This morning, July 16th I was fortunate enough to be in the area and saw the pilot apply the fungicide to the First Harvest Farm Management, LLC “Competitive Seed Comparison Plot”. The application included 13.7 ounces Miravis NEO fungicide, 1 ounce Warrior Insecticide, and .64 ounces Talyx Adjuvent for drift control and to provide stickiness. Read more about Fungicide Application on Plot This Morning[…]
The FHFM Competitive Seed Comparison Plot benefited from a drone fly-over, courtesy of Janette Porter, principal of RPM Soils, LLC on Tuesday, July 8th. The plot was just beginning to tassel as one can see in the video. The flyover gave us the first true look at the plot from the air and shows the Read more about July 8th Drone Fly-Over of Plot, Courtesy of RPM Soils, LLC[…]
First Harvest Farm Management, LLC is pleased to have Dusty Morrow, Pioneer Hybrids Territory Manager for West Central Illinois inspect the First Harvest “Competitive Seed Comparison Plot on July 7th reviewing the performance of the Pioneer 1108 Hybrid in the 2020 plot.
On the morning of June 22nd, Nutrien Ag Solutions Market Development Agronomist Brian Terstriep along with Nutrien Ag Solutions Summer Intern Brock Fifer visited the 2020 Competitive Seed Comparison Plot and pulled tissue samples from the DynaGro D52VC15 VT Double Pro hybrid in the plot. Brian and Brock pulled tissue samples for both the hybrid Read more about Nutrien Ag Solutions-Brian Terstriep and Brock Fifer Pull Tissue Samples on Competitive Seed Comparison Plot[…]
On June 15, Dave Weaver representing New Leaf Symbiotics, LLC, our “Competitive Seed Comparison Plot” partner providing the TerraSym, 408 biologic product visited the plot and along with First Harvest Farm Management, LLC owner/manager Joe Dierker, A.F.M/C.C.A. dug and inspected root and stalk development development on the same 2 hybrids evaluated 3 weeks earlier on Read more about Follow-up By New Leaf Symbiotics on TerraSym 408 Biologic Product[…]
Similar to the struggles we have all had getting a haircut or styling from our favorite barber or hair stylist during the Coronavirus pandemic, the First Harvest Farm Management, LLC “Competitive Seed Comparison Plot” received some much needed attention this past week courtesy of Prairieland F.S. and Seed Manager/Specialist Craig Ator, as Craig was kind Read more about The Plot Gets A Much Needed Haircut[…]
On Saturday evening, June 6th, I walked the First Harvest Farm Management, LLC “Competitive Seed Comparison Plot” completing a second evaluation of plant stand and plant health on three of our representative hybrids (Beck’s, Burrus, and Golden Harvest). For uniform comparison purposes, these are the same three hybrids and same areas of the field I Read more about 2nd Population Check/Plant Growth Completed[…]
This week, Prairieland F.S. applicators from the Milton plant applied the post-emerge herbicide program to the plot to control early emerging weeds and give the corn the ability to really take off with the warmer temperatures without having to compete with weed pressure. The first pass, applied on Monday May 11th, right as the corn Read more about Weed Control Applications Completed[…]
First Harvest Farm Management, L.L.C. was pleased to have Logan Agri-Service, Inc. agronomist Brett Forsberg, C. C. A. Court White, and plant employee Isaac Whitaker, along with 2020 summer intern Lucas Unland join New Leaf Symbiotics C.C.O. Matt Helms, Product Technical Lead Allison Jack, and New Leaf Symbiotics Strategic Account Manager Dave Weaver at the Read more about The Roots Are Looking Good![…]
This morning, I conducted several population/emergence checks on the 2020 “Competitive Seed Comparison Plot”. See attached photos of the various hybrids. In conducting the check for emergence, I first looked at our side trial where we planted one uniform hybrid at four different populations; 30K, 35K, 40K, and 45K. I checked the emergence of the Read more about Plot is Looking Good; Off and Running[…]