MAX Yield System – Crop Protection Plan
Hey, good morning, and thanks to all you listeners out there for joining us again today. We really appreciate the feedback from everyone who has been following along as we unfold all the pieces of the MAX Yield System.
Today, we’re going to focus on the crop protection plan, but before we do, I just want to cover the basics, again, of the MAX Yield System and why it is right for you. The Max Yield System is a systems approach to increasing yield over time by focusing on the controllable variables of farming, which means you as the farmer, take control of your yield by making yield improving systems adjustments to your operation over time. When you do this, you achieve your goals, you have less stress and more yield, which, in turn means more money and the ability to grow your farm and leave a legacy for the next generation. Our role at Axis Seed-Red Barn is to help you create a plan that will increase yield over time. Help you focus on the variables that are within your control and help you achieve the goals you have for your operation. Which means we develop a relationship that provides for achieving both your goals and our goals over time. But the truth is, most growers never put the time and effort into creating a detailed and written plan for increasing yield and achieving their goals, which means they never achieve them.
So let’s dive in today to the crop protection plan. Let’s see how this piece of it can help you achieve your goals. This is kind of a timely topic, because we’re here in March, and the temperatures are starting to warm up, and weed emergence is right around the corner. So two basic ideas of the crop protection plan that we’re going to cover today revolve around the herbicide plan. And crop protection planning can also include insecticide, pneumaticide, fungicide, which we’ll save those for a later episode. Really, both of these pieces revolve around the timing of application. Herbicide planning today, I think it’s getting simpler and simpler from the standpoint of when to spray. Weeds continue to become resistant to more and more chemicals, and so when can only be answered two ways. Spray early and spray often. A good friend of mine told me this many years ago and today, I think it’s more true than ever. Spraying early, it’s just a cornerstone of a good herbicide plan. When we do spray early we need to use a robust pre-emergent herbicide, and that’s more important today, as the weeds are becoming difficult, or nearly impossible, to kill with post-emergence herbicides, especially when the crop is up and growing. And it also fits right into achieving maximum yields, because max yield cannot be achieved when weeds are growing in your field, robbing your crops of valuable soil moisture and fertility. So as you go to the field this spring, remember this, use that robust pre-emergent herbicide combined with an early application, it’s the best system to achieve max yields.
Thanks again for listening to today’s episode of the EZ Ag Podcast where innovative farming meets practical solutions. That’s all for today. I’m Matt Long, Grow Your Yield. Grow Your Legacy. Grow Strong with Axis Seed.
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