Photo credit: XtremeAg XtremeAg’s Kelly Garrett, Matt Miles, and Kevin Matthews look to finish up planting soon as soil conditions continue to improve and early emergence rates look promising.
Kelly Garrett - Arion, Iowa
A fifth-generation farmer, Kelly Garrett farms corn, soybeans, and winter wheat in western Iowa. We started planting corn on Tuesday, April 23, 2021. Soil temperature was 57° F. and rising. We are excited about the conditions and it should lead to an even stand of corn. We are applying Nachurs and TerraMax products in-furrow. On our corn-on-corn ground we are applying a mix of 32% nitrogen, Teva s C-Cat and K-Flex from Nachurs in our 2x2 system. We are hoping that this mix will help reduce any yield drag that we usually see when planting corn-on-corn ground.
The planters have not moved out of the shop and we are installing new blades on the drill and three of our four planters. We are hoping these new serrated blades, when combined with the new closing wheels from Integrated Ag Solutions that we installed last week, will do a better job of cutting through our no-till residue to create the ideal seedbed this spring. I participated in an XtremeAg webinar last week with my grain marketing consultant, Jarod Creed. There was lot of good information on using crop insurance to insure revenue instead of yields. It’s an approach that has changed our view of how we buy crop insurance each year, and I am excited to be able to share it with XtremeAg members.
Photo credit: XtremeAg Planter repair and upgrades, stocking up on parts inventory, and ROI drivers are the focus right now for XtremeAg’s Kelly Garrett, Matt Miles, and Kevin Matthews.
Kelly Garrett - Arion, Iowa
A fifth-generation farmer, Kelly Garrett farms corn, soybeans, and winter wheat in western Iowa. We continue to work on planters, installing new closing wheels from Integrated Ag Solutions. We’re moving to more planter-applied nitrogen and fewer anhydrous applications this spring. There’s been an increase in yields with a 2×2×2 system on our planter, and we like the way The Closer systems incorporate the nitrogen into the soil around the seed instead of applying it on top.