tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82614025866288057072024-03-05T16:58:31.634-05:00Land of LIQUIDDr. Jerry Wilhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07134631001804662945noreply@blogger.comBlogger726125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261402586628805707.post-62691433075150591662018-07-31T17:09:00.000-04:002018-07-31T17:09:38.026-04:00Ag PhD Field Day Set Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
So last week was the Ag PhD Field Day at the Hefty Seed Company HQ near Baltic, SD. It is a big opportunity to interact with growers from all over the country who come to see all the exhibits. Set up day is a chore, but must be done. Look at one of the signs by an entrance. Well it isn't exactly all "our" field day, but glad for the recognition.</div>
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Zouheir and I drove from Michigan to bring some show stuff...and we found plenty more laying on the ground ready for assembly when we got there.</div>
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But before tackling that, I got to go to the Ag PhD Morton studio to be on the radio show with Brian and Darren Hefty. First time in the studio for that.<br />
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Assembling the AgroLiquid display. Somehow it got put up and ready for guests the next day.<br />
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Galynn and Troy visit the Hefty's planter which was behind one of the tents by ours. It's the one shown on the Ag PhD TV show (Tuesday nights, 8 pm EDT on RFD TV). Glad to see that it still has the Pro-Germinator and Sure-K fertilizer stickers.</div>
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Dr. Zouheir Massri had his soil pit ready for the show, along with research posters from his experiments at the NCRS. He is discussing soil aspects with Hefy agronomist Rob Fritz, who was very interested in the findings.<br />
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A good night's sleep and ready to go tomorrow. For more go to @DrJerryCropDoc on Facebook. It's public, so no sign-up required.Dr. Jerry Wilhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07134631001804662945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261402586628805707.post-47699163697812491732018-07-21T12:12:00.000-04:002018-07-21T12:15:37.332-04:00From NCRS Interns to Ag Professionals<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
So at the NCRS we have been fortunate to have had some great interns over the years who provided valuable assistance to the research operations. (And we still do today.) But who could forget 2011 when we had these two outstanding Spartans working on the farm. That's Amanda and Jeff on June 27, 2011 in between tasks.</div>
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And here they are almost exactly seven years later at the same NCRS, again in between tasks. Only they are no longer interns, but Ag Professionals. Amanda is now an agronomist with Mycogen Seed and of course, Jeff is a Research Specialist here at the NCRS. And Jeff is still taller.<br />
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We have some Mycogen corn planted as part of the AgroExpo seed plots, and she and her district sales manager came by for a look the other day. So of course I had to arrange for a trip down memory lane. I am proud of them for their advancement into the professional world of food production, and am certain that some of what they learned as interns stayed with them. I haven't seen Amanda in several years and am glad that she is doing well. And of course I am also glad we were able to get Jeff back to the NCRS several years ago. Now get back to work!</div>
Dr. Jerry Wilhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07134631001804662945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261402586628805707.post-44320460664649339482018-07-13T22:51:00.000-04:002018-07-13T22:51:58.146-04:00NCRS Wheat Harvest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
So wheat harvest got going this week. It has been hot and dry so the plots are ready. You've seen this many times before where the scaled cart follows the combine from plot to plot. </div>
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The yields have been very good, over 100 bushel dryland. But recall we had a wet spring that was of benefit to growth and development. So after all the tests are harvested we will summarize the data and learn of our success. (I'm always an optimist).<br />
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But the hot and dry part that's good for wheat harvest is not so good for dryland corn on light ground. This is our organic fertilizer corn test. Always hope for rain when it's dry, but would like to have this one turn out as it's our most complete organic test ever.</div>
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But you can't control the weather, just complain about it. So I'm doing that. At least I haven't had to mow my yard for several weeks. See, that's an optimistic view.Dr. Jerry Wilhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07134631001804662945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261402586628805707.post-38676124224346962182018-07-09T14:15:00.002-04:002018-07-09T14:18:36.459-04:00Kentucky Corn Looking Great with AgroLiquid<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
So last week, Senior Sales Manager Galynn, SAM Rob and I went down to Hopkinsville, KY to visit the Security Seed & Chemical Research Farm. It is a large facility where fertilizer plots are established each year to test different program, both old and new. Fertilizer Agronomist Lang French met us at the plots to show us around. AgroLiquid has been a standard program there for quite a few years now. But that is challenged each year. They do have really good looking corn down there.</div>
