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Rain, Rain, Rain…The Benefits of Crop Satellite Imagery

Corry Israel — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 19:55:43 +0000

Throughout the year, we look to our Agronomists and Precision Ag Specialists for their expertise and input on providing timely and knowledgeable articles to our customers and industry leaders via our electronic newsletter. Every summer, we challenge our Interns to do the same. We award up to 5 scholarships per year for winning articles. The [...]

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Split Nitrogen Applications Are Evolving

Tracy Smith — Mon, 15 May 2017 08:00:51 +0000

Recently I was asked to contribute to an article Precision Ag Professional was putting together. The point of view from the corn belt on split nitrogen applications was interesting. I was a little surprised at the implied low number of split applications being made in the corn belt since this is a well-established practice under [...]

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Why The Sudden Interest In Corn Nitrogen Models?

Tracy Smith — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 08:00:33 +0000

Risk management appears to top the list of reasons. Weather causes uncertainty, which leads to questions about nitrogen movement. Nitrogen (N) losses and nitrogen use vary with the weather. Many areas this spring were wetter than normal, so growers ask where did the nitrogen go? Do I have enough N remaining in that field to [...]

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CQIQ Part I: What We Learned in Oklahoma City

Tracy Smith — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 13:07:12 +0000

Your Crop Quest Agronomist was a little tough to get a hold of during the beginning of November. We all attended our annual “CQIQ” (Crop Quest Information Quest) Meeting. This year’s meeting in Oklahoma City, highlighted a variety of agronomic topics, keeping us “up-to-date” on the latest innovations and research in the region. Tuesday’s general [...]

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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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