We’re taking precision tools one step further to utilize agronomic zones and the Haney soil health test, which gives us our phosphorus (P), potassium (K), pH and organic matter, but also plant available nitrogen (N) in the nitrate, ammonium and organic form, organic, P and inorganic P, micronutrients, carbon in the soil and biological activity.

In June, 2019, Continuum Ag owner Mitchell Hora seeded cover crop was with a ground-driven push spreader — then in July, added another experiment — aerial application of the cover crop mix with a drone, into standing corn.

AgTech has been a buzzword that has continuously grown. It can be great, and provide a lot of tools for us as farmers, but it can also be scary in the sense that we’re being bombarded with a ton of technologies, data and new tools that can help our operations.

As we are now getting into the heat of harvest season, data is on everyone’s mind — yield data, moisture, acres harvested, total bushels produced and crop pricing. These are some of the many different data points we have to keep track of as farmers, but how do we make sense of it all?