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The corn is in the silking stage now. Here is a plot that received a preplant application of dry fertilizer (9-23-30).<br />
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And right next to it is a plot that instead received a planter application of Pro-Germinator + Micro 500. Notice that the silks are turning brown indicating that it is farther along in maturity.<br />
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Lang said that they often see tassel emergence at least seven days earlier with AgroLiquid compared to dry treatments. One of the many features explaining the high performance of AgroLiquid. Go to their upcoming field day if you are in the neighborhood.<br />
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Dr. Jerry Wilhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07134631001804662945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261402586628805707.post-41200764398897334382018-07-06T09:53:00.000-04:002018-07-06T09:55:55.419-04:00Fast-Growing Corn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
So how fast does corn grow anyway? I recently read an article in a Pioneer update that told about spraying a stalk with paint and then checking it the next day. I shared this my friend Chris Cook who farms in SE Wyoming and thought it would be a good project for his young boys Brady and Matt.</div>
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And it was! I got this pic right back from them showing the amount of growth overnight. Pretty phenomenal. Of course this corn had the advantage of using AgroLiquid. But I'm pretty corn with other fertilizer would grow at least some in the same test. Maybe.Dr. Jerry Wilhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07134631001804662945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261402586628805707.post-86001438147814444512018-06-30T23:16:00.001-04:002018-06-30T23:16:10.967-04:00Getting a Wheat Crop to Harvest Isn't Easy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
So one more post from the Palouse in SE Washington. We have a field trial with a grower and Eric and I walked it last Wednesday. This is soft white winter wheat and it is looking good.</div>
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The heads are filling grain now, and grain protein is being made now too. Yield and protein determine payment to the grower. Outside of weather, one thing that can affect yield is insects like aphids. </div>
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And here they are. I believe these are Russian Wheat aphids. (Someone will tell me if they are not.) I just happened to get this picture that is interesting. I believe that larger brown one is what is referred to as a <i>mummy</i>, having been stung by a parasitic wasp that laid eggs inside. The insect world isn't pretty. These aphids are sucking leaf juices and can cause the leaf to turn yellow. And this is the flag leaf, the energy leaf of the plant.</div>
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So there is a threshold. It is an average of 20 aphids per plant at this stage. This according to his crop scout. So this field wasn't there. (I read where other experts say as many as 50 is threshold before damage exceeds cost of control.) But the grower was nervous about not spraying. Then there is the cost of the product (Dimethoate) and a plane. A good yield is on the line, but wheat prices aren't the best. The field was pretty slick with aphid juice. Too bad the wasps didn't do more. Not sure what he ended up doing. No one said farming is easy. And if they did, they are wrong.</div>
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So I have showed pictures of Dr. Zouheir and his various nutrient capture studies. Of particular interest is the nitrogen experiments where he captured ammonia as it volatilized off the soil surface from different N treatments. Well all of those were practice leading up to this big one. After surface applications of different sources and "stabilizers", he will measure volatility, <i>plus</i> leaching, soil persistence and crop uptake. We did this on Friday, and there are Zouheir and MSU MSU intern Jenna getting the passive capture devices all set. </div>
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It was hot Friday, but nothing like this weekend's oppressive conditions. But Zouheir will be out there to collect samples for a 24 hour measurement.<br />
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Also, I know you are questioning our planting corn at the end of June Well we had hoped to start earlier but work and weather caused delays. And he is the only one qualified for this type of work. We will mainly focus on corn uptake of nitrogen as it grows. We certainly won't be able to harvest this. But these same treatments have been applied for yield over the years at the NCRS anyway. I don't usually like to expound on tests before the outcome is determined. But I'm confident! And this is high tech such that there is no other work like this anywhere.Dr. Jerry Wilhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07134631001804662945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261402586628805707.post-3440288427026848842018-06-30T22:04:00.000-04:002018-06-30T22:04:01.670-04:00Steptoe Butte: Spectacular!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
So I have been to the Palouse Region of the Pacific Northwest numerous times. It is made of rolling hills that contains fertile soil for growing a variety of crops, but mostly Winter and Spring wheat, peas and lentils. It is in SE Washington, W Central Idaho and down to NE Oregon. It is home to several AgroLiquid Retail Partners as well as some research trials. But I had never been to Steptoe Butte. It rises 3600 feet above the farmland, and is made of quartzite that is over 400 million years old. The underlying rock of the surrounding land is Columbia River basalt that is only (!) 7 to 15 million years old. So it's been there a while.</div>
