Soybean planting date study. 9 varieties planted on April 15th same 9 planted on May 13th. What’s the yield difference going to be?

Old barns don’t get better than this. Would have been cool to see it in its prime.

Introducing The RoadRuner MFG Super B (unofficial name at this time)! Equipped with triple axle air ride suspension, air lift front axle, pictured with a 3250 gallon fully drainable tank and outer aluminum wheels. Meant to add capacity and efficiency to your operation, especially

Big visuals on our planting date plot

That ceiling is seriously cool

The Interns got a few different trials put in this week. Foliar sulfur rates, nitrogen splits with/out stabilizers, and even tried Y-dropping some iron on soybeans in some IDC spots.

Ydropping a little ATS on beans to see what we can learn.

Nitrogen rate study is starting to show up. The yellow strips are 130lbs of N. Also have 165, 200, 240lb strips out there. All spring applied liquid with consistent sulfur rates.

15” vs. 30” planted soybeans in some hot IDC ground. Appears 15” took it a little better than the 30”. 140K population on both

I would make the argument that spray drones are the fastest changing technology we have seen in ag. From 8 gallons to +20 gallon capacity and 2x the speed in 3 years. It’s hard to keep up and decide when to pull the trigger on the next upgrade.

Minnesota corn yield samples on #pftour25 averaged a record 202.86 bu/acre, smashing the old record from 2020 by 4%. That's up 23% from last year's tour (USDA is up 16% YOY, by the way). Soy pod counts were up 20% from last year, the tour's highest MN pod count in over 20 years.

Beautiful weather to host a field day. Research plot tour, live harvest for the first yield data of 2025, and tillage demo.

Soybean maturity by planting date plot. Some interesting visuals, trying to figure out the best way to spread out the harvest window.

Research plot harvest underway. Data crunching season.

First time running a Fendt_NA combine with no steering wheel. The visibility and extra room is definitely nice.

2025 soybean plots complete

If the Trump administration is going to import Argentine beef to lower prices, can someone call them and tell them to do the same for phosphate?

Boundary mapping continues. New software update includes an undo button which is much nicer than starting completely over after a mistake.

Corn plots 🌽

Post harvest activities