Graduating Class of 2024
Abby Tarapaski
Ashton Schuster
Ava Fried
Braden Wiens
Brandon Cey
Brooke Soetaert
Chase Cunningham
Cohen Sundquist
Colby Lees
Connor Miskolczi
Dylan DeBrouwer
Dylan Dion
Emily Creusot
Ethan Booker
Evan Fyfe
Hali Costain
Jackson Boyd
Joshua Davidson
Kian Keichinger
Kristin Sardoff
Kyla Good
Kyle Johns
Kyle Wiebe
Landon Hogstead
Levi Scherman
Logan Stewart
Luke Johnson
Navpreet Kaur
Ryan Chesterman
Supreet Kaur
Taylor Benoit
Ty Hope
Tyson Lewis
Wendal Egeland
Wyatt Cuthbertson
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College Map
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Order of Presentation:
Introduction
Wheat
Canola
Peas
Hemp, Faba, Malt
Intermission
Barley and Corn Silage
Special Projects
Crop Demo
Conclusion
This year’s SMF class would like to give a big Thank You to all our sponsors, advisors, family, and friends for coming to watch our presentation today!
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Wheat 2023
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Wheat Production Fields LC 4/5 LC 18 LC26A Seed Variety AAC Brandon AAC Hockley AAC Brandon Seeding Rate 129 lb/ac 125 lb/ac 129 lb/ac Seeding Date May 12 May 15 May 11 Seed placed Blend N/A 0-15-10-0 0-25-15-0 Side Band Blend 95-0-0-0 88-0-0-0 100-0-0-0
1: Wheat 2023 Production information 2023 Financial Summary Total ($) $/ac Income $125,277 $547 Expenses $109,515 $478 Net $15,763 $69
2: Wheat 2023 Financial Summary
Breakeven Bu/ac $/bu 58 $6.01
2023
Table
Table
2023
Wheat
Breakeven
Table 3:
2023
Acre
2023/2024 Wheat Total Costs Per
Total: $478/acre
2023 Wheat Input Costs per Acre
Total: $209/acre
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Marketing Date & Contract Price Total ($) April 14 – August 26, 2023, 100MT Pacer $5.03 Per MT Cost for Pacer 101.42MT @ $371.074/MT ($10.10/Bu) $37,634 October 17, 2023 (February Delivery) 40MT @ $367.44/MT ($10.00/Bu) $14,697 October 31, 2023 (November Delivery) 80MT @ $367.44/MT ($10.00/Bu) $29,395 January 17, 2024 (February Delivery) 87MT @ $339.88/MT ($9.25/Bu) $29,570 March 8, 2024 12.1MT @ $317.37/MT ($9.63/Bu) $3827
Table 4: Wheat 2023 Marketing Information
Wheat 2024
Wheat
Contracts
Date
April 1 – August 10, 2024. 80MT Pacer
$4 per /MT Cost December Futures
Table 5: Wheat 2024 Contracts
Wheat 2024 Pesticide Recommendations
Recommendations are the same for all fields (LC 14, 25, 26B)
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Contract
Treatment Pre-Seed
Emergent
Product Raxil Pro
Pre+ Glyphosate Infinity + Varro FX
perennial
Miravis Ace
rate Silencer 120 SG Rates N/A Paradigm
Glyphosate: 180 g.a.e/ac Infinity: 0.33 L/ac Varro: 0.2 L/ac 360 g.a.e/ac 303 mL/ac 34 mL/ac
Seed
Post-
Pre-Harvest Fungicide Insecticide
Paradigam
Glyphosate for
weed control
¾
Pre: 7.5/ac,
2024 Input Costs Total ($) $/ac Fertilizer $25,699 $80 Pesticides $16,812 $53 Seed + Treatment $16,060 $50
Table
6: Wheat 2024 Pesticide Application Plans
Input Costs 2024 Financial Summary Total ($) $/ac Income $163,710 $510 Expenses $143,349 $446 Net $20,361 $63
Table
7: Wheat 2024
8: Wheat 2024 Financial Summary
Table
Canola 2023
LC 20 Pesticide Applications 2023
LC 14 & 19 Pesticide Applications 2023
Table
LC 14 & 19 Pesticide Applications 2023
Table