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I was with SAM Eric and he hadn't been up there for a while. I'm always anxious to see the sights. I didn't think it looked that high up from below. But I changed my mind as we went up, and it took a while. From the top, the views were spectacular. </div>
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There used to be a hotel on top in the late 1800's. I couldn't imagine going up there by horse and wagon. The builder hoped to increase tourism, but after a few years it had to close as the people just didn't come. It is a long ways from anywhere, other than the good farmland.</div>
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About halfway up there was the edge of a wheat field. I thought it would be scary farming on those lower hills, but this is ridiculous. I would be too scared to look around driving a tractor or combine on this slope. <br />
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So that was fun. We continued up to Spokane and I came home.<br />
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By the way, be sure to check out the research facebook page: @DrJerryTheCropDoc. You don't have to be a facebooker to visit.Dr. Jerry Wilhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07134631001804662945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261402586628805707.post-3532546822009491822018-06-28T15:16:00.000-04:002018-06-28T15:25:12.785-04:00Oregon Grass Research<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
So when you think of farming, there are usually images of corn and wheat that come to mind. But all of the produce that is used across the world comes from a farmer. And that includes grass seed. Imagine trying to plant a yard or football field and there was no grass seed! Well farmers grow that too, and most of the cool-season grass seed is grown in the Pacific NorthWest, mostly in the Williamette Valley South of Portland. There are all sorts of fields growing seed for planting. One issue in it's production is keeping it standing. A Plant Growth Regulator (PGR) is commonly used to keep the stems erect during pollination especially, and then still keep the grass from laying flat on the ground after pollination to enable a better seed harvest. But PGR is expensive and some grower try to cut back. Here is a field of Perennial Ryegrass seed that is laying pretty flat several weeks now before harvest.</div>
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Contract researchers are businesses that will do replicated plot research for a variety of agricultural clients, like fertilizer producers. Hal Lewis is one of the first of these with Precision Ag Research in Amity, OR. Hal mostly concentrates on grass seed production plots and has a variety of tests in place. Here is SAM Eric and Hal on Wednesday reviewing our test plots.<br />
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Here is a view across several plots. The objective is to keep the grass more or less upright. It will fall over as the seed head develops. But you don't want it flat to the ground, as that is, well, just not acceptable We are encouraged by the addition of a certain potassium product at the time of PGR application. That's all I'll say till after harvest.<br />
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There are also plots with Tall Fescue grass. I must say that I have never been to a research facility that is so dedicated to one crop like grass seed production. Hal knows his stuff and it is an impressive layout.</div>
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A PGR application is part of Tall Fescue production as well. Here is a plot with a favorite K product looking just fine.<br />
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So harvest is just a few weeks off and I am waiting with a <i>worm on my tongue </i>(bated breath, thanks Mork) to see how they turn out. If you hear from me later on this, then the results were good!<br />
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See a video post on the research Facebook: @DrJerryCropDoc. See that and more cool stuff.Dr. Jerry Wilhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07134631001804662945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261402586628805707.post-21938468272645075262018-06-28T00:34:00.000-04:002018-06-28T00:34:02.125-04:00High Water in Montana<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
So the joke is that you get average weather data by <i>averaging</i> last year's drought and this year's flood. Such is the case in Montana this year. When I was there last week there was plenty of water everywhere. Glad I brought my rubber boots.</div>
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Not for wading in the rivers, but for walking in fields like this one here.<br />
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Water was looking for places to go. <br />
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Sometimes finding other types of low ground, like this basement.<br />
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But it looks like he is prepared. No doubt an expert after weeks of this. It's been wet over a large part of the country. But Mother Nature likes balance, and there are still areas looking for rain. Like Western Oklahoma. But Mother Nature is still a <i>maaaad scientist!</i></div>
Dr. Jerry Wilhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07134631001804662945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261402586628805707.post-22726989694067326272018-06-26T10:07:00.000-04:002018-06-26T10:07:30.362-04:00Montana Wheat Plots<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
