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Nov 1, 2024

Cattle Production, Equestrian

I live in East Texas and this is our first year with farm animals. We have 13 acres, one yearling horse, a cow, and a 10 month old bull. I am trying to see how much hay we will need for the winter. They are free grazing on about 10 acres total. When we bought our property last year the winter didn’t kill the grass and our neighbor who is mainly a cattle farmer had his animals on his pasture and only supplied 1 round bale to all his cattle per day. He has easily 20 plus head eating the one bale. He has them on about 15 acres or so. I’m trying to kind of judge based off of what he was doing but don’t want to do anything wrong. We absolutely love our animals and don’t want to over feed or under feed them. I am also wondering what kind of hay I should purchase for them. Should I purchase coastal hay for the horse and cow hay for the cows or should I just feed them all the coastal hay even though it’s more expensive? We are so lost here, so any advice is greatly appreciated.

Cattle Production

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Cattle Production

Equestrian

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Oct 28, 2024

Business Development, Commodity Marketing, Crop Protection, Fertilizer, Soil, Nutrients, Field Crops, Row Crops, Organic Production, Precision Ag, Data Management, Public Relations, Socia...

Best conferences to attend this winter for Agronomists working with row crop & dryland cropping systems, Precision Ag, and Farm Management in US and Canada?

Field Crops, Row Crops

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Field Crops, Row Crops

Fertilizer, Soil, Nutrients

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Oct 28, 2024

Business Development, Farm Wellness, Farmland, Real Estate, Finance, Accounting, Insurance, Succession Planning

#Farmers Genesis Fertilizers LP coming to 20 towns near you starting with Dawson Creek (28th) then Manning, Valley View, Fairview…learn how this project matters to you. Connect on AGvisorPRO | Answers Now It’s a lot of work putting on a road show. Support them with a listen. https://genesisfertilizers.com/future/

Business Development

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Business Development

Finance, Accounting

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Oct 16, 2024

Cattle Production

Hello I wanted to reach out to you on behalf of the Yastro group of businesses. Yastro is currently exploring potential Canadian green lentil suppliers/exporters to Russia. Yastro is a modern, vertically integrated group of companies in the Russian agricultural and biotechnological context. The Group's companies actively develop and produce high-quality, marketable, and diverse products using the latest advances and technologies in different sectors, such as the dairy industry, crop production and crop product processing. Yastro is looking to purchase 200-300 tons of green lentil seeds for the new planting period. Please reach out to me with seed varieties, export possibilities and other details. Thank you for your time and consideration. Best regards, Dhanashree Shinde

Cattle Production

Cattle Production

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Oct 10, 2024

Crop Protection, IT, GPS, Monitors, Sprayers

I am currently creating variable rate spraying maps with Pix4dfields. Is it possible to have a exact apply equipped sprayer change the rate via PWM on each individual nozzle? An example would be 3 zones; 0 gal/ac, 8ga/ac, 15gal/ac at the nozzle level.

Crop Protection

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Crop Protection

IT, GPS, Monitors

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Oct 7, 2024

AGvisorPRO, Business Development, Commodity Marketing, Farmland, Real Estate, Field Crops, Row Crops, Finance, Accounting, Insurance, Precision Ag, Data Management

Thoughts on farm fuel prices going forward? Is there value in doing a fuel contract ?

Field Crops, Row Crops

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Field Crops, Row Crops

Precision Ag, Data Management

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Oct 2, 2024

Fertilizer, Soil, Nutrients

Can someone help explain this fertility deal? Family has been applying based on removal plus some to build p and k level. Here’s the test I did that’s stumping me. Soil test levels were n 15 ppm p1 39 ppm k 303 ppm s 7 ppm. We applied manure and commercial fert for a total of 150lbs N 237 lbs P 440 lbs K and 53 lbs S. We chopped silage this fall and I took a composite test and separately tested two wet spots that had no crop this year. 1 has always been a wet spot and the other has never been a wet spot until this year. The 1 year wet spot shows 13ppm N 31 ppm P1 205 ppm K and 53 ppm s. If we look at what was applied these levels should be significantly higher apart from nitrogen which leaches of course. The rest of the field that grew a 180 bushel corn crop and was chopped test the following. 9 ppm N 48 ppm p1 320 ppm k and 10 ppm sulfur. My question is why doesn’t the test show an elevated level of these nutrients if nothing was removed in the one test? Has me questioning a lot of what I’ve been told about fertility

Fertilizer, Soil, Nutrients

Fertilizer, Soil, Nutrients

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Sep 28, 2024

Crop Handling Equipment, Crop Protection, Field Crops, Row Crops, Harvest Equipment, Seeding, Fert, Irrigation, Sprayers

Has anyone done any testing with desiccating soybeans? Pros and cons? Any yield benefit?

Field Crops, Row Crops

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Field Crops, Row Crops

Crop Protection

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Sep 26, 2024

Aerators, Business Development, Cages, Carbon, Commodity Marketing, Crop Handling Equipment, Crop Protection, Drones, Fertilizer, Soil, Nutrients, Field Crops, Row Crops, Finance, Account...

