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What Can We Learn From Illinois Farmer & Agronomy Guy, Matt Swanson?
Matt Swanson is an XtremeAg affiliate from western Illinois. Matt explains his farming operation — which consists of acres in the Midwest as well as Arkansas. Matt did 2022 XA trial plots involving s…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
Variable Rate Nitrogen Application — The Proof Is In The Soil!
In a previous episode, Kelly Garrett and Mike Evans discussed a lesson they learned the hard way (it cost them yield and money!) about the practice of variable rate “N” application. In this sequel, M…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
New Opportunities to Make More Per Acre in 2023
XtremeAg’s Kelly Garrett was at the forefront of profiting off carbon credits. As the carbon marketplace becomes more clearly defined and understood, the opportunity to boost revenue on farms is expa…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Johnny’s Potentially Winning Wheat Strategy
You don’t think of western Tennessee as wheat country. Never the less, XA Affiliate Johnny Verell is bringing a competitive edge to the 2023 XtremeAg Wheat Wager. He takes his wheat very seriously --…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Results From Kelly’s 2022 Objective of Stress Mitigation
In Fall of 2021, Kelly stated his over-arching objective for Garrett Land & Cattle’s 2022 cropping season was stress mitigation. Turns out it was the perfect year to focus effort on reducing crop str…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
How We Produce Big Yield, High Profit Wheat with Temple and Chad
Face it, wheat production is often last on the list when it comes to the love and attention you devote (or don’t!) to the golden grain. But it shouldn’t be mistreated, it should be carefully treated,…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Kevin’s Big Takeaways From 2022
Successful farm operators takes the winter season to reflect on lessons learned the prior season then go about applying those lessons for greater return next season. Kevin Matthews shares his big tak…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
No More Cotton? Meet Tennessee Farmer Johnny Verell
Johnny Verell left his Jackson, Tennessee farm to attend Murray State University at his grandfather’s insistence. “He said I couldn’t farm if I didn’t go to college,” Johnny says. He returned to the …
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Adjusting The Acreage Mix For 2023
Last year, Kelly Garrett planned to plant more soybean acres than corn. He didn’t end up doing that, nor did he dabble more in soybean following soybean acres. Why did he change his cropping mix plan…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Adjusting For The Weather
Farmers love talking about the weather but to be successful in Agriculture you’ve got to do more than just talk, you gotta adjust. Matt and Layne Miles discuss the weather challenges they dealt with …
Published on 3 years ago