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Field Tours Have A New Look
Click here for a 'socially distanced' insider's view to PNW focused research and agronomy. Our research team will be sharing their findings and diving into what matters most to crops...
Take Back Your Yield...From Flag to Finish
THE FINISH LINE ISN'T WHERE YOU THINK IT IS.
Up to 4 bushels are LOST for each day grain fill is cut short.
Explore the below article and videos to learn how plant health fungicides + foliar nutrition EXTEND photosynthesis and GRAIN FILL.
Now What? Next Steps After Frost Damage
After a hard cold event, it is important to remember that you can still impact the 3 Yield Components - heads per acre, grains per head, and weight per grain. Here's what needs to be considered in order to encourage plant re-growth.
Frost Damage?
As the crop gets older it becomes more sensitive to cold temperatures. At tillering the crop can sustain temperatures as low as 12 °F, however, once the crop reaches stem...
Peak Nitrogen Demands are NOW
Fall-applied nitrogen often runs short during the peak demand timing. From the start of stem elongation to the emergence of the flag leaf, wheat require 3-5 pounds of nitrogen PER...
Pandemic or PANICdemic?
Are we experiencing a PANdemic or PANICdemic? Events coincidences or orchestrated? Contemplate the following...When (date) did the China/US trade agreement get announced?When (date) did China 'announce' covid-19? Yet, the Chinese...
Yield Components - What Are They?
Each of these yield components has a period during which they are most sensitive to stresses and responsive to management inputs. Crop management throughout the growing season (not just in...
Plant 2020
Amidst social distancing the McGregor Research Team is staying safe, but certainly not slowing down. 4 locations were planted last week including spring wheat in Warden, WA. Take a look.
Final 2019 Harvest Prices
"Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals and happiness." ~Thomas Jefferson
Odoriferous Effervescence of Concord Grapes
...we have hedge of concord grapes that we make juice from annually. These grapes are at their peak of odoriferous effervescence.
Slaying Giants
Some my fondest memories growing up are that of watching Class B basketball games. Often a smaller school was enjoying a remarkable year and had slayed a few giants during the course of the season.
Best Laid Plans...
Hello all,My intentions were not to send an update for another week, yet a couple of noteworthy items I felt important to get in your hands - realizing what I...
Two-Thirds Gone...
Hello and Happy President's Day weekend to all!Although the winter weather and school closures have caused several area schools to lose this Monday as a holiday.
The Optimism of a Farmer
Good evening,Perhaps the quote from Will Rogers best speaks to the nature of my optimism for the past 3 months of Sundays -The farmer has to be an optimist or...
Wheat Prices should use Patriots Playbook
Hello all,I'm not a fan of the NFL Patriots, yet I must admit that was quite a comeback for victory...I hold hope that wheat prices are poised to do the...
An Energetic Outlook
Hello all,I felt energetic in this afternoon's mild weather and slayed a couple of trees that have been my watch list for a couple of years; I'm home alone and...
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