360 RAIN

Farms in Wisconsin found that summer application of manure via the 360 RAIN reduced water quality risks compared to fall spreading and one farmer found it cost about HALF as much per gallon as a traditional dragline setup while also cutting his fertilizer bill. That's adaptive application for the win! 💦

Wider windows for manure application A new nutrient management strategy incorporating high-clearance robotic irrigation (HCRI) on row crops was highlighted in the last issue of this magazine.

Congrats J.A. Lauzon Farm! 💦

Traditional manure application often happens before or after the growing season.

360 RAIN allows farms to apply manure during crop growth, putting those nutrients to work immediately.

"In total, the system [360 RAIN] delivered 34 inches of water, compared to 60 inches that’s typically used when a field is conventionally flooded, resulting in 43% water savings and $153 savings per acre." ↓↓↓

How I Save $768 Per Acre with Strip-Till & Cover Crops Robert Boyle is a self-proclaimed strip-till outlier in Coolidge, Ariz., where his 1,200-acre corn, cotton, alfalfa and dairy operation only gets about 7 inches of rain — if he’s lucky — and it often comes over the course of 2-3 storms.