Farming

How The Heck Do I Manage Milo?

How The Heck Do I Manage Milo?

It's drought-tolerant nature and ability to withstand harsh conditions makes Milo a good choice for farmers looking for a different crop with high yield potential. It is also not the preferred food for the local deer population -- a big reason Temple chose to plant it this season. Temple talks with Robb Dedman about managing milo in Maryland.

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Strip Till Versus Conventional Tillage

Strip Till Versus Conventional Tillage

Chad talks about the economic and fertility benefits that he sees from his strip-till acres, the difference in how you are applying fertility and what it means in terms of being more aggressive with your nutrient management program.

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Drainage AND Subsurface Irrigation Using The Same Pipe?

Drainage AND Subsurface Irrigation Using The Same Pipe?

In Fall of 2021, Miles Farms installed drainage tile on 35 acres as a trial with ADS. Drainage tile isn’t used in the Arkansas Delta where Matt and Layne Miles farm. However, they didn’t stick plastic pipe in the ground just to be different. Matt and Layne explain the early results of their drainage and irrigation install.

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Buffering the Negative

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.

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Residue Breakdown Results

Residue Breakdown Results

Temple takes a look at the difference between two fields with two different approaches to residue breakdown. He has some unanswered questions to ask you.

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Swiss Farming with Sam of The North

Swiss Farming with Sam of The North

Sam Coutu is on vacation (sort of) in Switzerland and he gives us a little taste of what its like to farm in Europe.

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STRIP FRESHENER

STRIP FRESHENER

Chad talks about his springtime strip-freshener program.

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The XtremeAg Show

The XtremeAg Show

The XtremeAg farmers talk about fungicide applications, beans after beans, how to use tissue sampling to improve crop health, corn diseases and more in the pilot episode of The XtremeAg Show. Full season begins January 2024 exclusively on AcresTV.

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COVER CROP SYSTEM

COVER CROP SYSTEM

Kevin talks about his system of cover cropping and how he utilizes it to spoon feed next year's crop.

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