So last week I was in Montana on a fertilizer mission. First on the list was to visit our spring wheat research plots near Billings. These were conducted by long-time collaborator Neal Fehringer. Neal is a well known crop consultant and has conducted research trials at his home farm for a number of years. Below we see Neal talking with retail partner Mike Kilzer and SAM Bruce Keck.</div>
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We are testing a number of things this year including Primagro N and foliar applications. The plots look good this year as there has been plenty of moisture. In addition to yield, the all important "% grain protein" will be measured for determination of treatment effects. </div>
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Neal has worked with AgroLiquid for a number of years now, and recommends their use to growers he works with.</div>
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Hear what he had to say on the Research Facebook page @DrJerryCropDoc. Lot's of other stuff there too. And you don't have to be a Facebook person to visit the page. I too was a skeptic till recently. Check it out.</div>
Dr. Jerry Wilhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07134631001804662945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261402586628805707.post-47963983981705715312018-06-16T23:38:00.002-04:002018-06-16T23:38:41.863-04:00AgroExpo Plots Shaping Up!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
So it seems that there is always something to do here at the NCRS. From our own research plots to those of the AgroExpo. Last Thursday I assisted a vendor establish some plots in the AgroExpo plot area. (What a nice guy!) This vendor is new to the AgroExpo and has new formulations of plant nutrition that they hope is the fertilizer of the future, while using inputs that have been in existence for some time. Below I am applying a sidedress nitrogen formulation to corn.</div>
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There are also demonstrations with garden vegetables. Looks nice.<br />
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You can get the whole lowdown on what this is at the AgroExpo. Yikes! It's only 2 months away!</div>
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(You can also follow video updates on the NCRS Learning Center plots at the NCRS Facebood page. And don't forget to check out the library of short videos at Dr Jerry Crop Doc Facebook.) That is all.</div>
Dr. Jerry Wilhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07134631001804662945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261402586628805707.post-36546385894957022582018-06-13T22:43:00.000-04:002018-06-13T22:44:30.768-04:00Good Luck Bob!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
So time marches on. And eventually milestones are reached. No avoiding them. Today AgroLiquid saw the retirement of a long-time employee and all-around great guy: Mr. Bob Baxter. Bob is currently the Regional Sales Manager for the Northeast Region. (Although that also includes Iowa and Minnesota. Bob evidently likes to travel.) Bob has been with AgroLiquid for 18 years, starting as an Area Manager, then Sales Account Manager and then up to Regional Sales Manager. So I have known Bob for all of his time here, and like everyone else, I have the utmost respect for the guy. You will always get an honest answer from him and he has had some great input in the growth of AgroLiquid over the years. Troy and Jill Bancroft make an acknowledgement of his service to the company as well as to growers over a very wide area.</div>
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A warm embrace as the crowd goes wild. The room was actually full of AgroLiquid corporate office employees (plus the NCRS) as well as fellow Regional Managers and Sales Account Managers of the NE Region. There were a couple of other tributes as well, and then a great homemade meal.</div>
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Bob still has a couple more weeks on the job, so this is no time to rest on his laurels. There is still fertilizer to be sold! But he will be missed by all. If you are reading this and don't know Bob, well you would be better off if you did. And if you are ever in Blanchard, MI, stop by and say "Hi." Good luck Bob!</div>
Dr. Jerry Wilhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07134631001804662945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261402586628805707.post-80103755081414872442018-05-31T15:18:00.001-04:002018-05-31T15:18:32.100-04:00What Is The Blogger-World Coming To?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So it has finally happened. I have never been on the Facebook, being solely devoted to the Land of Liquid Blog. But some of our crack Marketing staff thought I should branch out as the Facebook reaches far more people. What? Well I finally relented and gave it a try, going kicking and screaming into the twentieth century. It started last week and I am still getting the hang of it. But I can post short videos, pictures and comments of what is happening at that time in research. Check it out and tell your friends. Here is a snapshot of the Homepage with the name on it. I didn't choose it, but it's growing on me. (Like a rash).</div>
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That picture? It's me spraying quackgrass (<i>Agropyron repens</i>) at the NCRS in the spring of 1994.</div>
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The videos are fun, and short. That's my favorite part so far.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrgIRQgwoYTkFhgupjWbdUhBk4Ne4zZkcOlCQMDs9nMSNZaLpb0VP8OZ6ZvxU4_f1aCMJ-GWeu8LBuNTyf7EStD3OkKUt20964qC8jWDQ4fMlk7suGmrewkjPEOhARtEVLLSBJOSQ2T7c/s1600/Facebk+videos+5-30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrgIRQgwoYTkFhgupjWbdUhBk4Ne4zZkcOlCQMDs9nMSNZaLpb0VP8OZ6ZvxU4_f1aCMJ-GWeu8LBuNTyf7EStD3OkKUt20964qC8jWDQ4fMlk7suGmrewkjPEOhARtEVLLSBJOSQ2T7c/s640/Facebk+videos+5-30.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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Now Stephanie also posts on the NCRS Facebook. We're not in competition (I hope.) Just a different slant, and this one will follow me around the country when I do actually go someplace.</div>
