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We have all looked at yield data compared to an elevation map. When looked at via 3D elevation, the slope/yield interactions are much easier to see. I exaggerated the topo here to make it easier to visualize.

Double checking seeding depth is one of those forgotten, easy, verifications that can make a world of difference; in any system.

Maybe hard to see, but there is a rectangle in this alfalfa field where the stand goes from knee high to barely ankle high. It squares off with the headland and the edges are straight. What gives?

From about 4ft down and still can find shells. This is the bottom of glacial River Warren

It's not often one runs into this.

If your beans were above ground when the wind and blowing soil hit, your beans were affected.

The 2nd 450ml of water infiltrated in 1min, 25 sec. This after 3.5in of rain a shirt time ago.

A random sight at my place.

Which field received the biggest benefit of the 3" rain? Water infiltration is key for water being available during the hot, dry months. 1" of rain = 27,000 gallons of water. Almost 1gal per #corn plant! Also, compaction slows infiltration waaaay down. ⁦U of MN Extension⁩ Lyn Abbott

If you are wanting to see planting green in action, this field day tomorrow is for you. No rain come overnight so the planter will be able to run.

Agronomy rule #1: Plan your day so you'll be by the best shade trees for lunch.

This is so cool! The #covercrops are finding the cracks in the soil to grow through. However, our row crops can't do the same.

I wonder what my neighbor sprayed on his corn and I wonder if it was windy when he did it.

You know, I haven't yet figured out the question, but I know the answer is ice cream

The ancient Greeks asked what makes a good life. They never asked what makes a good sandwich. Curious.

How much rain? 1.5 overnight and .5 the night before, here.

Descartes doubted the senses, but he clearly never walked a field after a rain.

“If rain falls on a field and no agronomist is there to complain about the amount, did it really even rain?”

First aphids I've found this year, and I had to do some serious looking to find them.

Scout camp theorem #1: The only atmospheric conditions that are not scout approved are if the weather causes the weather rock to go missing. Many Point