Skeptic, heretic, disruptor, eccentric — Roy Pfaltzgraff pleads guilty to all. Double-cropping on 16” of annual precipitation, table sugar in-furrow, drastic synthetic fertilizer reductions, 14 to 18 crops per season, no specialized equipment and direct-market scrambling, Pfaltzgraff has engineered a remarkable turnaround on 2,000 dryland acres in Colorado.

A farmer recently asked Ken Ferrie: “Can I replace some of my nitrogen in corn this spring with urea?” The short answer is yes, Ferrie says, especially on wheat acres going to corn. But there are some challenges with using urea that farmers need to understand so they can work around them.

Envita offers corn growers season-long nitrogen availability, according to Azotic Technologies. The product retails for approximately $15 an acre.

Meteorologist Chuck Heaver is tracking storms on two coasts! Check out his latest forecast and what that means for the middle of the country.