Used Farm Equipment: What's Hot and What's Not?
Are interest rates affecting equipment purchases? Is used machinery still popular? What equipment is selling well at farm auctions? Jeff Wille from Duwa's Auction Service in Wellman, Iowa talks about used implements, auction action, and more with Damian Mason.
Cotton Dilemma
Matt has an issue that he needs to make a decision about ASAP. His cotton needs to find moisture in a bed of dust.
Buffering the Negative
Temple is applying anhydrous ammonia with his strip-till rig. He knows that he is also killing his soil biology at the same time. He talks about the steps he takes to buffer the negative effects and rebuild the soil biology.
Chad's Strip-Till Rig
Chad is strip-tilling earlier than usual this season thanks to the good harvest weather this fall. He talks about his rig and his application.
Chad's Strip-Till Fertility Blend
Chad talks about his strategy for countering the high fertilizer prizes by implementing more strip-till fertility and shifting to more liquid...for now.
Why is Chad doing more Strip-Tilling this season?
With high fertility prices, Chad uses strip-till as a tool to get the nutrients he needs into the soil in the right zone. It's a more economical alternative to broadcasting.
Important StarFire™ Update
Chad is joined by TriGreen Equipment's Shannon Norwood to discuss an important update to the John Deere StarFire™ system. A mandatory update to the 6000 and 3000 systems will be needed beginning February 1, 2021, to avoid service interruption.
2020 Member Webinar
It's the XtremeAg.farm member webinar where the team unveils results from various trials, discusses key learnings and insights from the 2020 season. Topics discussed include, foliar and starter fertilizer trials, population research, soybean desiccation, late season nitrogen applications, seed selection, tillage, fungicide, biologicals, boron, sulfur, fertility, and much more.
The Cost of High Yield Corn on Soybeans
Kelly has been focusing on driving higher corn yields every year and it has paid off in both ROI and 4 straight NCGA Iowa yield titles. But, unforeseen was the effect his higher yields and no-till operation would have on soybean emergence the following spring.