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Application Type Product 1 Rate Product 2 Rate Pre-Seed Glyphosate 0.66 L/ac Prospect 0.66 L/ac In Crop Liberty 1.62 L/ac N/A N/A Fungicide N/A N/A N/A N/A Pre Harvest Glyphosate 0.66 L/ac Heat 0.66 L/ac
Table 9: Canola 2023 LC 20 Pesticide Applications
Application Type Product 1 Rate Product 2 Rate Pre-Seed Glyphosate 0.66 L/ac Prospect 0.66 L/ac In Crop Glyphosate 0.66 L/ac Glyphosate 0.66 L/ac Fungicide N/A N/A N/A N/A Pre Harvest N/A N/A N/A N/A
10: Canola 2023 LC 14 & LC 19 Pesticide Applications
Application Type Product 1 Rate Product 2 Rate Pre-Seed Glyphosate 0.66 L/ac Prospect 0.66 L/ac In Crop Glyphosate 0.66 L/ac Glyphosate 0.66 L/ac Fungicide N/A N/A N/A N/A Pre Harvest Reglone N/A N/A N/A
11: Canola 2023 LC 26C Pesticide Applications
Canola 2024
LC 12 Pesticide Application Plan 2024
Application Type Product 1 Product 2
Pre-Seed N/A N/A
In Crop Glyphosate N/A
Insecticide Silencer 120SG N/A
Fungicide Proline Gold N/A
Pre Harvest Reglone Glyphosate
Table 12: Canola 2024 LC 12 Pesticide Application Plan
Note. Either Glyphosate or Reglone Pre-Harvest
Leased Half Pesticide Application Plan 2024
Application Type Product 1 Product 2
Pre-Seed Glyphosate Aim
In Crop Liberty Centurion
Insecticide Silencer 120SG N/A
Fungicide Proline Gold N/A
Pre Harvest Reglone Glyphosate
Table 13: Canola 2024 Leased Half Pesticide Application Plan
Note: Either Glyphosate or Reglone for Pre-Harvest
LC 26A Pesticide Application Plan 2024
Application Type Product 1 Product 2
Pre-Seed Glyphosate Conquer
In Crop Liberty Centurion
Insecticide Silencer 120SG N/A
Fungicide Proline Gold N/A
Pre Harvest Reglone Glyphosate
Table 14: Canola 2024 LC 26 A Pesticide Application Plan
Note: Either Glyphosate or Reglone for Pre-Harvest
2024 Fertility Applications
Table 15: Canola 2024 Fertility Applications
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Field Yield Goal Blend LC12 55 bu/ac 95-15-0-15 Leased Half 45 bu/ac 115-30-0-15 LC 26C 55 bu/ac 85-15-0-15
Canola Fertility Applications 2023
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Field Yield Goal Blend N+S Rate P Rate Total Rate LC 20 45 bu/ac 90-25-0-15 218.82lbs/ac 48.08lbs/ac 266.9 lbs/ac LC 19 55 bu/ac 80-15-0-15 201.67lbs/ac 28.85lbs/ac 230.52 lbs/ac LC14 55 bu/ac 75-10-0-12 186.16lbs/ac 19.23lbs/ac 200.39 lbs/ac LC26C 55 bu/ac 105-25-0-15 251.41lbs/ac 48.08lbs/ac 299.49 lbs/ac Table 16: Canola 2023 Fertility Applications
Rates Field Variety Seeding rate LC 20 L343PC 5 lbs/ac LC 19 P510 Optimum Gly 5 lbs/ac LC 14 P510 Optimum Gly 5 lbs/ac LC 25C P510 Optimum Gly 5 lbs/ac Table 17: Canola 2023 Seeding Rates 2023/2024 Canola Income Total ($) $/ac Income $231,197 $714 Expenses $172,044 $531 Net $59,153 $183 Table 18: Canola 2023 Income
2023 Seeding
2023/2024 Canola Costs Per Acre
Total: $496/acre
2023/2024 Canola Input Costs Per Acre
Total: $227/acre
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2024 Seeding Rates
LC
LC
Table 19: Canola 2024 Seeding Rates
Peas 2023
Table 20: Peas 2023 Varieties, Seeding Rates and Fertilizer Blends Pesticide
Table 21: Peas 2023 LC 25 Applications
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Field Variety Seeding Rate
12 P511 Optimum Gly RR 5 lbs/ac
Half-85 Acres P561L 5 lbs/ac