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Field Crops, Row Crops

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Field Crops, Row Crops

Fertilizer, Soil, Nutrients

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Sep 25, 2024

Field Crops, Row Crops

I’m interested in trying new sorghum varieties on my farm. Any recommendations?

Field Crops, Row Crops

Field Crops, Row Crops

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Sep 19, 2024

Drones, Precision Ag, Data Management

What kind of drones do y’all have and what do y’all use them for currently?

Precision Ag, Data Management

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Precision Ag, Data Management

Drones

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Sep 19, 2024

Managing Volunteer Canola Competition in Forage Stand: Strategies for Removal

Seeded brand new forage stand of Alfalfa, Sainfoin, Cicer Milkvetch and 4 grasses this spring. Emergence and populations are looking good, but it has competion from a ~10bu/acre volunteer canola crop that is ripening fast. Alfalfa is tall, and only 4-6" shorter than the canola stalks. Since herbicides aren't an.option with this blend what should I do with this? Don't want to risk winter kill with the forage, but would like to eliminate the tough canola stalks. Combine after a good killing frost? Mow after a few killing frosts? Mow in the spring? Do nothing?

Forage Crops

Forage Crops

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Sep 17, 2024

Hydraulic Capacity and Fluid Type for the 8920 Tractor

8920 hydraulic oil capacity tractor and type of fluid to use

Tractors

Tractors

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Sep 16, 2024

Troubleshooting Chain Tension Issues with Seed Hawk Farming Equipment

Chain won’t keep tension on shanks due to packing pressure seed hawk

Seeding, Fert, Irrigation

Seeding, Fert, Irrigation

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Sep 14, 2024

Achieving Zero Residue Glyphosate in Corn Plants for High-Quality Dairy Cow Feed

Hello. Need information about desicating corn plants for seed which will be used for dairy cows. Is it true, that low centration glyphosates spraying at R5 stage gives you zero residue glyphosate at harvesting? Thanks

Cattle Production

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Cattle Production

Forage Crops

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Sep 14, 2024

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Does anyone know if you can release a 640D header to allow for free floating lateral tilt when not using the automatic height control option?

Harvest Equipment

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Harvest Equipment

Crop Handling Equipment

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Sep 11, 2024

Will Daikon Radish Attract Corn Seed Maggot as an Organic Corn Cover Crop?

We are considering growing Daikon Radish as a cover crop behind Organic Corn to scavenge Nitrogen and clean up our soil profile. Our concern is whether the crop will act as a host for Corn Seed Maggot in the Spring?

Field Crops, Row Crops

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Field Crops, Row Crops

Crop Protection

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Sep 11, 2024

The Real Cost of Leasing a Hagie from John Deere's Commercial Applicator Program

Does anyone have any experience with the John Deere commercial applicator program leasing? Just wondering how much I should expect a yearly payment payment for a Hagie through that program

Field Crops, Row Crops

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Field Crops, Row Crops

Fertilizer, Soil, Nutrients

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Aug 25, 2024

Optimizing Your Custom Spraying: The Realistic Amount of Acres Covered in a Year

How many acres can a sprayer realistically go across in a year doing custom spraying?

Field Crops, Row Crops

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Field Crops, Row Crops

Fertilizer, Soil, Nutrients

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Aug 20, 2024

Exploring Your Options to Expand Your Farm Operation: Renting, Crop Sharing or Custom Farming

How to expand the farm either renting crop sharing or custom farming.

Field Crops, Row Crops

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Field Crops, Row Crops

Finance, Accounting

+ 9

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Aug 20, 2024

The Ins and Outs of Rino Winter Wheat: Traits and Availability

Looking for info on Rino Winter Wheat. Traits, availability 

Field Crops, Row Crops

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Field Crops, Row Crops

Fertilizer, Soil, Nutrients

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Aug 11, 2024

Evaluating the Performance of the Green Lightning Machine: Trial Data and Experiences

Does anyone have experience or trial data from the Green lightning machine

Fertilizer, Soil, Nutrients

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Fertilizer, Soil, Nutrients

Crop Protection

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Aug 1, 2024

Social Media Mistakes: Have You Ever Posted Something That Came Back to Haunt You?

Have you ever posted something that has come back to bite you? This in defence of my July crop report based on nearly 40 hours of driving through AB, SK to the MB border.

Field Crops, Row Crops

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Field Crops, Row Crops

Fertilizer, Soil, Nutrients

+ 4

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Jul 31, 2024

Taking Control of Alberta Soil Health: Discover the Revolutionary Database at Booth 267

Building a Database for Alberta Soil Health, come check out booth 267.

Precision Ag, Data Management

Precision Ag, Data Management

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Jul 30, 2024

AGvisorPRO Hosts Unofficial AgSmart Afterparty at Bulldogs Saloon

Who's coming to the unofficial AgSmart afterparty tonight at Bulldogs Saloon hosted by AGvisorPRO?

Precision Ag, Data Management

Precision Ag, Data Management

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