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If you judge a book by its cover you will never know what is on the inside – as is the same in field scouting. You should never judge what is happening to crops in the center of a field based on what you see on the outside of the field.
Every spring, usually around April, we get the itch to walk the fence and appraise pasture conditions for the long-anticipated turnout. Depending on your operation and location, that might mean a herd of freshening cows or cows with calves alongside.
We all remember the drought of 2012; dryland ground that had produced well for many years now had nothing. In my town, oak trees started to die. There was one topic everyone was discussing: rain.
The landscape of North Dakota before farming was dominated by prairie. The prairies thrived for thousands of years and consisted of grasses and broadleaf plants that deconstructed sediment minerals, releasing nutrients they needed, such as phosphorus, potassium and zinc, and tending to conserve and recycle them close to the soil surface.
In pesticide application, two important factors are pesticide efficacy and spray drift management. The goal is to achieve 100 percent pest control with 0 percent spray drift. As with most situations where you can’t control all the variables, achieving this goal is a tall order.
A study with four rake types conducted in Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin shows about 70 percent of relative forage quality (RFQ) in alfalfa results from leaf percentage. Every time drying alfalfa is moved in the field, leaves are lost and RFQ is reduced.
Regardless of whether hay is raised for your own use or for sale, quality is important for obtaining the best value. Hay value is governed by its nutrient content, palatability, digestibility and absence of toxic plants and other foreign substances.
I think it was about 15 years ago. I was minding my own business, getting a few groceries on my way home. The total fit into two or three plastic bags. The young teenage girl bagging groceries asked me if I needed help out with my purchase.
Exhaust leaks can be dangerous to the operator but also may rob your truck or equipment of needed power. Because turbo chargers rely on exhaust pressure, leaks between the turbo unit and the exhaust manifold will reduce the performance of a turbo-charged engine.
Grazing animals can often be used as a tool in obtaining a forage stand. When livestock are placed in a pasture in which seed has been broadcast, hoof action can improve seed-soil contact.
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