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Now that winter has arrived, crops are sold, and cattle are with your local IFA Crop Advisor and plan for the coming out on winter grazing areas, this can be the most important season. It also gives you a chance to complete or update your time of year for preparation and strategic planning of your records. operation. Take the time to plan for the coming season by reviewing the past year’s successes and consider your yields Proper planning prevents poor performance, right? So, and any challenges that you may have faced. For instance: let’s look for ways we can help you plan to succeed for this coming year. • How did effect your crop?

• What impacts did insects have on your yields? BUDGET

• What are some new opportunities in your farm operation? Let’s make sure your budget is set and that you have all information regarding any finance programs that are The winter months allow an opportunity for you to sit down available to you.

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Let’s make sure to go over your current and past soil sample. Let’s make sure that we address any issues you may have Let’s look at your soil fertility levels and trends. Your records had with bugs last spring. We are finding that it’s getting and reports will help us to recommend the right amount of harder and harder to control our insects, and now’s the time fertilizer and the best varieties of seeds for you. Last year, to prepare if we need to change up the chemistry on your you may have gone with a dry fertilizer program but now we insecticides to help prevent any resistance. may want to consider a split application of liquid fertilizers. NETWORKING SEEDS IFA has a great network and sources of knowledge with Now is also a great time to talk about seeds. Will you be crop advisors covering the whole Intermountain region. planting corn, alfalfa or even spring grain? We can go They communicate on a variety of crop problems and are through the options and help plan what varieties you’ll try. finding solutions to problems and concerns you may not be We’ll also make sure we have the seeds in stock when you’re having in your area yet. If you’re experiencing something ready to . Let’s talk about the new HarvXtra low lignin unique to your area or operation, you can bet that IFA alfalfa from our partner WL Alfalfa Seed. has the resources to help with experienced crop advisors who also advise one another. We all work together to share information.

Let’s talk about your herbicides as we will need to plan what Please contact your local IFA Crop Advisor for information type of herbicides to use. How old is your stand of alfalfa? on preparing your farm business for success. Can we apply a pre-emerge or will this Spring be the one in the rotation to use a post emergence herbicide?

Written by Kurt Hansen, CCA, and originally published in the IFA Cooperator magazine (vol. 83, no. 4) Winter 2017. Kurt is a Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) for IFA in Richfield, Utah.

CROP ADVISORS

CEDAR CITY GARLAND ROOSEVELT Tony Carlile, CCA (435) 691-5015 Randy Grover, CCA (435) 452-8874 Kam Abplanalp, CCA (435) 724-2257 Krea Mecham, CCA (435) 691-5016 Doug Mills, CCA (435) 757-0412 Craig Poulson, CCA (435) 724-2254 Cody Wilson, CCA (435) 279-5366 Jeff Stevens, CCA (435) 730-7735 SALT LAKE CITY CORTEZ Ryan Clark (208) 339-3300 Larry Dockery, CCA (435) 232-2277 Mike Royce (970) 739-0261 LEWISTON Brett Harman, CCA (801) 971-3977 DELTA Robert Rhoten, CCA (435) 452-8068 SPANISH FORK Jared Buhler (435) 864-7000 Jason Morgado (208) 339-4402 Todd Tolbert, CCA (435) 979-7920 Whitt Sorenson (435) 681-0197 PRICE Derk Winn (801) 404-0997 Daniel Thatcher, CCA (435) 609-1244 RICHFIELD Jason Bybee, CCA (435) 893-1495 Kurt Hansen, CCA (801) 803-4302 Skyler King (435) 287-9966

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