VRT.. Echelon or Farmers Edge

[farmaholic]

Sooooo, land prices will be coming down?

Oh well, it looked good on the Net Worth Statement for a while.

[seabass]

Easy to say and do on 1500 acres but try it on 5000 plus. You still need help for some of it.
Agree ado on the veris. We have finished all our acres now and it is one thing that will never change so you will always have that as a good reference for making zones.

[fjlip]

Maybe not selling saved us from losing it on paper and in other investments. Just an imaginary number, buying power was low in inflated housing etc. Time will tell, if you have time to wait that is.

[Klause]

Last couple years all this new money poured into the economy has just been diluting value.

20 bucks an hr and a 275000 house or 40 and a 550000 house... Same thing except you have more interest costs.


People don't get it... In the depression governments print money and built things... New highways tracks bridges... dams schools hospitals. All these are real hard assets adding to the value of the country and thus it's currency.


All this money getting poured into equity markets inflates paper. It's like getting a farmer getting a 250000 cheque... If you invest it in land a tractor cattle grain bins or paying off debt it increases your net worth.


If you spend it on hookers and blow it makes you feel happy for a little while and then the money is gone and you have nothing to show for it. That's basically what governments are doing today.

[JDGreen]

how much for a veris machine and how long does it take to do a 1/4?? I also agree it's the best way

[mbratrud]

JD I believe it's a couple hours to pull EM 38 across a quarter. Cost likely varies but 4 - 7 and acre?? But you do once. Once your zones and sampling points are established it may be cost 2 - 5 per acre per year depending on testing and what you can do yourself.

[mbratrud]

JD I believe it's a couple hours to pull EM 38 across a quarter. Cost likely varies but 4 - 7 and acre?? But you do once. Once your zones and sampling points are established it may be cost 2 - 5 per acre per year depending on testing and what you can do yourself.

[mbratrud]

JD I believe it's a couple hours to pull EM 38 across a quarter. Cost likely varies but 4 - 7 and acre?? But you do once. Once your zones and sampling points are established it may be cost 2 - 5 per acre per year depending on testing and what you can do yourself.

[Klause]

JDGreen, here's some info for you:

<a href="http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/plantsci/soilfert/sf1176-2.pdf"/>

[Klause]

[URL="http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/plantsci/soilfert/sf1176-2.pdf"]ND EC Zone Info[/URL]

[bgmb]

Can someone explain to me what an EC machine does and how it makes zones?

My understanding is that it measures clay content (texture) of your soil. Can it be thrown off by varying PH levels?

[furrowtickler]

We are going to try a different path - keep seeding requirements basic then VR top dressing and or foliar feeding/ fungicide on the crop that is there at the time not what I wish at or before seeding . Even a good BR program can get washed away after seeding, and yeild maps from the previous year can prove fruitless if Mother Nature floods you good crop areas . Right or wrong that's the angle we are going to try with VR .
Agree with others that sectional control will pay somewhat regardless of growing season anonomalies