Podcast Episodes

Burnt Beans — A Strategy For Higher Soybean Yields

Temple Rhodes has been toying around for years with methods to stunt his soybeans early season in an effort to attain higher yields end of season. He’s used chemistry, various timed applications of p…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Adjusting Your Fertility Budget To The Price of Corn

Episode 160

Chad Henderson doesn’t like to skimp on crop inputs. He is, after all, one of the “send it twins” — always ready to push the limits and add an additional application. That’s why we at XA thought it’d…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Money Versus Yield: Maximizing Profit in Corn Farming

Imagine a field day where the topic isn’t how big or beautiful the corn is, but instead how profitable the field will be. That’s the concept of this year's research plot at Matt Miles’ McGehee, Arkan…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Unlocking Yield Potential: The Power of "Mini-Micros" in Crop Nutrition

In this episode, we dive deep into the often overlooked world of "mini-micros" – essential trace elements like cobalt, nickel, and molybdenum that could be the missing link in your crop nutrition str…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

How to Optimize Your In-Furrow Planting Program

Kelly Garrett says only about ten to fifteen percent of America’s farms use planters equipped with in-furrow application technology. That said, more farmers are looking to utilize in-furrow to provid…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Why Sam Coutu is Reallocating His Fertility Spend in 2024

XtremeAg’s Canadian affiliate Sam Coutu is giddy about how spring is shaping up for his Quebec farming operation. Sam went to the fields this year with refurbished planters and a different mindset. T…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Side Dressing Corn with a Liquid Diet

After the corn is planted and emerged, it’s time to plan your next several fertility passes. That is, unless you are flinger of dry fertility using the “one and done” approach, which as it turns out,…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Manure Magic: Managing Manure for Better Agronomic Outcomes

Manure can be magical for improving your soil and attaining bigger crops. But, like any fertility source, it can be over-applied creating imbalanced soil fertility. Getting the most from a manure sou…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Are You Reluctant to Go No-Till Because You Think You’ll Lose Yield?

Are you reluctant to go no-till because you think you’ll lose yield? Does planting into heavy crop residue concern you? Kelly, Lee, and Kevin explain their methods to attaining high — sometimes recor…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

How Autonomous Farming is Already Transforming Agriculture

Autonomous farm machinery is coming. Before you get excited (or overwhelmed) by the prospect of driverless equipment, understand this: Autonomy is coming in incremental doses, it’s applicable to your…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago