Month: January 2015

Fall-planted winter barley (left) leaves no exposed soil by frost-seeding time, while wheat (right) has bare ground exposed and is much more suitable for frost-seeding. Frost-seeding is one form of over-seeding, in which you can use legumes to economically and quickly thicken a pasture or a perennial hayfield in late winter. Though no-till drilling has…

Dave Wilson, King’s AgriSeeds Research Agronomist At King’s Agriseeds we emphasize the proper time of planting; seeding rate and seeding depth. Proper seed to soil contact is paramount. Your planting equipment should be maintained and in proper order to have successful seeding applications for proper stands. Have you seen corn rows with ‘skips’ in the…

As soils warm in the spring, rising temperatures signal the crowns of winter annuals and perennials to break winter dormancy, and they begin a period of rapid, temperature-responsive growth, a process known as “spring green-up”. Along with that flush of growth comes the need for large amounts of readily available nutrients. When properly managed, winter…

We had some questions this year about combine settings to minimize grain loss. Here are a few good tips that Dave Wilson came across.  By: Dave Mowitz Adjusting a combine is like balancing a tire. True, running a combine is far more complicated than just adding a weight to ensure smooth tire rotation. Keeping a harvester…