by Breanne Baker | Aug 28, 2017 | Articles, Crop Production, Equipment, Farm Data Management, Optimize RX, Precision Farming, Variable Rate Technology
Harvest time is a hectic time for growers. While it can hold the promise of a bountiful yield, it is also means juggling any number of tasks, from making sure you have enough boots on the ground to ensuring your equipment is working and in the field. With all the...
by Decisive Farming | Jan 19, 2017 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Crop Production, Farm Data Management
A current buzzword in the food and agriculture sector is traceability. In simple terms, traceability is the ability to follow an item or group of items such as animals, plants and food products throughout the supply chain, from farm to fork. The growing demand for...
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...
by Decisive Farming | Jul 5, 2015 | Articles, Crop Production, Field Scouting
Diseases are always a concern in crops across western Canada; Even in a drier condition year, there is still disease apparent in many fields across the prairies. High producing farmers need to know how to combat these diseases in the present year as well as begin to...
by Decisive Farming | Jun 28, 2015 | Articles, Crop Production
Every year summer comes and we in the agriculture industry dread the days that start to creep up on 30 degrees celcius. This year with drier conditions the across the prairies we are likely to see extreme heat cause even more significant yield reductions. But what...
by Decisive Farming | Jun 14, 2015 | Articles, Crop Production, Farm Management
Every season herbicides get applied to crops and often the assumption is simply that the products worked, and worked at 100% efficacy. The reality of our herbicide applications is that we often fail to understand where they worked, how well they worked or why they...