Half-85 Acres PV661 LCM 5 lbs/ac
Leased
Leased
26C L343 PC 5 lbs/ac
LC 25 – 135 ac LC 26B – 55 ac Variety CDC Canary CDC Canary Seeding Rate 210 bu/ac 210 bu/ac Fertilizer Blend 0-20-0-0 0-20-0-0
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Application Type Product 1 Rate 1 Product 2 Rate 2 Pre-seed Burn Glyphosate 0.33 L/ac Voraxor 40 ac/case In Crop Viper 40 ac/case UAN 800 ml/ac Fungicide Delaro 20 ac/jug N/A N/A Insecticide Pounce N/A N/A Pre-Harvest Glyphosate 0.66 L/ac N/A N/A
Application LC
Applications 2023
LC 26B Applications 2023
Pea 2023
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Application Type Product 1 Rate 1 Product 2 Rate 2 Pre-seed Burn Glyphosate 0.33 L/ac Voraxor 40 ac/case In Crop Viper 40 ac/case UAN 800 ml/ac Fungicide Delaro 20 ac/jug Zetigo 20 ac/jug Insecticide Pounce N/A N/A Pre-Harvest Glyphosate 0.66 L/ac N/A N/A
Table 22: Peas 2023 LC 26B
Applications
Yield Pea Contracts Date Contract 2023 Pea Contract 257MT GPO Net Payable – $103,307
Contracts
Table 23: Peas 2023
2023 Peas Total Cost per Acre
Total: $393/acre
2023 Peas Input Costs per Acre
Total: $146/acre
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Peas 2023 Financial Summary
Peas 2024 Crops
Table
Hemp 2023
2023 Field Information
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Total ($) $/acre Income $103,307 $544 Expenses $63,666 $353 Net $39,641 $191 Table 24: Peas 2023 Financial Summary
LC 17 – 95 ac LC 26C – 39 ac Variety CDC Carver CDC Carver Seeding Rate N/A N/A Fertilizer Blend 0-10-0-0 0-25-0-0
plan Application Type Product 1 Product 2 Pre-seed Burn Glyphosate Voraxor In Crop Viper UAN Fungicide Delaro N/A Insecticide Silencer 120 SG N/A Pre-Harvest Reglone N/A
Pesticide
Table 25: Peas 2024 Crop Plans Pesticide
Table 26: Peas 2024
Plans
LC 1/3 36 acres Variety Bialobrzeskie Seeding Rate 50 lbs/ac
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LC 1/3 Field Information
Hemp 2023
16 Pesticide Application Application Type Product 1 Rate Product 2 In Crop Pardner 500 mL/ac Centurion 40 ac/case Table 28: Hemp 2023 Pesticide Application Seeding/Yield Goal Fertility 80-10-10 Seed Rate 50 lbs/ac Yield Goal 2.5 MT/ac Actual Yield 2.62 MT/ac
29: Hemp 2023 Seeding/Yield Goal Financial Summary Total $/ac Income $22,752 $711 Expenses $10,600 $331 Net $12,150 $380 Table 30: Hemp 2023 Financial Summary Contract Information Total Income/ac $711/ac Yield MT/ac 2.62 MT/ac First Metric Ton Value $250/ac Second Metric Ton Value $275/ac Above 2 Metric Ton Value $300/ac 0.62 MT above 2 MT $186/ac
31: Hemp 2023 Contract Information
Table
Table
2023 Hemp Total Costs per Acre
Total: $370/acre
2023 Hemp Input Costs per Acre
Total: $119/acre
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LC 20
Malt Barley 2024
2024 Crop Plans
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Variety AAC
acres
Connect
Pesticide Application Application Type Product 1 Rate Product 2 Rate Pre-seed Paradigm PRE 7.5 ac Glyphosate 180 g ai/ac In Crop Liquid Achieve 40ac/case Pixarro 40ac/case Fungicide Maravis Ace ¾ rate N/A N/A Pre-harvest N/A N/A N/A N/A
Table 32: Malt Barley 2024 Crop Plans
Pesticide Application Fertility Plan Fertility Plan 50-20-10 Yield Goal 85 bu/ac
