Grain Farming
SOUTH DAKOTA WHEAT FARMER'S CHRISTMAS WISH... MOISTURE
Xtreme’s Chad Henderson’s Alabama wheat crop is off to a remarkable beginning, at the same time as Lee Lubbers is involved approximately emergence in bone-dry South Dakota.
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CHAD HENDERSON – MADISON, ALABAMA
Chad Henderson is a part of a 5th-technology farming operation in Madison, Alabama. Henderson Farms operates over 8,000 acres of dryland and irrigated corn, dryland soybeans, wheat, and dryland and irrigated double-crop soybeans. When not farming, Chad can be determined wearing on some other proud own family way of life as a drag racer for Henderson Racing.agridvsservices
Our wheat has an incredible stand. Herbicide spraying is on pace with half our wheat having the first spray complete. The first shot consisted of herbicide, C-Cat from Teva, CropMax from Nachurs, and MegaGro from Integrated Ag Solutions. Currently, the pest pressure is low and an insecticide isn't needed. We are already making plans for what our subsequent spray utility can be.
We are working to clean out grain packing containers and move corn and beans. This is the time of 12 months we timetable grain bin upkeep. We have some augers that want to be changed out. Grain bin sweeps want attention while no longer having to use them.agridvsservices
There has been an appropriate climate to get numerous acres strip-tilled. We were assessing soil samples and searching for fertilizer quotes to apply in our fall strip-until utility. The rain will help it damage down and be equipped for corn planting this spring.
LEE LUBBERS – GREGORY, SOUTH DAKOTA
Lee Lubbers of Gregory, South Dakota, grew up in the farming lifestyle and remembers the use of leftover scholarship money as the down payment for his first tractor and lease for 200 acres. Today, he farms greater than 17,000 acres of dryland soybeans, corn, and wheat. Lubbers says one of the most essential things to him is to always be mastering and challenging himself to build an operation and a legacy that the subsequent era can be proud of.agridvsservices
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