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Wyffels Hybrids says plant for the conditions

Marketing manager Mitch Heisler tells Brownfield while it has been a warmer than normal start to the year, it’s important for farmers to plant into conditions and not by the calendar.  “You want to make sure you have very good soil conditions, soil temperature is up above 50 degrees, and also more importantly, looking at the forecast going forward and make sure that you’re not planting before a cold or wet part of the forecast.”

He advises farmers to also manage each field as its own.  “Especially in the economic situation that we’re in in agriculture, I don’t think you can make blanket decsions across your whole farm. You really need to break it down and look at each field, look where the disease risk is you’re facing, what insect pressure do you have?”

Heisler says the more farmers know about their fields, the better armed they are to manage risks and maximize profit.

AUDIO: Mitch Heisler speaks with Brownfield during Commodity Classic