Matt Miles typically has a difficult time getting much return on fungicide investment on his corn. This runs counter to what you’d think for an Arkansas delta farmer where heat and humidity are off the charts. But, Matt typically beats the late summer fungus onslaught by planting early and being near harvest time before fungus robs yield. Not so this year which is why he is factoring fungicide decisions — should he go cheap or go premium based on his risk assessment? XA affiliate Caleb Traugh joins Matt and Damian to explain how they make fungicide decisions.

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Storms happen. So, how do you manage a yield when the clouds clear? XA affiliate Matt Swanson discusses his adaptations and practices post-hail storm this spring and what outcomes he expects. Is your corn flattened or just leafless? How many soybeans did you lose? To re-plant or let it ride? And what exactly is your insurance going to cover and what are you on the hook for? It’s all here in XtremeAg’s Cutting The Curve podcast with Damian Mason.

Presented by Advanced Drainage Systems with support from Loveland Products.

Chemistry is a challenging subject and we don’t claim to be chemists here at XA but we do know this: Your soil needs balance between positive and negative charged elements to achieve high yielding crops. Or, as Kelly Garrett says, “There are less depleted soils than there are out-of-balance soils.” Agronomist Mike Evans joins Chad Henderson to talk about soil chemistry.

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Temple and Kelly are each doing 40 acre labs with AgXplore using the company’s new ArchiTech — a foliar fertility product that contains a plant growth regulator. The product is the first EPA approved fertility PGR combo and its promise is time saving, ease of use, and bigger yields of course. Gunther Kreps and Jason Fettig with AgXplore join Temple and Kelly to explain.

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Chad talks about the economic and fertility benefits that he sees from his strip-till acres, the difference in how you are applying fertility and what it means in terms of being more aggressive with your nutrient management program.

Chad Henderson and Molly Alexander from AgroLiquid talk to Damian Mason about 4 big things that farmers should think about in order to get the most bang for their buck when farming on soils with lower cation exchange capacities.

Are your plants hormone imbalanced? There is probably a good chance they are. Damian talks with Chad Henderson and Dale Hanke from Stoller about what you need to know about the 5 principal hormone families. What their roles are and how to manage them to maximize plant health.

Kelly Garrett devoted much of his attention in 2022 to reducing stress on his crops. Temple Rhodes learned from what he saw his Iowa friend do and is now taking it to the next level. “I want to build a factory that can withstand a tornado,” Temple says as he describes steps he’s taking this season to maximize returns and protect his yield in a year that’s predicted to be a rough one, weather wise. Some steps Temple is taking: reducing planted population, changing up plant growth regulators, and holding back late season passes if weather problems reduce the payoff. What is your 2023 farming focus? Listen to this for inspiration!

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We are talking about micronutrient adjustments made based on the prior year's tissue sampling data from a different type of crop. Chad and Molly talk to Damian Mason about how they are using last year's corn tissue sampling results to make adjustments to this year's wheat crop.

Les Lloyd, Agronomist at AgriGold talks with Damian and Chad about how he is using drones in the fields he helps to manage and why you should consider using a drone to help scout your fields.