Presentations
W8
Crop Management
Wed, Dec 19, 2018
8:00am to 8:50am
W1
Crop Management
Wed, Dec 19, 2018
1:00pm to 1:50pm
Factors to Consider for Variable Rate Seeding
New technologies have enabled the ability to implement variable rate more reliably and easily than ever before. This session will explore how variable rate seeding plays out in fields with soil variability and year-to year weather variability. It identifies insights into factors that should be considered and how to field test weather variable rate seeding is the right option for you and your farm.
Speaker
Mark Licht
Mark Licht is an Associate Professor and Extension Cropping Systems Specialist in the Department of Agronomy at Iowa State University. He is a native of Webster County Iowa and grew up on a corn, soybean, farrow-to-finish hog farm. His extension, research and teaching program is focused on how to holistically manage Iowa cropping systems to achieve productivity, profitability and environmental goals. Research is centered around varied aspects of soybean, corn and cover crop management.