Ben Heath

@LEAADFarms @DschaeferDaniel I’m with Cale on this one. 156#/a per 1# rec. So 312-468#/a applied over the top, fair amount in the spring where 1 spring rain takes it to the curb. Not to mention, for the average homeowner applied with an uncalibrated spreader and making a bag(s) empty. I think that’s his pt.

@DschaeferDaniel Now do homeowner lawn care recommendations

The nitrification inhibitors worked back when we didn’t have the warmer Novembers and Decembers. Now by the time we get to February and March the fall applied N is in the leachable nitrate form and entering the tiles. Peer reviewed published papers show that.

@Bkitch1Bodie This is correct

The amount of growers and industry folks that I’ve talked to in Nebraska and Iowa that said corn is off 30-40bu when they thought 45-60 days ago they had records incoming in a big way is astonishing

@5150Farms I’ve never been able to make that “calmer” setting work as advertised. 17-20 on chaffer, 12-15 sieve. Always max fan in corn. Rotor and concave look good for red cob depending on moisture

Who’s a Combine setting guru?

@LEAADFarms A lot less than that if tuned

How many gallons per hour do you run when you’re cutting soy beans?

@Bkitch1Bodie Constructive criticism- I could replace biology with Ben’s special soil sauce and the post means the same. Without data there is no validity. I am a BW user and I actually believe your numbers.. I just don’t think you’re going to convince a soul using this angle.

🚨two year data on biology proving significant gains🚨 Om increase 20% Weoc increase 53% Available P increase 22% Potassium increase 26% Long term no til Corn Soy rotation. Looking to reduce your fert while actually increasing soil levels and maintaining/increasing yields.

@DDFalpha @LakefrontFuture This makes June look like doom and gloom. 21 and 22 were within 10 and 17c of their tops in June, 23 made its high in June. Plenty to be optimistic about. That said- statistically if we’re in the back half of June with no rally, you probably need to be selling anyways.

As we quickly approach Jun, the weekly continuous chart of corn, some things need considered. Not only from a seasonal standpoint but also technical. Some good study points, in my opinion, in this chart. 🌽

@blakealbers Received my order last night. This is going to make meal prep during planting so easy! From ordering to the product itself- top notch. Well done.

I’m sure there is a faster way to do this but I doubt it’s cheaper.

@Jaren_Schley Most of NE is probably guilty of this. We are, but the thought of fertigating every pass on every field is my worst nightmare. lol what’s the best strategy to address the irrigation water? Product?

Herbicides like glyphosate are severely impacted! Foliar nutrition is impacted! And if your an irrigation guy you are also impacted to to the highest degree if you have high Bicarbonates in your water. Optimal Bicarbonates: <75 Solution: Acidify your water. Optimal pH 4.5-6.0

Let's talk Water Quality! I'm new to this app, but I thought I would give it a shot. I want my first post to be about something my dad @JasonSchley told me to "Dive into" when I first got started working with him. One of those things was Water Quality.

@LouieDN Worked on plenty of 10k+ that were going strong yet. Actually preferred working on them, easy to get at everything. Keep the tracks centered and out of the mud. If you’re going to run over stalks build something that will lay the stalk over before the track hits.

Guys who run 2 tracks 6k hrs too much ?

@steeke7 @Agronomy365 I would agree. We’re mainly irrigated so we can control that variable, but we’re finding bicarbs are presenting challenges we hadn’t realized before.

@BenKCB_Diesel @Agronomy365 Awesome! That definitely helps, and pair it with water = winning combo. Vast and higher H3A K and water should mean good potassium availability

Would love to have seen WEOC, SLAN, Potassium and C:N metrics, for the areas the two cobs came from, throughout the growing season.

@steeke7 Since you asked- I compared our fall zone samples with @Agronomy365 to our last corn yield on a higher managed field. Zone 1 the highest producing, had the following values compared to zone 3-4. 20% better C:N, Vast was double, Weoc 15% higher, h3a K 25% higher. Coincidence?

@steeke7 That is something we are tracking now. This particular example was dryland vs irrigated, just wanted to make the point that year that the crop is not finished just because it pollinated and you have good kernel counts.

@steeke7 Over 100bu difference in those ears. But, to your point, this can happen in the same field under similar conditions with other stresses/limitations that give the same result.

@myers9matt @StutzShane @j_lew_21 Both great products

@StutzShane @j_lew_21 I sell or apply full ceramic coatings and also sell a spray on ceramic rinse. Message me if you have questions or want more details

Does anybody have a spray on ceramic coat or wax that they like for ag equipment? Specifically sprayer booms.

@jasonpeter 100% agree. Teaching young men right out of the gate commitments don’t matter, grass is always greener, and jump ship when things get hard will not end well. What happens as they become husbands and fathers? F that up, and theres no amount of money that will fix it.

At sum point as a parent dont u have 2 look at ur son and say “you made a commitment to this school, ur getting paid good money to do it,ur not gonna be out there chasing an extra 50k yr after yr”. there’s some life long lessons in there that’ll go further than 50k I think. #GBR

@MdMcLean1 Lundell makes poly paddles that bolt onto to the gathering chain lugs. All but cured the problem for us. Fought this in the afternoon for years and now we just replace the paddles before the season and get along great. Only run 2 paddles per chain but could run on all if needed.

Need some advice from the dry corn ppl .. I’ve never harvested corn this dry and trashy.. also never in 70°+ heat with low humidity.. coupke varieties just Beaver hut on the header and plug.. how do I get this wax paper confetti and 4’ stalk tops to feed?.. reel?

@LeCroneFarms Lundell makes plastic paddles you can bolt onto the gathering chain lugs. We run 2 paddles per chain and it has drastically improved feeding in dry conditions. Something like $1.50 per paddle.

Put pledge on your poly corn snouts thank me later

@Bkitch1Bodie @Bradley_McVey Fields we had in the program this year with K apps both H3A numbers are labeled- very high. Unfortunately hail damage is going to ruin our trial data

@BenKCB_Diesel @Bradley_McVey Would make a lot of sense why you are seeing additional Yield from K if you have any indicator soil samples look at your H3A Ca numbers and look at your H3A K numbers

Got my last round of tissues back. I gotta say I’m kinda amazed myself. R5 tissues and I’m at 2.73N .41 and .51P 2.7K Dris level under 30. 4th year corn on corn 152-20-42-15S applied

@Bkitch1Bodie @Bradley_McVey I would say our area is more comparable to you. A lot of 3% k, 18%mg. 300-400ppm k so we’re told we don’t need any. Soils are clay heavy and very tight.

@BenKCB_Diesel @Bradley_McVey Not uncommon for Nebraska to have 6-10 base sat K and 12mg we will be 3.5% K and 16.5mg here rest be calcium we don’t have hardly any exchangeable hydrogen in the fall no no reason for me to apply in fall here

@Bkitch1Bodie @Bradley_McVey Great info. Appreciate you sharing. Most around us (SC NE) have high soil K and are told K isn’t needed. Finding additional K is still a yield benefit and mostly fall applied. Interested in trying some different timings.

@BenKCB_Diesel @Bradley_McVey Last year I only ran 50# of potash It wasn’t enough bumped back up to 75 this year No doubt the BW is helping with K uptake still need to supplement some and in fall is a waste here