So give it a look and you'll be hooked.Dr. Jerry Wilhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07134631001804662945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261402586628805707.post-79270759537131850882018-05-30T22:31:00.000-04:002018-05-30T22:31:14.105-04:00Asparagus Time<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
So did you know that May is National Asparagus Month? Sorry for the late notice. Hopefully you've been enjoying it all month. Although there is only one day left in May, it is perfectly acceptable to continue eating it in June.</div>
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Whenever I think of asparagus I recall the fun trip over to Retail Partner Todd Greiner Farms over in the Hart of asparagus country. That being Hart, Michigan. Greiner Farms grows and processes asparagus for sale to stores all over the country, and it tastes best because it gets AgroLiquid. SAM Burt, Troy and intern Katherine and I went over for a visit almost exactly a year ago. They were introducing a new item: microwavable asparagus. They only had one sample in their office and Katherine and I got into a tug-of-aspargus. She won it as I must have gotten the slippery end. Anyway it was a fun visit to the fields and processing buildings. You can read all about it in the in the exciting two-part Land of Liquid blogs of May 30 and 31, 2017.</div>
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So what ever happened to Katherine anyway? Well it turns out she just graduated from OSU. Well not my OSU (Oklahoma State U) but from that other state starting with O just to the South of Michigan. We used to have quite a few discussions on who is the top O. Her degree was in Plant Pathology and she was helpful at the NCRS in her knowledge of crop diseases. Anyway, she just started as a sales agronomist for one of AgroLiquid's Retail Partners: Carrollton Farmers Exchange in Carrollton, OH. So that is great for them as well as for AgroLiquid. We all wish her well and look forward to seeing her at future functions. Like the AgroExpo at which I look forward to seeing all, or maybe many, of the loyal blog readers. </div>
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So sorry for the onslaught of blogs this weekend. But as I've actually been working every day at the NCRS, I'm tired at night. And that is blog time, so it had to wait till now. Anyway, things are growing as this pic of the orchard shows. The apple trees are now in bloom. Jay and Renae have been keeping up with the fertilizer, herbicide and fungicide applications. </div>
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Wheat is really growing now with an occasional warm and sunny day.<br />
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Albert happened to stop by the NCRS on Friday. Well he should know that if you stop by, you are going to be put to work. Come on, get that bag of soybeans loaded!</div>
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Yes, with the corn all in, it was time to shift to soybeans. Here is Quinten at the fertilizer wagon waiting to load the next treatment into the planter. This is really quite a job to keep up with the correct mix and correct treatment number. But Quinten is a pro at this after several summers of work.</div>
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And off Tim goes on this no-till soybean plot on Farm 6.<br />
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Dr. Zouheir had a busy week as we've seen. Now here he is taking soil samples while Tim and Quinten get ready to start planting. This is an interesting plot as he will determine what effects may have carried over from PrimAgro applied the previous year. And will it compound with more application this year? </div>
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So many questions....but that's our job.Dr. Jerry Wilhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07134631001804662945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261402586628805707.post-4405395652948747422018-05-20T21:50:00.000-04:002018-05-20T21:50:22.286-04:00Nitrogen Plots for AgroExpo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
So the AgroExpo coming up on August 14 and 15 will be more than just a walk around to see cool stuff. You can also see cool stuff and learn something. In fact, the best place for that will be at the Learning Center where several different companies are collaborating to provide educational demonstrations to show the latest in the scientific world of farming. Like here for instance. One of the issues of nitrogen applications is keeping it in the soil for the crop to use. But nitrogen can convert to ammonia and be lost to volatility. Dr. Zouheir has previously shown how High NRG-N and addition of eNhance to 28% can reduce ammonia loss. Plots were established last Friday to show this in the Learning Center. Here I am applying different nitrogen products to the 4 row corn plots. I'm using a pressurized backpack sprayer to apply the different products through the spray boom onto the ground. By the way, this sprayer was my first research purchase back in 1992. And both of us are still going stronger than ever. Well it seems that way to me anyway. That thing is heavy!</div>
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After spraying, Dr. Zouheir installs his passive ammonia capture devices, three per plot. He will use a weak sulfuric acid solution to capture the ammonia as it escapes. The solution is analyzed for ammonia content as a representation of volatility loss. Intern Cami helps him load the samples into the PVC tubes.</div>
