Pulled some soil samples this morning for a customer and he mentioned this field was very uniform. The samples below are 200’ from each other. Just because it’s flat doesnt mean it is uniform. Opportunity exists in the variability.
Our favorite spot on the ranch burned last night in the wildfires. Many memories were made with more to come but sure is hard. No lives or livestock lost on our place. Prayers for all those affected.
Hanging out with my nephew on his 18th birthday and this picture could explode a liberals mind. He wanted an AR-15 and Beef for his birthday and i am happy to oblige
So proud of my girls. They have been asking questions for quite some time and today they got baptized. Please pray for the lord to work in These girls hearts.
If you don’t mind, please send some prayers up for our sweet Brenna. She is heading into surgery for an ACL repair today. This is her first hospital visit and is super anxious.
Are you sick and tired of this? Give us a call to talk about options that may include crop rotation, cover crops, reduced tillage. We can’t continue to let our soil and nutrients blow away. Take adv of moisture this season and plant something to hold the ground
Trying these
#aquaenergizer
units out on a couple systems in west TX this year. They will restructure water to its natural state and energize it to help with water infiltration, also helps with salty water. Last yr we noticed a 32% reduction in water needs, improved yield
Thanks for all that came and those that couldn’t make our open house and customer appreciation lunch. We had a great time, excellent food and looking forward to kicking 2020 off on the right foot.
Looking at data from 2020 and water use after the cold spell we experienced on Sept 9th, very little to no water uptake after that date, that also means no nutrients were moving into the plant to finish the crop out.
My intern made a sweet video of our soil sampling today. Maybe he missed his calling as a videographer but many thanks to Dustyn. Give us a shout if you need some quality soil sampling
Saw this map on LinkedIn this morning comparing North America climate to climates across the globe. I would say they pegged the TX panhandle pretty accurately from what i have seen with regards to climate
With each moisture probe we install we take compaction readings to understand where rooting activity will most likely be. This field will have trouble sticking roots below 26” as anything over 300 a root cannot penetrate. Some of the new hands off tech can’t tell you that
Shutting water off too early on corn brings on premature black layer, reduced test weight and ultimately yield. Upwards of 10-20 bushels depending on timing. These ears also are harder to shell due to spongy cobs.
Brenna has been hounding me the last few weeks about taking training wheels off. I guess she was serious, i took them off and she left.
#prouddadmoment
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Got the
#swatmap
rig ready to map fields next week. Excited to gather EC and topography data to help make our VRI prescriptions even better. This information can also be used to variable rate seed or fertility based on zones coupled with ground truthing the data
Transitioning to NoTill doesn’t happen over night, but living your life according to principles can get you there 1. Keep the soil covered 2. Minimize disturbance 3. Plant diversity 4. Continual live roots 5. Integrate livestock
@Notillorg
Lots of buzz about this being 2011 again, but it appears that a shift in weather patterns is coming around mid April. Corn planting looks favorable after April 14th and Cotton planting looks favorable after May 10th.
Organic matter is the "great forgiver". You can weather your way through all sorts of mineral imbalances and deficiencies in your soil, simply because the humus compensates for, and buffers against, most problems. The higher your humus levels, the larger your microbial workforce
First paragraph of new book i am reading called land of the underground rain “A new settler observed of the Plains, “This would be a fine country if we just had water.” A farmer who was retreating from the area in his eastward-bound wagon responded, “Yes, so would hell.”
It’s the little things that count, Sometimes success is determined by 0.5”, these are side by side plants in a field that I was called out to, the shallower plant had smaller and shallower roots that were not able to capture enough water or N when it needed it most
The Top 5 Factors to Producing a Top Crop n 2020
1. Soil conditions are planting
2. Seed Placement
3. Seed Quality
4. Right Product Right Acre
5. Post Planting Management.
100% of your crop is determined at planting and starts with planning. We have solutions