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Roger Zielke

OptRx™ Crop Sensors: Your Questions Answered (Part 3)

Posted February 8th, 2011
 

What are the best applicator options for using OptRx crop sensors?
For optimum performance, OptRx should be used to apply nitrogen when the healthiest corn is between V5-V12 (about 2 foot to 7 foot tall).  When using OptRx sensors on wheat, topdress application can occur anytime between tillering and stem elongation.
The ideal side dress applicator [...]

 
 
Roger Zielke

OptRx™ Crop Sensors: Your Questions Answered (Part 2)

Posted February 7th, 2011
 

As a grower, it’s important to take whatever steps needed to ensure maximum yield potential. Variable rate nitrogen application utilizing OptRx crop sensors is one way to reduce the risk of over fertilizing in early growth stages and ensure optimum plant health across the entire field.
How can OptRx help maximize my profit potential?
Organically Speaking
The amount [...]

 
 
Roger Zielke

OptRx™ Crop Sensors: Your Questions Answered (Part 1)

Posted February 4th, 2011
 

Crop sensing technology is something growers tend to have many questions about, and most of the questions relate to one main concept – how crop sensors can help your operation. With that being said, I’ve put together a series of three blog posts in an effort to answer some of the common questions regarding our [...]

 
 
Roger Zielke

Side-dressing nitrogen application window

Posted April 30th, 2010
 

 
 “What is the application window for side-dressing nitrogen (N)?” I hear this question a lot from corn growers thinking about using crop sensors for variable rate N application.  Imagine how much better we could answer that question if we knew the weather! Unfortunately we don’t have that luxury.
 
For those who may not be familiar, the [...]