Agronomist Video
If you’re wondering why you might want to hire an agronomist, this short video from Farm TV provides some answers. If you want answers specific to your company, give us a call!
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April 2009
Talking About the Weather in Manitoba
Knowing about the weather is key in agriculture. If someone could come up with a way of predicting the weather ahead of time with 100% accuracy, they would be rich. Everyone would know what crops to plant, when to plant them, and how to time all the subsequent crop operations. Unfortunately, even short-range forecasts are [...]
Speedy Soil Tests in Manitoba
Someone’s called in a tearing hurry – their equipment is standing by in a field that wasn’t soil tested and they need soil test results before they can get going. How quickly can they get a soil test result? Hand Sampling – Slow but picturesque Here at Tone Ag, we can usually take soil samples [...]
Waiting for Things to Dry Out
Things are quiet right now at Tone Ag as we wait for fields to warm up and dry out. With more rain coming and cool temperatures it looks as though it will be a while before we can get out into the fields. If you want to see how much worse (or better) it could [...]
Soil Sampling Accuracy
Except in laboratory conditions (and maybe not even then), soil tests are not 100% accurate and are subject to a margin of error. The target accuracy is about +/- 15 % with a precision level of about 80%. For example, if you had a field with a nitrogen (N) level of 20 and you sampled [...]
Farm TV
Farm TV looks like a good source for farm-related videos. There’s news, informational pieces, and user-uploaded videos. If you’re interested in agricultural videos, this site looks good.
Manure Sampling Protocols – Preliminary Research
I’ve been doing some research on manure sampling protocols lately. I was surprised at how vague a lot of the information is. The best guidelines I’ve found so far are from the University of Wisconsin – Extension in their PDF Recommended Methods of Manure Analysis. Since I’m primarily interested in agitated liquid manure analysis here [...]
Gravity Based Manure Separation
Gravity based manure separation has been getting a fair amount of press lately. It’s attractive because it doesn’t require any expensive equipment for separating hog manure into high N/low P and high N/high P fractions. We’re looking at using this on an experimental basis on some high phosphorus land. With changes to the phosphorus regulations [...]
Tagged Manure, Phosphorus, SeparationWhere to Get Imagery for Manitoba
Finding the right field can be tricky. Once you’re there, finding the right area of a field or spotting subtle landscape trends can complicate things. As I do my work, I often find it useful to have air photos, orthophotos, or satellite images of fields. Here are the sources that I use. Orthophotos: Manitoba Land [...]
Tagged imagery, mapsRegulation Amendments Consultation Spring 2009
Manitoba Conservation has a list of proposed regulatory amendments (PDF) up on their site. Here is a quick summary of the proposed changes: All livestock operations, including those in Hanover or Labroquerie, will have to comply with the phosphorus (P) regulations as of 2013. That is, N-based for fields < 60 ppm soil test P, [...]
Tagged Manure