyle Mehmen made some personnel changes a couple of years ago at MBS Family Farms, based near Plainfield, Iowa, he started shopping around for farm consulting services. A fifth-generation farmer who primarily grows corn and soybeans, he knew he…
