XtremeAg: Cutting The Curve Podcast XtremeAg

XtremeAg’s Canadian affiliate Sam Coutu is giddy about how spring is shaping up for his Quebec farming operation. Sam went to the fields this year with refurbished planters and a different mindset. The money he’s saving on wasted fertility at time of planting he’s reapportioning to seed and late-season Y-drop fertilizer applications. Sam discusses the positive changes he’s making in 2024 on his much expanded farm. 

After the corn is planted and emerged, it’s time to plan your next several fertility passes. That is, unless you are flinger of dry fertility using the “one and done” approach, which as it turns out, doesn’t work all that well. Kevin Matthews explains how he maximizes yield and his investment with multiple liquid fertility applications. Kevin is joined by Nachurs’ Tommy Roach. They map out the timing, methodology, and product mix to a successful crop fed a liquid diet.  
 
Presented by Simon Innovations

Manure can be magical for improving your soil and attaining bigger crops. But, like any fertility source, it can be over-applied creating imbalanced soil fertility. Getting the most from a manure source involves agronomic analysis, testing, and even variable rate application. Paul Beyer of NextGen Fertilizers began working with Colorado dairy and crop farmer, Stratton Kraft three years ago to correct agronomic issues. By revamping his manure management, Mr. Kraft has attained amazing yields while making his manure source go further AND reducing his irrigated water rate. Organic matter increases, bigger yields, and a smaller fertilizer bill — maybe manure can work for your farming operation! 

Are you reluctant to go no-till because you think you’ll lose yield? Does planting into heavy crop residue concern you? Kelly, Lee, and Kevin explain their methods to attaining high — sometimes record — yields with a no-till systems approach. They cover everything from the combine, to residue breakdown products, to specialized forms of “non-tillage” tillage that resizes fodder, to planter set up tips. If you’re stuck in your conventional farming methods, skip this episode. Just realize, you’re leaving money on the table via a paid sustainability program that pays a premium for no-till practices. 
 
Presented by CLAAS
 

Autonomous farm machinery is coming. Before you get excited (or overwhelmed) by the prospect of driverless equipment, understand this: Autonomy is coming in incremental doses, it’s applicable to your existing machinery, it’s affordable, and we’re still a few years away from the technology being completely “hands free.”  AGCO’s Brandon Montgomery and JCA Technologies’ Dinen Subramaniam join Damian Mason in this forward-looking talk about how autonomy will improve your farm and your financials. 
 

Change is the heartbeat of progress, and nowhere is this more evident than in the field of agriculture. "The Pace of Change" brings together the fresh minds of XtremeAg's next generation—Layne Miles, Connor Garrett, Danielle Matthews-Venable, Alexander Evans, and Jackson Henderson—for a riveting conversation with host Damian Mason and Teva Corporation's Caleb Coots. They confront the thrilling yet daunting changes sweeping through production agriculture. How does the speed of external innovation measure against the adaptability of on-farm practices? Which aspects of agricultural production—products, practices, or mindset—require the most urgent evolution? This episode doesn't just scratch the surface but dives deep into what change means for the very people nurturing our food's future. Tune in for a discussion that's as entertaining as it is enlightening, and walk away with a renewed perspective on agriculture's transformation.
 
This episode is the final-part of a four-part series presented by TEVA Corporation that looks at the agriculture industry through the eyes of its future.