Zach Timm

Two different hybrids stalk quality this year. Both had fungicide. Hybrid selection is crucial!

Buckwheat would be a beautiful double crop after small grains if there was a reliable market for it

Soybeans looks clean from the road but waterhemp is still alive and well underneath the canopy. North Central Iowa

Found Southern Rust two leaves below the ear leaf at R2. Very concerned for this field due to stage of crop and future forecast.

Got to see some of our growers south of Fort Dodge last week trying new practices to help fight waterhemp. Rain this week was greatly needed for many of these fields!

Soil ball on the left was in the spring strip till portion of the field while the soil ball on the right is from the no till portion of the field. Strip till soil is almost ready to plant while the no-till soil still needs some time to get fit. #plantingconditions #NEIA

Grower planted turnips/radishes later in the fall so that they came in the spring. Looked like it worked! South Central Iowa.

Day 1 of testing Seed + Graphite!

New Challenges! My wife and I recently started taking care of a plot at our local garden. Looking forward to incorporating cover crops in the future. Tips and hints appreciated!

@Agronomy_Guy How did this turn out this last year?

Another year and another crop of winter canola in Wisconsin. Pretty soon we are going to be Wisconsin’s experts for winter canola…I mean if the Heftys are the experts in cotton for the Dakotas then why not

@gavin_spoor This was 50 lbs of Winter Cereal Rye with a drone in early RM corn chopped for Earlage in the first pic and soybeans in the second pic. Sunlight, rainfall, and no till ground r key for success. We tried a mix and it had less growth/establishment than just straight rye.

Looking for advice on seeding cover crops. Who has had luck aerial seeding with a drone or airplane? Looking for mixes that can be successful ahead of both beans and corn. Main goals are weed suppression and erosion control on HEL ground. Nitrogen fixation would be an added bonus. What is ideal timing of seeding? I’m worried about seeding too early and combining soybeans turning into a green mess if we have a wet fall.

@PetersenFarms @VanceCrowe Soil and Water Outcomes Fund would pay for decreased Nitrogen. They pay based on reduction of Nitrogen. Not sure if your watershed would qualify in their program but I have worked in watersheds that farmers do qualify for reducing N.

@VanceCrowe I work with a county SWCD and a regional watershed partnership. I just realized there isn’t a govt program that I can think of that would pay a producer to decrease N rates. Plenty of programs to pay for things that stimulate more money spending, but nothing to reduce the N $.

🤔 who is offering to pay?

Transformation Tuesday!

@Agronomy_Guy Have you seen any cases where grazing cows were affected by Acetochlor?

Here is your yearly reminder that rye for forage is not typically allowed after acetachlor (Resicore, Harness Xtra/Max, Keystone NXT, Surpass, TripleFlexx, Surestart, etc.) Not sure why many have no clue on this restriction. wcws.webhosting.cals.wisc.edu/wp-content/upl…

Happy Earth Day 🌎

@bradlyklatt @steveconaway1 How much would an acre gross there?

@steveconaway1 Dryland in McPherson County last 2 AUCTIONS 5300 and 5700 an acre LOCAL MONEY

Looking at old real estate records from 2011. Appraised value for a field was $3,750 acre. Today, recent “good comparable sales” in the same market have sold for approx $12k-$13k acre. In the last decade, appreciation has helped farmers balance sheets rise like a hockey stick!

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day ☘️ ☘️☘️. Wish it all looked this good!

@PetersenFarms Does the 4 in. Depth require much more horsepower than just a 1.5 inch depth?

@ZachTimm4 Correct. Planter handles UAN, ATS, 10-34-0

I guess the whole RZB followed by Strip Freshener system might just work up in the north country.

@PetersenFarms Just potash and AMS? Thanks for the info, I appreciate it

@ZachTimm4 Spring pass 2-3 days ahead of the planter. No fertilizer burn issues, but we aren’t running any 46-0-0 in the strip either.

@PetersenFarms In the fall? Ever have problems with fertilizer burn?

@ZachTimm4 4” or so