Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Nitrogen fertilizer helps the wheat tiller (get thicker) as it prepares to break dormancy in a few weeks.  We split fertilizer application into two treatments.  This allows us to get growth "jump started" earlier in the season and reduces the amount of nitrogen that could be lost due to rainfall or evaporation.  This helps prevent the runoff of fertilizer into surface water like rivers, streams and ponds and leaching into groundwater like wells and springs.

Chris Marklin applying Sidedress nitrogen to wheat.

David Brown and Chris Marklin filling the sprayer with 28% Nitrogen Solution


Sunday, February 10, 2013

And on the 8th day... God made... A farmer. 
And on the 8th day, God made... a farmer.

This excerpt from a Paul Harvey speech at the 1978 FFA National Convention made it in a Super Bowl ad for Dodge Trucks.