Start clean, stay clean! It’s time to talk Herbicide Challenges. This month the agronomy experts at Central Valley Ag discuss keeping your fields clean. Josh Beckman, Field Sales...
This month the CVA agronomy team dives into the topic of Protecting Your Nitrogen Investment. Tim Mundorf, CVA Nutrient Management Lead, is joined by Paul Rasmussen and Aaron Sindelar. Paul works...
Typically, we use a shovel or spade to dig up a plant to look at a shallow compaction issue. It's very interesting to take it a step further and get into a 4 to 5 foot deep pit in a field to...
In this week's Agronomy Focus Video, we got down into a root pit with Mike Petersen Lead Scientist at Orthman Manufacturing, Inc. CVA's Innovation Agronomist, Mick Goedeken also joined in...
In this week’s Agronomy Focus Video, we continue our discussion about what we can do to keep our plants appropriately spaced in the row. Last time we talked about the seed meter and its...
Every season I read about the new, big item on the market that's a cure-all for any issues within your herd. Unfortunately, the truth is that the majority of the "added value"...
In our last couple of Agronomy Focus articles we have talked about assessing your stand and how you can check the spacing of your plants and the depth they were planted. This week, we worked with...
The summer weather has arrived, and I’ve enjoyed watching calves grow as they are turned out to grass. Creep feed season is here, and now is the time to take advantage of the excellent creep...
When we are out looking at our fields, it's always a good idea to bring along a shovel. Early in the season, a small garden shovel works well, but later in the season (V6+ corn), it's best...
It’s worthwhile to spend some time in your cornfields taking stand counts and assessing your stand compared to your planting population. While there, you can make some observations about the...