Blogs
When Two Negatives Make a Positive
When we look back to 2012 it was historically dry, and 2013 started out wet and then turned dry. As…
Find Profit in Data
There is a popular reminder used in crop production to spur a sense of urgency. It goes something like this:…
Surrogate Data
“But how do I know if what I am seeing in my data analysis is real?” That’s a question that…
Compare Field Yields
Got data? You may be thinking, “Yes, I have plenty of it”, or maybe, “No, how do I get it?”…
Build Your Nutrient Data
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a target on your back! Our modern crop production system is on a collision…
Cost Per Bushel
Premier Crop has been challenged by growers and industry skeptics. The recent euphoria over the value of grower’s data has…
Color Blind Data
I grew up attending a small rural Iowa Methodist church and the theology from the pulpit was all about being…
Data Builds Confidence
Are you confident? Where does that confidence come from? From your life experiences? From your successes? Even your failures? What…
Compare Real Benchmarks
Telling customers they are underperforming never seemed like a great business model to me. Benchmarking can have that exact effect…
Compare Apple to Apples
You are likely asked for next years seed order many times before harvest even begins. In that case, one of…
Data by the Bushel
A commercial partnership brings combined analysis of financial records and field productivity to Syngenta growers. Mark Stelford understands the need…
Premier Crop's New ELBs Allow us to Experimentally Establish Causation
Throughout Premier Crop’s nearly 20-year history, we’ve perhaps been the most diligent at communicating that what we do – big…
Learning Blocks
Some people remember phone numbers or slender dates; I remember farm fields. Before the 2005 crop year, the program leaders…
Why You Should Test Products on Your Own Farm
Why should you test products on your own farm? Your farm is unique and you have the equipment capabilities and…
Remove the Guessing and Make Data Driven Decisions
As farmers face another year with challenging markets and high inputs, we as agronomic advisors continue to work with our…
AgProfessional Podcast Featuring Premier Crop's Molly Haub
Molly Haub, @molly_barnhart, of Premier Crop Systems talks about how growers can use their technology to work for them by putting numbers along…
Can “Unhealthy” Soils Consistently Produce Exceptional Yields?
In the early 1970s, I was fortunate to work for a farming operation that was serious about soil conservation. Serving…
THREE Ways to Determine Field Profitability Using Your Technology {Pt. 1}
This is a three part series focusing on ways to determine your field profitability using your technology. We will post…
Select the Right Seed for Your Field
There are many ways to trial new products on your farm. Possibly one of the most common is what you…
THREE Ways to Determine Field Profitability Using Your Technology {Pt. 2}
This is a three part series focusing on ways to determine your field profitability using your technology. We will post…
Making The Data Deliver
Dan Frieberg, President of Premier Crop Systems, talks about data and breakeven cost per bushel on the Farm to Fork…
THREE Ways to Determine Field Profitability Using Your Technology {Pt. 3}
This is a three part series focusing on ways to determine your field profitability using your technology. We will post…
Are you applying the right rates?
In 2005, Premier Crop trademarked a unique idea that has become a common practice with our customers. A trademark called…
Produce (a lot) More with Less
I spend some of my best work days with growers – encouraging them to use their data to drive better…
Intuition Doesn't Match Data
I’m a big believer in the practice of split-applying nitrogen – specifically sidedress – applying a portion of the nitrogen…
Paving the Way to Easy Data Transfer
I have had the privilege of being in the “Precision Ag business” for over 20 years now. A lot has…
How to Lower Your Breakeven Cost Per Bushel
Dan Frieberg talks with Delaney Howell and Mike Pearson with Global Ag Network sharing his insights on how to…
Precision Ag: Understand What is Profit Limiting
Dan Frieberg talks about the Silver Bullet of precision ag and how there is no “Silver bullet”. The point is…
The Precision Ag "Easy" Button
Virtually every precision ag survey done with growers and industry over the last 20 years would rank “getting different systems…
Crop Research: Evidence-based Decisions
I’m always looking for parallels – examples from other industries on how they use data to drive better decisions. While…