by Breanne Baker | Oct 5, 2015 | Agronomic Service, Agronomy, Articles, Soil Testing
One of the most common questions growers ask Decisive Farming Agronomists this time of year is whether or not to apply Nitrogen fertilizer in Fall or to wait until Spring. The response to them is it depends. The efficacy of Nitrogen applications depends on the...
by Breanne Baker | Sep 10, 2015 | Agronomic Service, Agronomy, Articles, Optimize RX, Precision Farming, Soil Testing, Uncategorized
Soil testing is an essential tool to making informed and profitable decisions for your farming operation. However, soil testing without a clear plan isn’t an approach any grower should take. Here are 4 important soil testing practices to help you develop a solid plan...
by Breanne Baker | Aug 31, 2015 | Agronomy, Articles, Soil Testing, Uncategorized
There are numerous benefits to growing crops like fall rye or winter wheat that can drastically improve the efficiency, profitability and diversity of your operation. Many across the prairies have realized this and have begun growing these types of crops with great...
by Breanne Baker | Aug 31, 2015 | Agronomy, Articles, Precision Farming, Soil Testing, Uncategorized, Variable Rate Technology
The combines have begun roaring across western Canada in the past couple of weeks which means that once again it is the grueling point of year where every minute counts when it comes to getting your crops off in a timely fashion. One of the biggest factors that...
by Breanne Baker | Aug 14, 2015 | Agronomy, Articles
Pre-harvest herbicide applications have been popular in western Canadian agriculture production for years, but needs change from year to year and field to field. Your options continue to change as well which means many factors need to be considering when deciding on...
by Decisive Farming | Jul 22, 2015 | Agronomy, Articles, Crop Production
The 2015 growing season is not even into harvest yet, but there is already some considerations to be thinking about on your fields for crop planning in 2016. Herbicide applications get made without knowledge of what the rest of the seasons rainfall will look like; if...