34: Malt Barley 2024 Fertility Plans Financial Summary Cost $/ac Fertility $6,193 $57 Pesticide $5,341 $49 Seed $4,305 $40 Total $15,839 $146
Table
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Table
Table
35: Malt Barley
2024
Financial Summary
Faba Bean 2024
2024 Crop Plans
LC 1/3 76 acres
Variety
Snowbird
Table 36: Faba Bean 2024 Crop Plans
Fertility Plan
Fertility 0-0-0-0
Inoculant Tagteam Bionic Faba
Yield Goal 50bu/ac
Table 37: Faba Bean 2024 Fertility Plans Pesticide
Table 38: Faba Bean 2024 Pesticide Application
Table 39: Faba Bean 2024 Financial Summary
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Application Application Type Product 1 Rate Product 2 Rate Pre-seed Voraxor 40 ac/case Glyphosate 0.33 L/ac In Crop Viper 0.404 L/acre UAN 0.81 L/acre Fungicide Delaro 356 mL/acre N/A N/A Pre-harvest Glyphosate 0.50 L/ac Reglone 0.61 - 0.83 L/acre Insecticide Silencer 120 SG 34 mL/ac N/A N/A
Financial Summary Total ($) $/ac Inoculant $988 $13 Pesticide $5,320 $70 Seed $4,028 $53 Total $10,346 $136
Corn 2023
2023
2023
2023 Corn Silage Total Costs per Acre
Total:
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Corn
Fields AL 01 LC 1/3 LC 1/3 Seed Variety P6909 P7202R Pride 1017 Seed Rate 32,000 seeds/ac 32,000 seeds/ac 32,000 seeds/ac Floated & Incorporated yes yes yes Table 40: Corn 2023 Production
Production
Total ($) $/ac Income $115,384 $547 Expense $104,895 $497 Net $10,489 $50 Table 41: Corn 2023 Financial Summary
Corn Financial Summary
$593/acre
Total: $288/acre
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2023 Corn Silage Input Costs per Acre
Total: $425/acre
Total: $164/acre
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2023 Barley Silage Total Costs per Acre
2023 Barley Silage Input Costs per Acre
Barley Silage 2023
2023
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Barley Production Fields LC12 LC 17 LC 19 Seed Variety CDC Austenson CDC Austenson CDC Austenson Seed Rate 140lbs/ac 140lbs/ac 140lbs/ac Table 42: Barley 2023 Production
Barley Financial Summary Total ($) $/ac Income $119,643 $467 Expense $108,766 $425 Net $10,877 $42 Table 43: Barley 2023 Financial Summary
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Special Projects
LC 4/5 Rehabilitation Committee
This year it came to the attention of the SMF crop students that the management of LC 4/5 was unsustainable, and changes needed to be made. In previous years, there were many applications of manure, causing high levels of phosphorus in the soil. There is also moderate compaction due to it being a high traffic field at the College. The SMF soon set goals according to what the needs of the field were.
Goals:
• Restricted grazing
• Increase organic matter
• Improve root growth
With compaction posing an issue, the committee went out and did a compaction test. The results came back with high compaction at the entrance, but low to moderate on hill tops and in low spots of the field. The livestock SMF units decided to take LC 15 & 16 out of pasture and return it to crop production. In return, we made a decision to put LC 4/5 into forage production.
Compaction test map on LC 4/5 showed that there was moderate to low compaction as the soil is largely composed of sand. Most compacted area was the entrance to the field which was expected.
