Central Valley Cooperative » Agronomy http://centralvalleycoop.com Fri, 18 May 2012 13:11:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Agronomy Topic of the Week: Fungicide at V5 http://centralvalleycoop.com/2012/05/agronomy-topic-of-the-week-fungicide-at-v5/ http://centralvalleycoop.com/2012/05/agronomy-topic-of-the-week-fungicide-at-v5/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 16:21:31 +0000 Chad Phillips http://centralvalleycoop.com/?p=2881 Application of fungicides on corn at tassel to R1 growth stages has become increasingly popular in the past few years. Discussion over fungicide application around the V5 stage of corn has also become a hot topic.

]]> http://centralvalleycoop.com/2012/05/agronomy-topic-of-the-week-fungicide-at-v5/feed/ 0 Agronomy Topic of the Week: Tissue Testing http://centralvalleycoop.com/2012/05/agronomy-topic-of-the-week-tissue-testing-2/ http://centralvalleycoop.com/2012/05/agronomy-topic-of-the-week-tissue-testing-2/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 16:09:53 +0000 Chad Phillips http://centralvalleycoop.com/?p=2867  Many nutrient deficiencies can be identified by the appearance of the crop but usually when that is the case economic injury has already occurred, yield has already been affected.

]]> http://centralvalleycoop.com/2012/05/agronomy-topic-of-the-week-tissue-testing-2/feed/ 0 Agronomy Topic of the Week: Innovative Tools for Soil Management http://centralvalleycoop.com/2012/04/agronomy-topic-of-the-week-innovative-tools-for-soil-management/ http://centralvalleycoop.com/2012/04/agronomy-topic-of-the-week-innovative-tools-for-soil-management/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:44:24 +0000 Chad Phillips http://centralvalleycoop.com/?p=2843 While advancements in precision agriculture have seemed to come in leaps and bounds, a core component of it has seemed to lag behind. In the 1980’s the dry ground method became the accepted method of preparing and measuring soil nutrients.

]]> http://centralvalleycoop.com/2012/04/agronomy-topic-of-the-week-innovative-tools-for-soil-management/feed/ 0 Agronomy Topic of the Week: Standard Deviation & Stand Evaluation http://centralvalleycoop.com/2012/04/agronomy-topic-of-the-week-standard-deviation-stand-evaluation/ http://centralvalleycoop.com/2012/04/agronomy-topic-of-the-week-standard-deviation-stand-evaluation/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:29:52 +0000 Chad Phillips http://centralvalleycoop.com/?p=2798 Plant Spacing – A statistic called Standard Deviation is a good way to measure consistency of plant spacing. Standard Deviation is simply a measure of distance, in inches, of the majority of plants (2/3) from the mean or average of the population.

]]> http://centralvalleycoop.com/2012/04/agronomy-topic-of-the-week-standard-deviation-stand-evaluation/feed/ 0 Agronomy Topic of the Week: Avail http://centralvalleycoop.com/2012/04/agronomy-topic-of-the-week-avail/ http://centralvalleycoop.com/2012/04/agronomy-topic-of-the-week-avail/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:34:29 +0000 Chad Phillips http://centralvalleycoop.com/?p=2717 Phosphorus (P) plays an essential role in a plant’s overall health and development.

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]]> http://centralvalleycoop.com/2012/04/answer-plot-training-session/feed/ 0 Agronomy Topic of the Week: Environmentally Smart Nitrogen http://centralvalleycoop.com/2012/04/agronomy-topic-of-the-week-environmentally-smart-nitrogen/ http://centralvalleycoop.com/2012/04/agronomy-topic-of-the-week-environmentally-smart-nitrogen/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:17:07 +0000 Chad Phillips http://centralvalleycoop.com/?p=2698 Nitrogen (N) is a naturally occurring element in nature and an essential plant nutrient that contributes greatly to the agricultural economy.

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