Re: Hey You Wheat Farmers!

Posted by John A. on August 16, 2006 at 20:06:45 from (4.253.41.254):

In Reply to: Hey You Wheat Farmers! posted by Allan In NE on August 16, 2006 at 09:34:50:

Allan, When I left the Panhandles in the summer of 90, I surenough was up on whats-what with high plains dryland wheat. There are some improvement I know buit these thing will work.
We always used "Bin-run" wheat as our seed wheat for the next year. Which ever field was the cleanest and looked the best and had good test wts. too. I do not see any good reason why any good, clean, high test wts wheat wouldn't work.
My rewlatives still keep their own seed wheat for the next season. We would keep about 150 thousand lbs for the next crop, About 4 bobtails worth. at 40,000 lbs/truck.
The only time we used certified seed was to get a start of a new variety that we wanted. If we couldn't find a neighbor who had some to sell.
In the first 2 yrs of the 80s. We used "Scout" on dryland and "Vaughnna" on our irrigated.
In 83 or 84 I started useing "Vaughnna on my dryland and well pleased too.
At about that same time I started putting down about 70 lbs of NH3 too. That made a major difference too. My yeilds went from 25 ans 35 to 60 to 70 bu/acre, that is when we had significant rain and snow to make the crop. The Anhydrous also made the plant better utilize the availabe moisture even in short water situations.
around the late 80 we also used TAM 105 and it worked well.
Now I understand that there are sove viruses out there that will cause a wheat plant not to develope and fill out correctly.
Heard of guys that had full irrigation expesives in their irrigated crop and it only made 30 bu give or take. so that might be something to concider.
So If I were you, I would put down 70 lbs of N./acre. And if I could find some Vaughnna.
And plant 70lb of seed /acre + or -.
Have fun!
Later,
John A.
OBTW... we always used a Big Sweep plow to undercut out dryland and put out NH3 too

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