2025 field work
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I had knee surgery on Monday. I was at the "poop or get off the pot" point with the decision to do it where I would have to wait until summer if it didn't happen soon. So I've been lagging a bit. I did get my ammonia bar hooked up and pulled out yesterday. Some of the supply hoses are about 7 years past expiration.
Still frost in the ground here. But I imagine not after tonight.
Still frost in the ground here. But I imagine not after tonight.
It’s actually because he loves to streak.
Syngenta closed a couple research sites and let some folks go from their Slater research location. Supposedly they closed all their Canada sites and let go all their sales staff. Declining sales in Canada the last few years.
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Well, that sucks. A lot of good Cyclones worked there. A lot of people questioning Syngenta's global commitment since they sold.
We’re strip tillers. Been happy with the results. This will be year 14 of strip till. We have 400 acres of NH3 strips left to make this spring and 1500 in corn stalks going to beans. So we have some work to do. Hoping things dry out soon.
Also, we have planted all of our beans first for the last 3 years. The results have been fantastic!
Also, we have planted all of our beans first for the last 3 years. The results have been fantastic!
This. Stay out of the fields. Strip till, No till, save every bit of moisture in the ground.
The hardest thing to do was trying to convince farmers to plant later maturity beans at field days. They all wanted to plant early varieties so they could harvest them first and then go right into corn. I don't know what maturity range you are in but farmers didn't want to risk using a later maturity bean due to frost potential. FYI - I was in soy research for 10+ years.
I’m in NCIA. 2.0-2.8 is a good place to be for us. I sell seed as well. I have a couple aggressive customers pushing maturity later. One customer is going to try 3.7 and defoliate them. 40 acres. Hoping to get them planted really early.
We are in northern Iowa. We plant 2.0-2.8. Seed beans for Pioneer. Would plant 2.4-2.7 if I had my choice. Lots of 25A16E.
I’m guessing 3.7 isn’t going to work but it’s only 40 acres. We’re not treating the beans until we know they will be planted. If not planted by April 20 we’re switching to a 3.1. It’s going to be a good learning experience.
In 2020 we planted some beans March 21, then April 4, then finished the field April 29. All yielded the same. March 21 beans were coming out of the ground and it got to 23 one night. Thought for sure they would be dead. Tough little buggers.
Yup.
We've been going earlier and earlier on bean maturity. We had some 1.2s go 79 last year in NCIA (very far north - 1.5 miles from MN border). Planted April 12. In our climate, we've never got a yield boost by planting later varieties, and all it ended up doing was delaying corn harvest. Our 1.2 acres averaged 69 last year.
I’ve been putting flags out for plots since Tuesday in NE IA. There is still frost in the ground in most places
