Simer Virk

Our team has been busy this week with planting cotton #plantertech trials across the state with some awesome grower collaborators and extension agents!! #plant26 @AuburnAg @DwaineEddie @BlakeLanton @nickmcmichen

With peanut planting underway, here are few tips to ensure seed meters are set up properly for planting peanuts and making in-field adjustments to achieve the desired seeding rate!! #plant26 @AuburnAg @PeanutAlabama

Auburn University and USDA researchers are exploring how drones and AI can transform agriculture—helping farmers make data-driven decisions. Outlying units of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station will be utilized for the research. Read more: bit.ly/4w3gzhP

May 2026 Alabama Cotton Shorts - mailchi.mp/4b5615d2326d/o…

Back at the Wiregrass Research and Extension Center in Headland last week continuing #plant26 with peanuts and catching up with Alabama Peanut Producers Association! @AuburnAg #agtechnology #peanuts

Glad we could get the team together last night to celebrate the recent graduates & cherish some moments with all. Congrats Dalton Beasley, Jacob Sizemore, Louie Harris & Emily Ward. Wish you all much success & remember you will always be a part of this team and family!! @AuburnAg

Tales of Cotton Insects: Wednesday April 29, 2026. Rainfall across Alabama significantly changes predicted thrips pressure (in a good way). #ALcrops alabama-insects.blogspot.com/2026/04/tales-…

As another cotton planting season begins, we highly recommend growers consider planting singulated cotton for uniform spacing and efficient use of seed. This video covers different seed plates available for planting singulated cotton!! @AuburnAg #cotton #plant26

Another week of #plant26. We got our soybean studies planted in Central Alabama this week, where we are evaluating various seeding configurations, planter types and seeding rates in these studies!! #plantertech #soybeanplanting @AuburnAg

#plant26 continues…….this week we wrapped up our corn #plantertech studies in Central and South Alabama. Cotton and peanuts are up next!! @AuburnAg #cornplanting

Our latest blog post shares some main findings from the various cotton planter studies conducted last year. Check it out for recs on seed meters, seeding configuration/rates & planter technology!! @AuburnAg 2025 Cotton Planter Studies - Key Takeaways precisionag.auburn.edu/blog/2025-cott…

Congrats to another rockstar of @AU_PrecisionAg team on a successful MS Thesis defense today. Super proud of @Beasley_Dalton1, we are rooting for him to be a great crop consultant in southeast georgia. Thanks to @greenpointag for continued collaboration on #precisionag projects!!

Interested in making 400 bushels per acre irrigated corn or 340+ bushels per acre dryland corn? In the March 12, 2026 issue of On The Farm in Alabama newsletter, I talked about how Chad Henderson and Jamie Roberts produced Alabama's record corn yields in 2025. Pages 1-4.

Congratulations to our team member Emily Ward on her outstanding student award & other accomplishments. We are excited she is starting her MS this summer and will be getting involved in a lot of other #precisionag research and extension activities at @AuburnAg!! @bsen_au

A little sneak peak of what’s happening at EV Smith Research Center (Central AL) this week. Stay tuned for update on autonomous planting work @HarmanAgEngg & @PrecAgEngineer are doing this year!! #plantertech #autonomousplanting #precisionag #alabama @AuburnAg @bsen_au

We officially kicked off #plant26 this week by planting corn studies at research stations in Central & North AL. We are continuing investigation of latest plantertech along with evaluating seeding rates & other agronomics specific to different regions across the state! @AuburnAg

Last week, one of our team members Emily Ward presented at the Auburn Research Symposium on the metering and spreading performance of commercial drones. She is starting her MS this summer and looking forward to continuing this project as part of her research. @AuburnAg @bsen_au

Properly checking and testing seed meters is one of the most important steps to ensure optimal planter performance. Page shares some good information in this video!!

Soil Health/Cover Crop field day at McMichen Farms today and some planter seed meter testing later. Our team shared information on planter setup and technologies for planting into heavy biomass & use of drones for seeding cover crops! @AuburnAg #agtech #plantertech #droneseeding

@Sgflint Thanks Greg. Hope all is well your way.

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