As I settle back into farming after the Oshkosh Air Show last week and start to look ahead towards harvest, my little yield estimation gadget inside the AirScout platform becomes pretty handy. Back when I first started messing around with thermal...
More infoTime to bet on this year’s crop
“Pay your money, place your bets.” That’s a phrase generally associated with betting on a horse race, but in this case, it’s time for us farmers, using our hindsight nitrogen program, to bet on this year’s crop. As much as I hate to...
More infoWater: Too much or too little? Scouting for N deficiencies
As farmers, we know how fast the weather can swing from being too dry to too wet, and vice versa. This year is shaping up to be no different. That being said, it’s still our job to manage this to the best of our abilities. With the heavy rains...
More infoScouting for Emergence
We are starting to get our first corn out of the ground here on our home farm! We planted the last day of April, with soil temps barely reaching 50 degrees, but the corn benefited from the warm weather that followed. I am now using my thermal...
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