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LC 4/5 Soil Test
In the soil test above, we can see that the phosphorus is almost too high to grow any type of crop and that the OM is also relatively low.
2024 LC 4/5 Crop Plans
The blend above is what the SMF crops will be planting on LC 4/5 this spring. This is a custom blend created based off our needs and goals. The committee, along with the mixed farm team, met with Paul from Kattle Squared to create this blend.
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Point Forward Variable Rate
Variable rate is a kind of precision agriculture using topography mapping, zone soil testing, and yield data to come up with a strategic plan that optimizes crop input usage and maximizes the College’s profitability. The data is put into digital format, which is then used in tandem with our VR equipment at seeding. It helps us to utilize our fertilizer in the most efficient way by reducing costs from decreased inputs, increase efficiency from only putting down the fertilizer where it is essential, and provides a learning experience for our students on how precision agriculture implements can help fields with varying topography to have the best crop possible.
Below is our Return on Investment on for the 2023 crop on LC 14 from Point Forward Solutions.
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Field signs QR code
The Mixed Farm Team decided to make new signs to give more field information. This is to show:
• Field history
• Current and previous crops
• Herbicides sprayed
• General field information.
Manure
SMF spread both liquid and dry manure this fall. There was a total of 1.3 million gallons of liquid manure and 4770 MT of dry manure.
• Liquid manure was spread on LCP 21, 22, 23, 24, which are pastures at the College.
• Solid manure was spread on the Leased Half and neighbors’ pastures.
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21 232,000 GAL
22 496,000 GAL LCP 23 456,000 GAL
24 144,000 GAL LCP 21 LCP 22 LCP 23 LCP 24
1,140
1,140
Research 800 MT
1,660
Dairy Equine Research Beef
Manure spread Solid manure Sources LCP
LCP
LCP
Dairy
MT Equine
MT
Beef
MT
Canola Staging on LC 26
This fall, a committee of students was put together to go to check the staging of our Canola crop on LC 26. The committee realized that the canola variety was non-pod shatter resistant and had not been swathed although it was very close to being ripe.
• The committee found the seeds were ready to be harvested but the plants remained excessively green.
• SMF had two decisions, either swath the crop or spray it. Ultimately, the decision was made by the whole SMF Crops team to spray the field to minimize the risk of shattering losses that may have come from swathing.
LC 14 Slough
Last spring, last year’s Crop SMF decided to seed through a dry slough due to the drought. This year’s analysis team wanted to see if seeding through the slough was worth the investment. This net loss is calculated using our average canola sale price at $14.50 per bushel.
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Fields AL 01 LC 1/3 LC 1/3 Seed Variety P6909 P7202R Pride 1017 Seed Rate 32,000 seeds/ac 32,000 seeds/ac 32,000 seeds/ac Floated & Incorporated yes yes yes Production Cost Revenue Loss Net Loss $496/ac $362/ac ($134/ac) ($1,425)
Crop Demo
Yield comparison from ESN, Super U, Urea Demo on LC 18
Comparison in Residual N from Demo on LC 18
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2023/24 Financial Summary
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Income Revenue $717,559 Expenses: Insurance $43,211 Pesticides $56,344 Fertilizer $110,838 Seed $57,547 Opportunity cost $188,000 Other $104,801 Total: $560,741 Profit: $156,818
Thank You
• New Holland
• Webb’s Machinery
• Roy Kubica
• Meridian Manufacturing
• Point Forward Solutions
• SMF Advisors
o Amy Hill
o Janet Kerr
o Zenon Kotowich
o JP Pettyjohn
o Amy Stanley
o Tracy Quinton
• Meadow Lake Co-op
• Six Strong Agronomy: James Oberhofer
• Dom St. Amand
• Troy Waltz
• Bill Robinson
• Mike Hittinger
• Denise Martin
• Trisha Mechor
• Tracy Quinton, Dean of Agricultural Sciences
• Darla Stepanick, Associate Dean of Agricultural Sciences
• Kris Lehmann, Farm Manager
• Jayden Cramer , Crop Technician
• Farm Staff
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