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Here is a view of the sampler. The sulfuric acid is in the suspended jar. A lid will seal it off.</div>
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And here is a view of their work. There are nine plots and three samplers per plot. Zouheir will collect the solution for analysis over the upcoming weeks to see how the different products compare in their ability to hold nitrogen in the soil.</div>
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Results will be charted out for the AgroExpo. We are also doing a similar experiment at another location as a follow-up to previous testing. So there, you learned something already.Dr. Jerry Wilhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07134631001804662945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261402586628805707.post-16520808641585663472018-05-19T21:47:00.000-04:002018-05-19T21:47:03.819-04:00Potato Plots Making Us Hungry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
Last week one of the potato experiments was planted. Potato plots are quite a bit shorter than the corn and soybean plots which can be several hundred feet long. But they are no less accurate due to the TLC that Dr. Zouheir provides. He likes to plant by hand in uniform spacing achieved with a rope with tape on it. Seed pieces are sorted for uniformity. Previously he has achieved 100% uniform emergence, so who can argue with that? To do this a trench is made with the planter. Seed pieces are placed, and then I use the backpack sprayer to put a band of the appropriate fertilizer several inches over from the potato and on both sides. Then they are covered up and then we stand back to wait for emergence.</div>
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In the picture Zouheir and Alex set the rope for the next plot while Jenna and Cami lug the potatoes ahead for planting. Quinten works ahead to make the trenches. What's the test about? Well it's a second year of PrimAgro P and K compared to Pro-Germinator and Kalibrate, C-Tech timing and also a new foliar P product will be tested. Can't wait to see how this ends!</div>
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So there are some new experiments at the NCRS this spring: organic fertilizers. Who would have though that? Well with the success of the organic biological product C-Tech, there are now some AgroLiquid organic experimental fertilizers with nutrient content. These are liquid of course. Part of the experimental process is to compare to commercially available products which is what we are doing here. Most of those other products are dry, so we calibrated a spinner spreader to apply 1300 lb/A of this 4-3-2 organic chicken litter product. Now that's quite a load. Seasonal NCRS employee Quinten, who will be a senior at MSU, loads the spreader while interns Jake and Alex make sure none is spilled.</div>
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This is a different application method, but with GPS guidance it went on as planned. Alex drew the short straw and got to turn the spreader on and off and make sure it flowed through the spreader.<br />
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It did a good job of even application over the plot.<br />
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After spreading the ground was worked and then planted. The test liquids were applied with the planter. If successful, this will be an interesting new market.</div>
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This is the planted field, but where are the rows? Well another new thing this year is drag chains behind the planter press wheels. Tim is checking that out this year as they have been said to give more uniform seed coverage and more uniform emergence. Well that would be nice, but I do miss visible rows in my pictures. I'll get over it. Maybe.Dr. Jerry Wilhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07134631001804662945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261402586628805707.post-11341406237379284932018-05-13T09:52:00.000-04:002018-05-13T09:52:22.501-04:00Coming Up Cold<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
So after a productive four days of planting last week, it started raining Friday morning. And after temperatures near 80 for several days, it also turned cold as shown on my Flexometer.</div>
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I stopped over on Farm 5 to check on one of the first fields planted the previous week. I saw some emerged corn and hopped out in the rain to get a quick pic of the row on the edge. Although it was cold now in the morning, surely by afternoon it would warm up so they could continue growing.</div>
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Or maybe not. (They probably won't show these temperature pictures in the Michigan tourist brochures. <i>Come to a state where daytime temps are still in the 30's in mid-May!</i>)</div>
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But we love it here. Having grown corn here at the NCRS for the past 23 seasons, I'm pretty confident it will be the best crop ever.</div>
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So Tuesday was busy as usual. Only we had some extra help from our summer interns on their first day at the NCRS. They are all from MSU and more information to follow. But so far they are a great bunch. And as usual, they were put right to work. In the last post I showed our dry fertilizer spreader. Well here is intern Alex applying some potash on some plots on Farm 7. It does a great job of uniform application as the inset pics show. (This picture is also for those uninformed people who question our research intent and integrity with conventional products in our plots. Our goal is to prove performance through accurate testing of AgroLiquid against standards. It does no good to cheat. So there!) And don't worry, intern Jake will be prominently featured later.</div>
