Late-season issues are showing up on yield monitors as harvest gets underway. Two common things we are seeing are stalk rots and ear rots. While the crop looked very clean at silking, many fields were hit with late season disease outbreaks such as Gray Leaf Spot and Rust. In many of these fields, the disease…
Tag: Harvest
The Deeper Meaning
As growers prepare for harvest, it’s a great time to gather observations about the crop. The combine cab is similar to a chair in the doctor’s office in that most growers can make observations about symptoms of ailments they are seeing when they are at a different angle above the crop. The real question that…
Rethinking Residue Management: Unlocking Nutrients
Many growers are preparing to harvest a large crop this fall, having been blessed with ample rainfall and excellent growing conditions. A side effect of a large grain harvest in many cases is that big yields often come with big plants and large amounts of residue. Managing large amounts of residue can present challenges not…
360 CHAINROLL: Beta Season Review
Driven by a passion to help manage residue, Gregg put together a strong engineering team to develop this new retrofit stalk roll system designed to improve the following year’s plant stands, and help improve the availability of nutrients locked within the residue. As a result, 360 CHAINROLL was created, and was tested on fields throughout…
360 YIELD SAVER: Field-testing Latest Harvest Innovation
As time speeds along in the farming industry, we have seen many changes. When it comes to harvesting corn, the growth in scale and technology has changed drastically over the years. When I was growing up on a John Deere 7700, I was impressed by all of the processes going on inside the machine. Today,…
Better N Availability with Advanced Residue Management
Our goal at 360 Yield Center is to help you get the most from your nitrogen investment. So at Proving Grounds 2015, I shared a new way to make nitrogen more readily available in our fields – starting at harvest. 360 CHAINROLL is a new retrofit stalk roll that crimps and chops the stalk while…
Yield Results Start at Harvest: Manage Your Residue
Harvest is here. And, the residue your combine leaves behind can make an impact on what your yield monitor displays a year from now. Harvest tools can set you up for an optimal growing environment for 2016. You can manage corn residue to be an advantage while minimizing residue obstructions at planting. Why Residue Management…
2014 Soybean Harvest: Three Tips Towards a Quality Crop
The 2014 soybean harvest season hasn’t been very cooperative to say the least. Most of the Midwest is experiencing wet conditions, yet – in terms of development – the USDA is calling this crop average. On October 7th, 83% of the soybeans were dropping leaves, just 1% behind the normal pace. Still, harvest remains slow,…