Wheat Pete's Word, Feb 11: Breaking the vortex, the stover struggle and soybean records

Описание: In this episode of Wheat Pete’s Word, Peter Johnson celebrates a slightly belated Canada’s Agriculture Day with a heartfelt “hats off” to the producers navigating the tough realities of weather and livestock. With the polar vortex finally breaking in the East, Pete shifts from shivering at minus 20 to digging into some truly staggering yield data. Between 154-bushel dryland soybeans in Maryland and the science of residue breakdown, there is plenty of agronomic meat on the bone this week.

Pete dives deep into the “residue reality,” challenging the common belief that modern genetics or fungicides are to blame for stalks that won’t disappear. Instead, he looks at the sheer volume of stover we are producing today compared to forty years ago and how a diverse crop rotation might be the secret weapon for those making no-till work. From the complexity of the wheat genome to the logistics of 120-foot sprayer booms, this episode is all about using data to make better decisions on the farm.

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