XtremeAg: Cutting The Curve Podcast

Adjusting For The Weather

Farmers love talking about the weather but to be successful in Agriculture you’ve got to do more than just talk, you gotta adjust. Matt and Layne Miles discuss the weather challenges they dealt with in crop season 2022. The third hottest summer in Arkansas weather keeping history followed by huge late summer rains created some problems. Complaining won’t make you money. Or, as Matt Miles says, “We’ve got to find a way to stop blaming the weather for our failures.” Listen to what adjustments Miles Farms made for lessons on how you can salvage a bad weather season.
Presented by AgXplore with support from Agricen.

3 Mistakes You Might Be Making With Your Sprayer

Your sprayer is an expensive piece of equipment that gets plenty of use deploying expensive crop inputs. With all that money involved, it’s important to prevent costly mistakes that can be remedied very inexpensively. Nick Fleitz, Agronomist with Pentair explains three mistakes — worn nozzles, fine droplets, and sprayer contamination — that could very well be robbing yield. Then, Nick outlines the easy fixes that’ll get your spraying dialed in!
Presented by Advanced Drainage Systems with support from Agricen.
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Farming (Successfully!) In Inflationary Times

Inflation is pushing double digits and is likely to continue well into 2023. Ag input prices continue to increase adding to an already existing Ag-inputs pain point from supply chain snarls. From diesel to fertilizer to seed, inflation is increasing the price of every raw material you need to grow a crop. Then there is the issue of interest rates — the cost of borrowed money has doubled and is likely to get even more expensive. To keep your farming operation flowing during these inflationary times you need advice from someone who’s been there and done that. You need Lee Lubbers! Lee shares lessons and insights on how to navigate a financially tumultuous marketplace that many haven’t experienced.
Presented by AgXplore

Is this the future of livestock farming?

If you farm a large livestock operation, then you have a lot of free fertilizer, and likely a lot of government regulation around the application of manure and pad runoff as well. Damian talks with Tim Wolf from Netafim and Kurt Grimm from Nutradrip about a subsurface drip irrigation solution that captures and sends the free, high-nutrient effluent water directly into the root zone of crops in surrounding fields for use as fertilizer.

Maximizing Manure As A Crop Input

With elevated fertilizer prices the new norm and even questions of availability of synthetic fertilizers, manure has become quite popular. But what do we know now about manure that we didn’t as recently as a few years ago as it pertains to application rates, nutrient availability, and preserving the nutrients after manure application? Dave Kaltenberg with Agrotech USA sits down for an informative discussion on maximizing manure as a crop input.
Presented by Advanced Drainage Systems

What The Markets Are Telling Us At Harvest Time & What We Can Learn From It

Markets are always a bit volatile but 2022 was more so than average. Corn prices moved up and down by more than 30%, cotton prices dropped by half, and soybeans weren’t always stable. It’s a good practice to look back at what the year taught you in order to make adjustments for greater success in the year ahead. Bryce Guse and Sean Findley with Silveus Financial join XtremeAg’s Layne Miles to discuss 2022 surprises, predictions made right and wrong, and strategies that worked.
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Geographical Differences

Does it matter where you farm? Or is it just the soil that matters when choosing the right inputs? Damian talks with Mike Evans and Stephanie from Agroliquid about geographical differences and how that changes the way you farm.

THE RICE TRIAL

Damian talks to Robb Dedman and Molly Alexander from Agroliquid about a foliar trial that they are conducting on their rice fields.

Nutrient Stratification — You Have It, Here’s How You Remedy It

The smarter we get the more we realize we don’t know, or at least, didn’t know. So it goes with nutrient stratification in your fields. The traditional (easy) answer has been to throw more fertility at the problem, but as XA's Kelly Garrett says, “I believe we often times have more than adequate fertility, it’s just not where it needs to be or readily available.” And that pretty much sums up the stratification problem — your top few inches of soil are ripe with fertility, but the water and uptake roots are deeper where there’s a nutrient void. Shaun Guthmiller with Concept Agritek explains how to diagnose and remedy nutrient stratification.
Presented by Advanced Drainage Systems

The Results Are In and Residue Cost Kelly Yield

Twice this season — in spring and during summer — we checked in with Garrett Land & Cattle Agronomist, Mike Evans about residue problems on some of their fields. This time we hear from Mike as well as Kelly Garrett with harvest results. Turns out residue build up in certain parts of the farm cost them yield due mostly to poor emergence and a thin stand. You can’t change the weather but you can adjust your practices and your product line up. Mike and Kelly share their takeaways and strategy for residue management in 2023.
Presented by AgXplore