Recent content by FarmerDan

Frankly, I wouldn't use my calculations at all! There's a lot of variability in the density of a cubic unit of whatever. God was drunk (but happy I would add) when he programmed the weight of seed products. One lot of soybeans, as an example, can weigh the same as another (it goes without...

The extra decimal parts come free - unlike wives and children!

This is for entertainment only! Watch me stutter Bulk Density per Cu Ft:https://bionumbers.hms.harvard.edu/files/Weight%20per%20bushel%20and%20bulk%20densities%20of%20grain%20and%20seeds.pdf

For each of your soil types there are these "Use Catagories" and beneath each are narratives relating to specific performance capabilities for the intended use Building Site Development Construction Materials Disaster Recovery Planning Land Classifications Land Management Military...

I don't know how to do this quickly. But it's worth the struggle - I think. Soil type is a big determinant of what you will do successfully. For each soil there is a description. Here's one. You learn a little about capacity. Highlights orange/red are mine. NRCS provides cautions, uses...

Umm, advanced apologies. Sometimes I cant help myself. You reference the previous owner. So, that makes you the new owner? What is it, the overall dream, for this 2-3 acres piece of land now clover that not too long ago might have been oak trees? I would guess it was oak trees and not...

Just for fun - soil PH rating for Lycoming County, PA for the 1 inch to 8 inch profile The ratings narrative: Soil reaction is a measure of acidity or alkalinity. It is important in selecting crops and other plants, in evaluating soil amendments for fertility and stabilization, and in...

Everybody loves a soil test, right? Certainty in a calibrated test. In this food plot business you probably only need (want is a different thought) two or three annual tests several years apart. Or, maybe none is better if you don't gather a good and representative sample. Unamended soils...

I'm the wrong guy to ask about rates. I read the label. Study the conditions. Decide what risk I'm willing to take and what level of disbelief and shame I want to endure, LOL!? I have unwantedly killed many clover plants and have saved countless others! My Imox war story is from several...

It depends on what you want to squeeze. I used it for control of smartweed in late summer and early fall. There weren't any other options given what I had and what I wanted it to do.

The strict and literal read of any label for any of the herbicides in the family of imidazolinones would indicate the answer to your first question is no and to the second, none. But if you can live on the edges you could probably do fall planted wheat after a spring application of Imox. The...

It’s baaaaaaad!

This weekend I am close to Columbus, OH. Normally, I am a plant-now guy. After talking to some people here and looking at data and The Drought Monitor history. I would stop planting. In the last 25 years it has never been this severely dry this time of year. The locals say it’s the worst in...

I am not a very popular guy. It's one of my character defects that I always want to be on the other side of a discussion. I have been on the seller side for seed and fertilizer. Pricing is a complicated process. Without addressing the "technology" seeds, sticking here to rye and wheat...

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