Jul 18, 2026 | Closing Wheels
Introduction When a crop comes up well most people credit good seed or good weather but strong crop emergence is usually the result of several things working together underground before anyone can see what is happening. Some of those things are obvious and well...
Jul 17, 2026 | Closing Wheels
Introduction There is always pressure to get acres planted fast because weather windows are short and there is a lot of ground to cover in a limited amount of time. But planting quality is one of those things that gets sacrificed when speed becomes the only priority...
Jul 16, 2026 | Closing Wheels
Introduction A seed sitting in loose soil with air pockets around it is in trouble from the very start because consistent soil contact is what connects the seed to the moisture it needs to wake up, and without that contact, germination either starts late or...
Jul 15, 2026 | Closing Wheels
Introduction Every crop has a ceiling on what it can produce, and a lot of that ceiling is set by the soil it grows in. Soil growth potential is about whether the ground under a crop can actually support what that crop is trying to do because good soil gives a plant...
Jul 14, 2026 | Closing Wheels
Introduction When a seed goes into the ground, it lands in a very small space, and what happens in that space in the first few days decides almost everything. Seed zone uniformity means that every seed across the whole field gets the same conditions in that zone,...
