crop advisor Articles
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How variable rate helps manage the rising cost of fertilizer
Fertilizer prices are on the rise, which leaves growers seeking to better manage their input costs. When it comes to planning for 2022, you may have a ton of questions rolling in your head such as: How can I manage costs? Is soil sampling actually worth the investment? Does variable rate fertilizer really pay? Our Premier Crop Advisors are here to help you manage all areas of your operation and ...
By Premier Crop
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How to create perfect scouting reports in three easy steps
Scouting reports hold incredible value if done correctly. Growers, crop advisors and their teams can share relevant information, keep track of important occurrences and make better decisions based on facts. In this blog post, we will discuss how to create the best and most efficient scouting reports. One of the first and oldest field data collection methods is scouting. Farmers would ...
By Farm21 BV
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Proactive Farming: 4 Innovative Tools To Make The Transition
One of the key aspects of precision farming is the ability to move from reactive to proactive practices. In this blog post, we will discuss the benefits of proactive farming and explore tools and techniques to help growers make the transition from reactive to proactive farming. Precision farming is a modern agricultural technique that uses technology to optimise crop production and ...
By Farm21 BV
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Biocontrol: How Strawberry Growers are leading the way
According to Dr. Surendra Dara of the University of California Cooperative Extension, 90-95% of strawberry growers in California use predatory mites to manage two-spotted spider mites. But how did this pest control method get so widely adopted? What can growers of other crops learn from this experience? To discuss this topic, I reached out to Lane Stoeckle, a certified crop advisor and pest ...
By UAV-IQ, LLC.
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Agronomically Speaking: Fall Fertility? From Soil Test to Prescriptions
Farmers understand that soil fertility is a key component of growing healthy and high yielding crops. While there is much debate on how we accomplish soil fertility and health, there are some general items that are helpful to remember. However, because it was an extremely wet year for many across the country it is even more important to soil test this year. Some of the nutrients ...
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Scale Lab 2023
What does the future hold? What are the most important enabling conditions for the scaling of regenerative agriculture so that companies hit their 2030 targets and regenerative agriculture becomes ...
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