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Also on the farm was planting corn seed plots for the AgroExpo. One of the pains of this operation in the past was vacuuming out the planter boxes with a shop vac and then dumping the seeds back into the seed bags. Well after some inspiration from the Pioneer folks that planted some silage plots last year, Tim and Ron conspired to make our own quick and easy system. And of course it changed our lives. Now with powerful suction the seed goes into that shop vac cone base.....</div>
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...and pull out the bottom door and it falls into the bag. Then load the seed for the next plot. Interns Cami and Jenna don't know how easy they have it compared to the old days. But that's progress.</div>
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And off goes Tim on the next plot. Make sure you come to the AgroExpo on August 14 and 15 to see this and so much more. </div>
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And of course it will change your life. (For the better that is.)Dr. Jerry Wilhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07134631001804662945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261402586628805707.post-13709997456917174182018-05-06T22:32:00.000-04:002018-05-06T22:34:44.739-04:00Planting Progress Week 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
So at least we started planting in April. Well it was the last day on Monday, but April none the less after the delayed start due to winter's long hold. It would be a busy week putting in our research plots. Here is Tim planting a corn fertilizer experiment with our newly enhanced planter with a number of Precision Planting options.</div>
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Have you ever seen a seed firmer with lights? This is the Precision Planting Smart Firmer. It will give you soil temperature, soil moisture and organic matter. And it logs it into the planting map so that you can recall the data later to evaluate overall field conditions and correlate that to yield later. The lights are a nice touch.</div>
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While Tim plants the test plots, Jeff plants all of the production acres. Now he doesn't have a Smart Firmer, but Jeff is happy with his dark seed firmer I'm sure.<br />
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So I actually did something to help this week. I mean other than my usual taking pictures and complaining I actually applied dry fertilizer to test plots. We compare AgroLiquid against a variety of standards like conventional fertilizers. Also we are evaluating combination treatments. We are always fair in establishing plots, as it does no good to cheat. We have a well built air system for dry fertilizer application. It is a Gandy box system with a custom built PTO driven turbine. Very nice.</div>
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This field had a cover crop established last year after wheat harvest that included tillage radish. You can see the holes they produced as they penetrated deep into the soil to loosen any compaction. You can also see evenly applied urea.<br />
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We had some terribly strong winds on Friday with gusts over 50 miles per hour. We rarely get that, and so this old dead tree blew over and created a road block. I was trapped for hours till the county truck came by with a chain saw.<br />
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Also on Friday we made beds for lettuce again. Recall in a post from last September how we had all different kinds of lettuce in cooperative variety plots with a grower from Michigan that also is one of the largest lettuce growers in Florida. Showing the virtues of AgroLiquid fertilizer applied through drip irrigation. So we will soon be in year 2 testing.<br />
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And that was all in a single week. Planting is progressing well, but plenty more to come.Dr. Jerry Wilhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07134631001804662945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261402586628805707.post-6124891587346983552018-04-30T22:39:00.001-04:002018-04-30T22:48:19.399-04:00Oklahoma Spring Brings Challenges<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
So the week before last I made a trip to Oklahoma to check on some research plots and of course found plenty of other things to see. I'm not really a morning person, but Sales Account Manager Jay and I had to get up early to drive to a breakfast meeting. The only nice thing about getting up before the sun comes up is watching the sun come up. Here are some cattle North of Lawton already having breakfast. (I was happy with this picture considering it was taken at 65 miles an hour. Don't worry. Jay was driving.)</div>
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A little further North is the small town of Carnegie which has a cotton gin. Cotton is a big crop in this part of Southwestern OK. A recent innovation in cotton harvesting is the round bale. They are produced within the cotton picker (harvester) and are put out on the end of the fields like a chicken laying an egg. These bales are big, being nearly 7 feet high and weighing 4 to 5 thousand pounds. They each have approximately 3.8-500 pound bales of lint. So it appears that these have pretty much replaced the much larger and harder to move cotton modules. There were hundreds of bales waiting outside the gin. </div>
