Caleb Traugh

Crop and soils advisor in SW Georgia.
Doing what I love but calling it work.

[Caleb Traugh @Traugh_Ag]

@lrofarmer Soil conditions definitely factor in

[Caleb Traugh @Traugh_Ag]

Here's a way to increase plant mass by 3x and root mass by 6x that is absolutely free, shown from our planting depth trial. Make sure to run the best planting depth for your conditions. And try a few depths to compare. It's doing the basics, but doing them well.

[Caleb Traugh @Traugh_Ag]

@sean_nettleton Yes, we trialed depths at every inch

[Caleb Traugh @Traugh_Ag]

@iamyourfarmer My full post actually addressed that fact. Most of these types of comparisons are trying to sell you something. But I can't sell you a proper planting depth. The point is that fine tuning the planter pass pays. Try different depths according to your conditions to see what pays

[Caleb Traugh @Traugh_Ag]

@bearboy5 It's just V5 now, but we'll take tissue samples and yield to quantify results

[Caleb Traugh @Traugh_Ag]

@LEAADFarms @grippinthagrain 0.5 vs 3.5. We did depths in between, but wanted to compare the extremes.

[Caleb Traugh @Traugh_Ag]

@JakeZwagerman Shallow planted
Plant- 1.5g
Root- 1.1g

Deep planted
Plant- 4.6g
Root- 6.3g

[Caleb Traugh @Traugh_Ag]

@redbirdrebel @Dusty3080467325 Previous crop was cotton. No herbicides applied on corn, and no history of Group 27 in this field. Damage was from freeze

[Caleb Traugh @Traugh_Ag]

@Dusty3080467325 @redbirdrebel It was 25 degrees the day after it came up and the wet sand it was planted in is still cold

[Caleb Traugh @Traugh_Ag]

@Dusty3080467325 @redbirdrebel That's a great guess but there was no 10-34-0 or high salt liquid fertilizer applied with the planter

[Caleb Traugh @Traugh_Ag]

@Dusty3080467325 Well it's my picture on your page for starters...

[Bob Kemerait @bobkemerait]

First report of southern corn rust for 2025 comes from Jackson Co, FL. Thanks Caleb Traugh! While none yet known in GA, corn growers in extreme SW GA with corn at tassel or beyond should take threat seriously. Weather now very favorable for infection and spread. UGA Extension

[Caleb Traugh @Traugh_Ag]

@gavin_spoor I want to retain at least 4 pods on every fruiting node. Having 5-7 is a good sign, now we just need to maintain seed size

[Caleb Traugh @Traugh_Ag]

@ISchmidtFaced That picture of the individual beans was at desiccation. They were dry at harvest

[Caleb Traugh @Traugh_Ag]

@thefarmerslife Great comparison. Now let's check seed size at harvest.

[Caleb Traugh @Traugh_Ag]

@Eabfranc P47a64x

[Caleb Traugh @Traugh_Ag]

A good example of what we are looking for with soybeans. 20% of the pods have 4 beans, and there just may be a 5 in there. Average 4 pods per mainstem node. Planted at 110k, final stand around 95k. Grower did a great job.

[Caleb Traugh @Traugh_Ag]

@markjthomas87 Bump up GPA if you think you need to, but it'll work just fine.

[Caleb Traugh @Traugh_Ag]

@baldpathologist Diaporthe?