Luke Dighans

#IDontReallyCareMargaret 😆🇺🇸

This is one of the BEST dryland Winter Canola crop I have ever seen grown in Montana since we started here. I will keep everyone updated on finally yield but I wouldn’t be surprised if it touches 4000 lb yield average. That is not exaggerating. Variety is CP320WRR seed @ 390k

@Mick_Miller32 Also had the right fertility. Not lacking any P going into winter to help with root system, then adequate N, S, and B applied early spring. Healthy plant = healthy potential.

Story with this field is: Variety is CP320WRR Seeded august 27th Seed Rate was 4.5 lbs/ac Seed Depth 1 inch Field was about 8 leaf stage going into winter. (Great size for winter hardiness) Seeded with hoe drill into SW stubble. Had extreme sub-zero temps throughout winter.

Winter Canola just starting to Bloom here in Central Montana! This might be one of the most beautiful solid fields of winter canola that I have ever seen grown in Montana.

@Mick_Miller32 @chad_forest Just like that canola, my blooming is just beginning!!! 😂#beautiful

Check out this new pub on "Performance of Selected Commercially Available Asymbiotic N-Fixing Products in the North Central Region" from @NDSUExtension! I've been getting lots of questions about these, so this is very timely! go.iastate.edu/AI8EMN #ISUCrops

Group 14-resistant kochia from Saskatchewan is resistant to both foliar (saflufenacil and carfentrazone) and soil residual activity (sulfentrazone). Unfortunate news for farmers in the Northern Great Plains. Scouting will be essential moving into #plant23

Research finds water use by cover crops in dryland cropping often reduces yield of the following crop. Details of the climate matter here, but these are not solutions: ❌higher infiltration rates ❌cover crop mixtures ❌plants increasing rain My latest csanr.wsu.edu/wateruselimita….

@rile0151 Hey guy. Happy for ya!

Balance micronutrients and macronutrients in your fields for best possible outcomes. grainews.ca/features/balan…

American no-till farmer - "I utilize a no-till system in order to reduce my impact and keep top soil in place during hot/dry periods." This farmer - "......"

Ol Buck and Buctril herbicide

Great data out of @NDSUExtension DREC on why it's important to collect 0-3" cores to identify acid areas of fields. If you are only looking at 0-6" cores in long-term no-till, the bottom 3-6" is likely masking how low the pH is where seeds are placed. myemail.constantcontact.com/Dickinson-REC-…

@LDighans Our issues with resistance might actually be resolved by taking the water from the cows and using it in crop 😅

A little concerning, AIM I’ve never thought was great but to see kochia with a high tolerance to sharpen is no bueno

@MJCrandell @az_farms Don’t forget the ability to pull 2 S-10s in tandem.

@az_farms 6000ish gallon water capacity with 2 Venturi mixing cones, can load 2 shuttles and top stack smaller 125 gallon shuttles on the bigger ones. Pump rigged to fill either cone. 2” hose. Lots of room in the middle to set boxes or AMS bags. Super simple setup.

How do you load your sprayers? I don’t have any good photos other than this Drop yours below ⬇️

Canada is 1.6% of global GHG emissions. Agriculture is 10% of Canada's. Fertilizer is 17.5% of Canada's. So if we decreased our GHG emissions by 30% from nitrogen it would make a difference of .00028 of 1% to the globe. Reduction of nitrous oxide is important, but so is food.

Food security is national security. We cannot allow China to continue in their quest of buying up American farmland. In South Dakota, we have implemented restrictions on foreign land ownership, and as Governor, I am looking into how we can further thwart CCP expansion.

Finally someone asking the important questions in a world where “sustainable and regenerative” should occur at all costs. Should they? The combo of agronomics, economics, long/short term ROI, and logistics trumps those terms all day. While actually being “sustainable”