Why Calcium Should Be A Bigger Part of Your Fertilizer Budget
Kelly Garrett’s Iowa farm fields are saturated with calcium, whereas Kevin Matthews’ North Carolina fields are calcium deficient. Yet, they both apply a quart of calcium per acre. Why? Because calcium is a limiting factor for both farmers. Kevin and Kelly discuss with Damian Mason, the role of calcium as a mover of nutrients and more importantly, talk about what they are doing to get it into the plant.
Switching From a Dry Fertilizer Program to Liquid & Making It Profitable
Matt Miles admits, when it comes to his fertility program, he wasn’t an early adopter. “It was old school, it was easy…and easy isn’t always the best.” He now uses frequent liquid fertilizer applications — in-furrow, via Y-drop, and over the top foliar. Matt and Layne Miles explain their fertility program evolution with Damian Mason on this episode of the Cutting The Curve Podcast.
Meeting Their Match In His The River Bottom Fields
Chad has had some success in the past with this seed, but now he is putting them to the real test in his river bottoms. Stay tuned.
Enhancing Uptake In The Furrow
Matt talks with Bert Riggan from Concept Agritek about a new experimental product that he is trialing that promises to enhance the seeds ability to take up nutrients.
A LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH RICE
Matt and Layne talk about what it takes to grow a successful rice crop. Spoiler Alert: it is not easy.
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.
So You Want to be A Seed on Miles Farms?
Matt takes a seat in his soybean field to talk about how they choose a seed and how it eventually becomes part of their grower standard practice. He also talks about what he dislikes and how he has been fooled by some hybrids in the past.
Pushing The Early Planting Envelope in Arkansas
Matt and Layne Miles planted soybeans the third week of February, 2022. It was early by at least a month for them. It worked. This year, they decided to stick both soybeans and corn in the ground way early. It didn’t work out as well this go around. What was the purpose of the extremely early planting, you ask? Was it just to get the neighbors talking? Absolutely not. Damian Mason digs in to why Matt and Layne are committed to stretching out the planting season and what they have learned.
He Never Even Heard Of This Seed Before
A couple of years ago, Mile Farms planted a few bags of some corn seed they had never heard of as a trial. They didn't expect much. They were surprised at the results.