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Parker Christian is a Retail Partner in Cordell who has enabled outstanding production of cotton. Over the past seasons I have shown pictures of fields with AgroLiquid that are superior to those with other fertilizers. His growers had great success with PrimAgro P fertilizer last year. So what is going on here? Well most of Oklahoma is experiencing terrible drought. In fact it has not rained in 180 days in some places. So not a good environment for growing winter wheat as we see here. In fact we saw no wheat in the area that looked like it would be able to be harvested. The plan now is to spray down this wheat and hope for some rain and plant cotton. Hopefully that happens and it won't be a total loss. Oklahoma has been blessed with three straight years of good cotton. But this is dry country and folks are nervous about the streak continuing.</div>
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Remember former SAM Jacob? He farms over near McLoud, about 30 miles East of Oklahoma City. Well they have had some rain and the wheat looks decent. But drought isn't the main concern in growing corn this spring. How about frost? There were several nights of temperatures in the teens recently which froze off the emerged leaves. But the below-ground growing point enabled re-growth. But in one field the re-growth was frozen again. I had not seen that in Michigan, much less Oklahoma. But corn is strong and pushes on. Ever the agronomist, Jacob likes to leave off the fertilizer pump for a bit to check fertilizer performance. Jay digs some samples.</div>
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No fertilizer on the left and Pro-Germinator + Micro 500 on the right show that in-furrow fertilization will help the corn grow out of the frost damage quicker and make a better crop. Well it still has a ways to go, but look at the bigger roots and taller plant with AgroLiquid.</div>
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By the following weekend the whole state got at least 1.5 inches of rain, and an all day rain at that. So that should help in a lot of ways. It wasn't a drought buster, but it helped. We will see.<br />
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Look for additional news from this trip in the future as there is always more to tell.Dr. Jerry Wilhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07134631001804662945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261402586628805707.post-27229778178616609282018-04-26T22:47:00.001-04:002018-04-26T22:47:32.013-04:00At Last<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
So at the NCRS, we are like most of the country frustrated by the spring weather keeping us out of the field. A week ago it snowed twice. But at last here we are finally doing some field work. I don't recall topdressing wheat this late on the calendar, but are on track with growing degree days. Here we see Tim and Quinten applying a nitrogen treatment on a Farm 3 winter wheat experiment. </div>
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I have seen no area growers out in the field working ground yet. The ground is still pretty cold and wet. But Ron was out working some lighter ground on Farm 3 today. Much more to follow in the days and weeks ahead.</div>
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By the way, next Monday tune in to <i>Ag PhD Radio</i> on Sirius-XM's <i>Rural Radio</i> for a very exciting topic and featured guest. You know you will.</div>
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So sorry for the lapse in regular blog posts....but I've been busy. Now who is in the mood for one last blast from my visit to CA earlier this month? Good. We visited a different kind of field this day. Below we see Chris, Dylan and Keston from Retail Partner <i>LA Hearne</i> in a field of celery near Watsonville. What's different? Well it's <u>O</u>rganic celery. It seems that there are a fair amount of acres of organic vegetable production in this area.</div>
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LA Hearne not only sells organic fertilizer, but also is in the custom application business. In this case it is 1200 lb/A of chicken litter pellets. You can see the application bands that are partly uncovered in the middle and also on the right where the side of the bed has fallen away. Now that is a lot of material, but it seems to work. </div>
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You've heard that "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em." AgroLiquid does have one certified organic product in <b>C-Tech</b>. But Chris assures us that organic products that have nutrients in addition to microbes are not too far off. In fact we are testing organic P and K experimental products at the NCRS this year. So AgroLiquid should have an organic product line someday. We will see if the sun is blotted out from the sky as I never would have thought that would happen. But Chris has told me that <i>It's the best Jerry! The best! </i>Indeed. </div>
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In addition to plot and field visitation, Chris and I were also in CA as speakers at a CCA Seminar in Exeter, near Visalia. There were a variety of speakers providing information on different production ag topics for continuing education credits for Certified Crop Advisers. Below we see Chris speaking about how crop nutrition can help ward off insect pests. Did you know that? I lead off the session with a riveting rendition of Improving <i>Soil Vitality</i> and the effects on crop nutrition. Now I had titled my presentation to be about <i>Soil Health</i>, which is all the rage these days.<i> </i>But it seems that you can't say <i>Soil Health</i> in California as that is not an acceptable term there. Kind of like the name <i>Pro-Germinator.</i> So fortunately I had some time to make the change on my title slide, as I did not want to be in violation of pc statutes. They are rough there in California.</div>
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But it was a good presentation. In fact they told me: <i>It's the best, Jerry! The best!</i>Dr. Jerry Wilhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07134631001804662945noreply@blogger.com