Charlie,
SOme folks think yield is not the economic engine that needs to be looked into closely when marketing our western Canadian grains.
I object!
I think we should take a long hard look at our CWB mentality on quality vs. quantity! We have been brainwashed!
Did you see these yeilds?
Steven Albracht, a farmer from Hart, Texas, won the NCGA contest's ridge-till, irrigated division with a yield of 319.7617 bushels per acre.
2nd place went to Kip Cullers of Purdy, Mo., with a yield of 297.711 bushels per acre. Last year Cullers had the second highest corn yield @ 345 bu/ac. On this same ground Cullers won this years Missouri Soybean Association's 2006 yield contest with 139 bu/ac.
Cullers decided to enter the soybean contest in mid July after the feild looked promising. The Pioneer soybean variety 94m80 seed population was 245,000 final stand planted on 7.5". The plants averaged 120pods/plant. Cullers said this wasn't his only good feild, as he had another feild that yielded 131 bu/ac this year.
Albracht's 70-acre clay loam, center-pivot irrigated field in Castro County was planted with Pioneer 33B51 in 30-inch rows at a plant population of 40,800. The field was planted to cotton last year and had an application of feedlot manure. Fifty-two tons of manure has been applied to this field over the last three years, Albracht said.
In addition to the manure, he also applied urea and, later, liquid nitrogen through the center pivot. Albracht used a micronutrient compound and treated his seed with insecticide prior to planting.
Though this field is ridge-tilled, Albracht does not shy away from certain tillage practices.
"I have run a DMI subsoiler through the field," he said. "I just think it is a good idea to do this every once in a while."
Albracht has entered the NCGA's corn growing contest for about five years. He won the state title two times and finished in the top three in nationals three times, including this year's first place finish in his division.
Albracht, who farms about 1,800 acres, feels there are two factors that are vital to achieving high yields in corn production. The first factor is applying enough water on the field, especially during certain plant growth stages such as pollination.
"This summer I figure the field had about 38 to 40 inches of water, including rainfall and irrigation," he said. "We applied a lot of water in the May-to-August time frame when it only rained 3 inches. Then in August alone it rained 8 inches so we finally got to shut the pivot off for a while."
The second factor, Albracht said, is important is a consistent stand.
Wouldn't our economics and marketing change if we doubled our yields?
SOme folks think yield is not the economic engine that needs to be looked into closely when marketing our western Canadian grains.
I object!
I think we should take a long hard look at our CWB mentality on quality vs. quantity! We have been brainwashed!
Did you see these yeilds?
Steven Albracht, a farmer from Hart, Texas, won the NCGA contest's ridge-till, irrigated division with a yield of 319.7617 bushels per acre.
2nd place went to Kip Cullers of Purdy, Mo., with a yield of 297.711 bushels per acre. Last year Cullers had the second highest corn yield @ 345 bu/ac. On this same ground Cullers won this years Missouri Soybean Association's 2006 yield contest with 139 bu/ac.
Cullers decided to enter the soybean contest in mid July after the feild looked promising. The Pioneer soybean variety 94m80 seed population was 245,000 final stand planted on 7.5". The plants averaged 120pods/plant. Cullers said this wasn't his only good feild, as he had another feild that yielded 131 bu/ac this year.
Albracht's 70-acre clay loam, center-pivot irrigated field in Castro County was planted with Pioneer 33B51 in 30-inch rows at a plant population of 40,800. The field was planted to cotton last year and had an application of feedlot manure. Fifty-two tons of manure has been applied to this field over the last three years, Albracht said.
In addition to the manure, he also applied urea and, later, liquid nitrogen through the center pivot. Albracht used a micronutrient compound and treated his seed with insecticide prior to planting.
Though this field is ridge-tilled, Albracht does not shy away from certain tillage practices.
"I have run a DMI subsoiler through the field," he said. "I just think it is a good idea to do this every once in a while."
Albracht has entered the NCGA's corn growing contest for about five years. He won the state title two times and finished in the top three in nationals three times, including this year's first place finish in his division.
Albracht, who farms about 1,800 acres, feels there are two factors that are vital to achieving high yields in corn production. The first factor is applying enough water on the field, especially during certain plant growth stages such as pollination.
"This summer I figure the field had about 38 to 40 inches of water, including rainfall and irrigation," he said. "We applied a lot of water in the May-to-August time frame when it only rained 3 inches. Then in August alone it rained 8 inches so we finally got to shut the pivot off for a while."
The second factor, Albracht said, is important is a consistent stand.
Wouldn't our economics and marketing change if we doubled our yields?
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