Soil Talk

Mick and Tim sit down with Marie Krausnick and Dan Leininger for a Part 2 episode on how CVA and the NRD are playing roles in managing nitrate levels. Learn what the NRD has discovered and how you can play a role in managing nitrate levels.

Mick and Tim sit down with Marie Krausnick and Dan Leininger with the Upper Big Blue Natural Resource District to talk CVA and the NRD’s roles in maximizing nitrogen use efficiency. They discuss their approaches to minimize nitrate leaching loss and we discuss using cover crops, nitrification inhibitors and split application of N to maximize the N we can get into our crops while minimizing what we lose into our groundwater.

Last week on SOIL TALK, we talked about Grid Sampling and the impact that can make on your fields. This week we are going to turn the tables and discuss the information you could be receiving through Zone Sampling! Get in contact with your Field Sales Agronomist to see how this can be a benefit to your operation!

It all comes back to the basics. With precision ag we look at a lot of information but that basic building block is still a solid grid sample, that is full of information about the land you grow.

On this Episode of SOIL TALK, we are taking a more in-depth look into Starter Fertilizer. How to apply it, and which products make sense for the benefit of a small plant while protecting germination and plant establishment. What nutrients should we consider in a starter fertilizer? Does it make sense to apply starters in-furrow or is some other placement option a better choice?

Did you miss the ACS Innovation Series? Do you want more information on the products we tested and what we recommend? Then this is the episode for you! SOIL TALK takes you through the Innovation Series and explains what we are seeing in the plots.

Throughout the past 10 episodes of SOIL TALK, we have discussed individual nutrients, different fertility programs, and how we make our recommendations. Now we have the opportunity to apply these topics at our ACS Innovation Series. On this episode, we will talk about soil fertility and how we see it in the individual plots. Stay tuned and RSVP for the ACS Innovation Series to learn more! https://www.cvacoop.com/acs-event

Now on SOIL TALK, we are going to get into micronutrients on their own. Everyone tends to throw everything under one umbrella, but we have a priority list of what we like to see in corn and beans. Stay tuned to learn more!

This time on SOIL TALK, we are going to go to the other side of pH and talk about low pH with our guest Mick Goedeken, Innovation Specialist with Central Valley Ag. We will discuss what low pH is and how we recommend to correct it for the short term and long term goals.

On today’s episode of SOIL TALK, we will talk about the importance of pH in the grand scheme of things. PH is sometimes misunderstood because it’s not a nutrient. The plant doesn’t have an uptake of a pH component into it, that feeds it in some way or provides an enzyme for the plant that makes the process work better. PH instead impacts so many, if not all, of the other nutrients positively or negatively, depending on its balance. Listen here to learn more about how pH affects your crops.

Today on SOIL TALK, we are going to talk about plant tissue sampling, and how it can have an impact on your farming operation. We are also going to talk about foliar fertilizer and how it can have an effect on your yields this year. Joining us on today’s episode is Mick Goedeken, our Innovation Specialist with Central Valley Ag. Thanks for listening and for more information reach out to your local Field Sales Agronomist.

In this episode Keith & Tim are joined by Neil Schumacher to discuss Sulfur. Why do we care about Sulfur now? Sulfur was largely ignored for years, but that is no longer the case.

This week on the SOIL TALK podcast, we are going to start our conversation about Potassium and all the nuances and just how much about Potassium that not only Tim and I don't know but everyone does not know or understand about Potassium.

Today on SOIL TALK we are going to switch gears and talk about phosphorus. Phosphorus is an entirely different animal from nitrogen based on the way we apply it, the forms we apply it, the timing of when we apply it, and our ability to build our levels to rely on it to feed our crop. So on this episode lets discuss our recommendations and how we handle using phosphorus.

Featured guest Mike Zwingman, Technical Development Manager for Verdesian Life Sciences, joins SOIL TALK to discuss split application. Talking about things we are doing to be more efficient with our nitrogen application, inhibitors and the models that exist to help us make decisions on the rate.

In this special episode, we discuss some of the after-effects of the flooding that covered quite a bit of CVA's territory. We have fields that have been underwater for several days or weeks. We have fields that had a high velocity of water run across them for a short duration. We have erosion. We have deposits of silt and residue. Growers will face many challenges in the coming growing season as a result.

This week on SOIL TALK we will begin our conversation on nutrients and classifying them in order of importance and then we will dive into nitrogen. We will go over how we categorize the importance of the nutrients and if that importance or categorization lines up with the budget on the field and on the farm.

This week on SOIL TALK we will begin our conversation discussing the nitrogen equation and specifically get into the various parts of it and why there is such a difference in dialogue between the different entities like states, farmers, and agronomist when we talk about the nitrogen equation.

Central Valley Ag presents the Soil Talk podcast brought to you by hosts Keith Byerly and Tim Mundorf. Together, Keith and Tim navigate the world of soil to provide growers with practical advice that can be used on the farm. In this introduction episode get to know more about Keith and Tim, and find out what to expect throughout the SOIL TALK podcast series. When it comes to soil fertility, there are a lot of voices out there telling growers how to manage their soil. Academia, government bodies, industry experts and manufacturers. SOIL TALK is going to unify all of that knowledge to provide some clarity and understanding. Most growers don’t have time to dedicate to days of training at educational meetings, so we put together a podcast, where you can join the conversation from the tractor, pickup, office or wherever you may be.