Dr. Nielsen, this is a really great presentation. Thanks for taking the time to share this with the public. I have taken away some good tips. I have been researching soil health and fertility with a goal to hit 300 bpa field average in the very near future.
It never fails to blow my mind that soil biology / health and how well the end product performs at it's intended use are barely, if ever mentioned by ag academia. I have specialty corn that would really make me worry if I saw yields over 125, because the lab results might show less protein, and it's entire purpose is to provide feed that requires no, or very little soy supplement. These modern hybrids are so much better than the ones from 30 years ago, but 30 years ago, livestock farms and dairy's didn't have to use near as many supplemental additives to their feed.
An excellent presentation. Covers many factors well beyond fertilizers that effect corn yield. The details provide a real insight as to how to recognize the problems.
Thanks Dr. Nielsen. I am here in Malaysia trying to plant some maize. Your lecture is eye opening. We have so much rain and sunshine, I guess our challenges here are seeds and disease.
Ag academia has an absolute unwillingness to learn anything about soil biology. You’re so close. Yes if we increase kernel weight our yields go up. Yes kernel weight is affected by photosynthesis. How do we increase photosynthesis!? Yes dropping our populations can increase it, but how else!? Increasing the relationships between plants and soil biology. The microbes in the soil, if given the chance to make connections with plants, actually incentivize them to photosynthesis more! If we stop tilling, stop adding synthetic fertilizers, and stop leaving our ground in bare fallow after harvest we can increase our yields and profits by pretty amazing amounts. I’m currently a student at Purdue and I’m tired of my professors unwillingness to even just entertain science that contradicts what they teach. I’ve had several refuse to give me their opinions on scientific papers from their colleagues at other schools. The agronomy here, on the whole, is seriously outdated.
they harvest 400 bu per acre ... and when i go to the feed store i have to pay $11 per bu of bagged feed corn.....it used to be $3 per bu ..... why is feed corn so expensive when we have millions of acres of corn growers yielding 300 to 400 bu per acre
VERY informative. Thanks so much!!!
What a thorough presentation. You often find 5 minutes here or there on YT.
Dr. Nielsen, this is a really great presentation. Thanks for taking the time to share this with the public. I have taken away some good tips. I have been researching soil health and fertility with a goal to hit 300 bpa field average in the very near future.
It never fails to blow my mind that soil biology / health and how well the end product performs at it's intended use are barely, if ever mentioned by ag academia. I have specialty corn that would really make me worry if I saw yields over 125, because the lab results might show less protein, and it's entire purpose is to provide feed that requires no, or very little soy supplement. These modern hybrids are so much better than the ones from 30 years ago, but 30 years ago, livestock farms and dairy's didn't have to use near as many supplemental additives to their feed.
An excellent presentation. Covers many factors well beyond fertilizers that effect corn yield. The details provide a real insight as to how to recognize the problems.
Thanks Dr. Nielsen. I am here in Malaysia trying to plant some maize. Your lecture is eye opening. We have so much rain and sunshine, I guess our challenges here are seeds and disease.
Overall presentation is good informative and experienced based. 👍👍👍👍
Muchas gracias profesor, thanks great presentation.
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Ag academia has an absolute unwillingness to learn anything about soil biology. You’re so close. Yes if we increase kernel weight our yields go up. Yes kernel weight is affected by photosynthesis. How do we increase photosynthesis!? Yes dropping our populations can increase it, but how else!? Increasing the relationships between plants and soil biology. The microbes in the soil, if given the chance to make connections with plants, actually incentivize them to photosynthesis more! If we stop tilling, stop adding synthetic fertilizers, and stop leaving our ground in bare fallow after harvest we can increase our yields and profits by pretty amazing amounts. I’m currently a student at Purdue and I’m tired of my professors unwillingness to even just entertain science that contradicts what they teach. I’ve had several refuse to give me their opinions on scientific papers from their colleagues at other schools. The agronomy here, on the whole, is seriously outdated.
I don't understand why we have very low yields per acre in Kenya
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they harvest 400 bu per acre ... and when i go to the feed store i have to pay $11 per bu of bagged feed corn.....it used to be $3 per bu ..... why is feed corn so expensive when we have millions of acres of corn growers yielding 300 to 400 bu per acre
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Overall presentation is good informative and experienced based. 👍👍👍👍
Overall presentation is good informative and experienced based. 👍👍👍👍