Hunter Peoples

@TandTAg It appears they worked bean stubble? What did they expect? Park the planter and wait is about where they are at it appears

As #plant26 dries out the more dust you see behind the planter the more digging you should be doing As planting conditions become less and less ideal through the weekend managing not only depth but downforce will become very important. Here you can see the planter set at the same depth but 20 additional pounds of downforce, for airbag planters that is only an additional 7-8psi. Both pictures are one pass apart, planter set at 2”. First picture is 100Lbs of downforce, notice the inconsistent depth placement and how the seed is laying is dryer soil, not tucked all the way into the furrow. The lack of a sidewall allowing dry soil to fall into the furrow with the seed, creating inconsistent depth and furrow moisture. Second picture shows 120lbs of downforce (40psi airbags). Seed placement is firmly into moisture and there is a visual sidewall. The difference in 20 pounds of more downforce? The disc openers are firming the furrow sidewall enough to allow the seed to fall into the bottom of the furrow before dry soil falls in over the top. The result? More even germination and emergence. Seed planted in the first picture runs a high risk of delayed germination or completely drying out given the forecasted heat and wind.

@591actual Only the two most important months for growing corn. It’ll be fine. Send it

Every dryland corn grower in Kansas that grew 150 bushel dryland last year and going to try to do more this year looking at June and July.

@ChrisK_Banded @DamianPMason @zebulousprime @agrimodis I’ve watched the agrimodis videos. 50ft over my head. How can I use/implement on my operation?

@DamianPMason @zebulousprime “We” can’t make that blanket statement about over-applying versus uptake unless we test for it. That’s why @Agrimodis was put into existence.

We over apply synthetic #fertilizer vs. actual uptake in the plant. It's bad for the water / environment (covered this with @zebulousprime last week's #business of #agriculture show). Positives to come from tight fertilizer supply? It'll make us agronomically better.

@gregzimpleman Not a chance. Last year was a massive corn year on the fringe. Fringe acres tend to have way less corn on corn. Fertilizer price is going to discourage any last minute switches to corn. This bean price works in lower cash rent environments. Tons of beans incoming. East Kansas

Am I the only one in the camp that thinks corn acres are gonna be massive again? It would not shock me to see 98 million? It may be a slow hand that deals but in the END I think we are gonna be close to that number.

@jasonmauck1 Selling a lot of Nov26 soybeans now. Sold enough 26 corn to have a decent floor being patient on the rest of the corn I think the fertilizer price will shave enough corn acres to make it interesting. Probably be wrong.

How has the war changed your grain marketing plans for the 26 and 27 crop?

@BradyD78 @ISU145 Tried to buy UAN for April delivery last week and got told no price until after the 15th of March. Now it’s going to be painful

Just talked to our fertilizer and seed guy and he said urea is now $.98 per lb actual 😳 I’m thankful I bought it last Dec. He said I would be shocked at the number that didn’t pre-pay. He said corn acres are switching fast around here 🤷

@_TheMizzouTiger @gavin_spoor @CalmerCornHeads 22” is commercially available. Why 24”

@gavin_spoor @CalmerCornHeads I have some thoughts. Just need to bite the bullet and build out a test planter next winter and try. And yes 24 would be unique but I have my reasons. Haha

A tale of two wheat stands. Only difference between these two fields (less than a 1/4 mile apart) was what harvested the corn. @CalmerCornHeads stalk rolls for the win. Same wheat variety, seeding rate, fertility, etc. Finished drilling one field and jumped right into the next, all settings were the same. We didn’t go out to the field trying to prove the Calmer head was better. I have not grown wheat much and wanted the adjuster to tell me what was worth keeping. We had very little fall growth and some cold snaps with no snow cover. Only after doing a few stand counts did we realize what the common variable was. I’m impressed in the difference!

@reinke_farms @Sgflint Use an airplane?

@Sgflint Used to have to cut them out of soybeans. Fix for us in corn was to spray 24D after brown silk to hopefully reduce seed load the next year

A little weed science this evening. Don’t see this weed as much anymore. Roundup Ready crops changed the weed seed bank. There’s 2 seeds in there. Xanthium strumarium

@Sgflint Come to the flood plain. Still plenty prevalent. Have a dog I call cocklebur for multiple reasons. He can bring 50-100 into the house in a day.

@YianniD_LGR Love watching Jax wrestle. Don’t know if you can reign in his putting himself in danger without taking away what makes him great. But he creates a lot of the opponents opportunities. But damn I tune in every time must watch wrestling.

Forrest and Seidel, what a match

@riley_sides @RickBieber81 You can buy some damn good Hoegemeyer BMR sorghum Sudan for about $80

@RickBieber81 I mean a Bag of fucking sorghum Sudan seed $100+. even low inputting absolutely everything is astronomically more expensive then kitchen sinking crops 20 years ago.

It’s amazing that every single Ag input supplier is continuing to raise prices again this year. Fertilizer, seed, biologicals, everything. At what point does the perpetual AG input price increase end? I can’t imagine it goes on much longer, even a lot of debt free farms are going f this we can do without. It’s Truly remarkable they think farmers will never say no to their price increases.

@traderchicago7 Just hit my new crop targets is all I ask.

Hated rallies in commodities R the best .. NOBODY knows when they END… GoodNIGHT will see how we end up tomorrow !!!

@_TheMizzouTiger What app is that?

Let’s fuking go!!!!!! 1260 in coming.

@gwiesefarms ~100

What is your average acres planted on a good day?

@_TheMizzouTiger Wouldn’t want to do it for less than $25. I charge $18 to put liquid down with a 215HP

@Hunterpeeps 300HP. Good running 18-20 ac/hr. This will be so so running so say 15 ac/hr.

custom nh3 for a neighbor. tanks being spotted for me. section and rate control.

@cigs2LSU @hawkeyemuse Metcalf

@hawkeyemuse I’m sorry but if askren or dake came calling I’d heavily listen. I lowkey wonder what a guy like Brian smith could do with Iowa brand and money. Besides doub Schwab idk of another qualified Iowa guy

i have no desire to move away from the “Iowa way” of hiring alumni and Iowa natives when it comes time to find a new head coach. Iowa style has to be evolved, not abandoned

@dbeshada1 Dake?

Looks like we have a new #1 at 86kg on the Team USA ladder!

@BradyD78 What if invest in machinery includes repairs/maintenance? Bad choice?

Would you say that 11.7% of us are going to make bad choices with this money or look at it like 88.3% of us intend to make good choices with this money 🤷

@gregzimpleman @gwiesefarms Save 5% on seed or make 5% because those are two vastly different. If you want to make 5% more on your seed you need to be ruthlessly loyal to performance and have no dealer or brand loyalty. Always trying new products from multiple brands and be willing to pay a higher price.

@gwiesefarms You’ll make 5 percent in just shopping your seed out.

How can you make your operation 5% more profitable this year without making any new investments? -shop for lower expenses -better yield through more timely planting -lower living expenses -reset marketing plan at today’s prices -sell unused equipment to pay down high interest All management decisions