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Fertilizing Your Wheat Crop Based on Solid Data

Krissy Lampe — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:18:57 +0000

With wheat harvest barely in the rearview mirror, it is not too early to start thinking about next year’s wheat crop. That starts with knowing the nutrient levels in your fields. Whether you are planning on planting in fallow ground, or planting continuous wheat, it is important to have the information necessary to fertilize each [...]

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Tax Deductions Available for Residual Fertility on Purchased Land

Krissy Lampe — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 13:35:47 +0000

When we typically think of grid sampling, our goal is to locate where nutrients are deficient and in excess across a field. This allows us to target fertilizer applications only to areas that require additional fertilizer and take advantage of the excess nutrients in other areas of the field by reducing the amount of fertilizer [...]

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InfoAg – Capturing Innovative Ideas

Corry Israel — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 15:37:18 +0000

The first InfoAg conference was held in 1995. In 2001, I attended my first conference as a fresh hire at Crop Quest. It seems like a long time ago, but I can still remember the excitement that came with it. Precision Ag was in its infancy and there was always something new to discover. But then again, I suppose that's the nature of being on the cutting edge. There [...]

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Thriving Off Of Precision Agriculture

Tracy Smith — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:00:26 +0000

It isn’t a question of why would you use precision agriculture (PA) on your farm? It’s a matter of why wouldn’t you use PA? As Craig Koehn, Crop Quest Agronomist from Montezuma, KS sees it, utilizing precision tools can potentially save time and money on most farms. In fact, precision agriculture is becoming such a [...]

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GPS Soil Sampling – The Basics Exposed

Tracy Smith — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 08:25:17 +0000

GPS soil sampling marks the end of one crop, while welcoming the beginning of the next. The decisions made at this point will affect a farms direction over the season to come. So, it’s worth spending a little time evaluating what went well, what can be improved and how to adjust. Hopefully this planning will [...]

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Does Precision Ag Pay?

Tracy Smith — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 08:00:09 +0000

“Yes is does!” exclaims Farrell Allison, Crop Quest Agronomist in the Dodge City, KS Division. “At times, Precision Agriculture information and technology can be overwhelming but once all the pieces are together, it does pay,” he states. Allison consults on approximately 40 fields that are using some type of Precision Agriculture (PA) system. The most [...]

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