Blake Matthews

Idaho farm boy, raising potatoes, sugar beets, corn, malt barley , and alfalfa. Father of three great kids, and married to the best wife in the world!

[Blake Matthews @BlakeMatthews80]

@Oregon_farmer @mgroveppt_matt @SpudnikEquip @Fendt_NA @PrecisionPlant It’s working really well, yea it is.

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@tfickenscher @benk8680 Yes they do, there is only a few inches of clearance when the suspension bottoms out and if in a turn. I planned for the absolute worst situation. The suspension travel on these things is unreal.

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@andrewdegroot84 @tfickenscher @FoulkShay I built my tanks and mounts, 360 didn’t have any for the fendt’s and at the time wouldn’t sell the tanks by themselves.

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@Bkitch1Bodie Absolutely!!! I hope you guys enjoy them!!

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@andrewdegroot84 @farmernate @Biodyne_USA @jaredcookyieldz When used properly as part of a good program I think there is some huge upside to the product, and not only in conserving N.

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@farmernate @Biodyne_USA @andrewdegroot84 We ran this with @jaredcookyieldz on all my potatoes, corn and sugar beets. Saw great response as Jared said, with reduction in nitrate saw a much shorter plant with a fuller canopy. Disease pressure was reduced, and we trimmed roughly 50 units of N out of all the crops! Big $$$!

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@Bkitch1Bodie

[Blake Matthews @BlakeMatthews80]

@Bkitch1Bodie Side tanks hold 770 gal for conceal with N, K, and micros. Front tank hold 400 gal for the wave putting down P, Ca, 401, and carbon, both are hyd drive centrifugal’s. Ran with vapply hd’s.

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@AgDayTV @DragotecUSA @bw_fusion @AgriGold @AGCOcorp Yea, that would be fine.

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The pass we were all looking for, harvest 21 is finally in the books! @DragotecUSA @bw_fusion @AgriGold @AGCOcorp

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@maskalteff Yea, that would be good to talk. If you want my number is 2084313246

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@redoxgrows Congrats @cookdawg_redox!! Well deserved!

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@NickPloeg @JasonSchley One other factor that we noticed, but didn't plan on was that it seemed like our stem count was much more consistent, which led to a much more even set.

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@NickPloeg @JasonSchley With those zones, we also did VR with the fertility on the planter focusing on P. We then did a liquid topdress prior to diking VR focusing on N. Tissue samples were pulled by zone throughout the season. We saw more consistency nutrient wise and canopy wise than we ever have.

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Last load of potato harvest 21. Big thanks to @JasonSchley for some awesome zones and samples to guide @jaredcookyieldz and I on our decision making and to @bw_fusion and @Bkitch1Bodie for some awesome products! @IdahoPotato @SpudnikEquip

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@MaxROIFarmer We redesigned and beefed up the navigator. We’ve built quite a few of them. Use them on both potatoes and sugar beets.

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@Agronomy365 @Bkitch1Bodie @jaredcookyieldz and I were glad to have @Bkitch1Bodie out to see how we do things in Idaho. He had some great insight and the @Agronomy365 has been a great tool in to add to our program!

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@panotiller @MaxROIFarmer I get asked that question a lot. There’s actually way better visibility then you’d think.