TAPS 2020 Sprinkler Corn Presentation

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Learn more about the 2020 TAPS Sprinkler Corn Competition and the data that determined the winners.

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[00:00:00.100]Hey everybody, this is Chuck Burr.
[00:00:01.860]I'm an extension educator at "North Platte Nebraska,"
[00:00:04.720]and here today to share with you,
[00:00:06.010]are "UNL TAPS Program Testing Edge Performance Solutions,"
[00:00:09.620]with our "2020 Farm Management Competitions Presentations."
[00:00:13.620]We did have a virtual presentation of awards
[00:00:15.900]on January 16th, others on the leadership team with me,
[00:00:19.480]Dr. Daran Rudnick and Dr. Matt Stockton
[00:00:22.670]do most of the research out of North Platte.
[00:00:24.840]In addition, Cody Creech and Jessica Groskopf,
[00:00:27.930]located out on the panhandle.
[00:00:29.480]Robert Tigner is a farm management educator
[00:00:32.500]based in North Platte.
[00:00:33.580]And Jason Warren is an irrigation specialist
[00:00:35.670]down with "Oklahoma State University."
[00:00:37.730]Jason started a couple of "TAPS," competitions
[00:00:39.880]down in Oklahoma as well.
[00:00:42.260]Really like to thank our management team.
[00:00:44.350]They're the ones that do the day-to-day work
[00:00:46.220]on the "TAPS," competition.
[00:00:47.790]And without them, this "TAPS," program
[00:00:49.440]would not be available.
[00:00:51.790]You can see our participants cover a pretty good chunk
[00:00:54.900]of the state of Nebraska, Southern half of Nebraska,
[00:00:57.810]up in the Northeast and the panhandle as well.
[00:01:00.770]We do have some participants in Oklahoma and Kansas.
[00:01:03.640]And of course with Jason Warren
[00:01:05.130]and Oklahoma state competitions,
[00:01:07.010]we have some Oklahoma participants as well.
[00:01:10.660]Really like to thank our partners and sponsors,
[00:01:12.760]without them, the "TAPS," program would not be possible.
[00:01:16.360]Several financial institutions that provide cash to us
[00:01:19.590]that helps us to pay the awards out,
[00:01:21.690]and also to have the awards banquet.
[00:01:24.030]Seed companies provide recommended hybrids
[00:01:26.340]and recommended seeding rates.
[00:01:28.000]And then they also provide seed
[00:01:29.930]if the farmer select those hybrids to be planted,
[00:01:32.960]the AG industry, those are all of our technology
[00:01:35.990]and service providers.
[00:01:37.360]Most of those are provided free of charge
[00:01:39.350]to the "TAPS," programs.
[00:01:40.740]Really allows our participants the chance
[00:01:42.760]to be able to test out this technology
[00:01:45.660]before they implement it on their farm.
[00:01:48.320]Several commodity boards
[00:01:49.610]and regulatory agencies have been huge (indistinct)
[00:01:51.600]the last several years.
[00:01:53.290]The "Corn Board," "Nebraska Grain Sorghum Board,"
[00:01:56.622]our "National Sorghum Checkoff," as well as "Colorado Corn."
[00:02:00.330]Several natural resource districts,
[00:02:02.270]as well as "Central Nebraska Public Power
[00:02:04.270]and Irrigation District,"
[00:02:05.480]providing support for the program as well.
[00:02:07.900]In addition, we have a "USDA NRCS CIG Grant,"
[00:02:11.460]that we received so support from them,
[00:02:13.700]as well as "Ogallala Water," the "Nature Conservancy,"
[00:02:16.630]and the (indistinct) water basin.
[00:02:19.840]So the awards that we present,
[00:02:21.560]we give out a $2,000 check to the most profitable farm.
[00:02:25.590]This is calculated looking at their costs of production,
[00:02:28.610]how many dollars per bushel
[00:02:29.860]it costs them to produce the grain.
[00:02:31.750]In addition to how they marketed that grain,
[00:02:34.120]what price did they receive in the marketplace.
[00:02:37.190]We also give a $1,000 check
[00:02:39.570]to the "Highest Input Use Efficiency Farm."
[00:02:41.970]That takes a look at the water applied,
[00:02:44.120]the nitrogen applied.
[00:02:45.570]And then how much of a yield response did they get
[00:02:48.230]for the inputs that they have?
[00:02:50.610]And then the third award is "Greatest Grain Yield."
[00:02:53.620]That's a checkup base amount of $500,
[00:02:56.730]but we multiply that by the percent of profitability,
[00:02:59.640]of the most profitable farm.
[00:03:01.690]So if a farm spends, you know,
[00:03:03.220]a lot of money on water and nitrogen
[00:03:05.330]and see just to get that high yield
[00:03:08.090]and their profitability likely it's gonna be a little lower.
[00:03:10.460]So then we adjust the check accordingly.
[00:03:14.640]So the competition overview,
[00:03:16.010]it is held at the "West Central Research Extension
[00:03:18.450]and Education Center," in North Platte Nebraska,
[00:03:21.380]simulated farm size for the sprinkler corn competition
[00:03:24.300]is 3000 acres.
[00:03:26.190]So they do have small plots.
[00:03:27.830]We have three replicated plots for each of the participants.
[00:03:31.830]And then the yield off
[00:03:32.860]of those plots is ramped up to 3000 acres.
[00:03:35.620]So, you know, they've got 700, some thousand bushels
[00:03:38.830]they need to market during the growing season.
[00:03:40.980]That just allows them to have a more representative number
[00:03:44.010]of bushels to deal with as they go through the season.
[00:03:47.150]Six management decisions they make.
[00:03:48.990]They select a crop insurance coverage package.
[00:03:52.070]They select a hybrid and a seeding rate.
[00:03:54.820]Nitrogen management.
[00:03:55.870]They tell us how much nitrogen and when to apply that.
[00:03:58.910]Their options are to provide pre-plant, side-dress,
[00:04:03.610]and fertigation nitrogen applications
[00:04:06.200]on irrigation management
[00:04:07.420]that tell us how much water to apply
[00:04:09.190]and when to apply that.
[00:04:10.220]We do make two irrigations per week up to an inch
[00:04:12.930]at each time.
[00:04:14.090]And then, like I mentioned earlier,
[00:04:15.450]they do need to market those bushels
[00:04:17.490]or tell us how they would market those bushels.
[00:04:19.430]And we keep track of that, as we go through the season.
[00:04:23.230]A timeline of events here, as I mentioned,
[00:04:25.310]we did get that "NRCS CIG Grant," back in January
[00:04:29.310]about a year ago.
[00:04:30.330]We have our kickoff events usually in late February,
[00:04:33.700]early March.
[00:04:34.730]And then the decision making process starts in March.
[00:04:37.440]They need to tell us their crop insurance package in April.
[00:04:40.650]They tell us, you know, what hybrid the plants seeding rate.
[00:04:43.670]Also any pre-plant nitrogen that needs to go down.
[00:04:46.780]We do start planting late April, early May
[00:04:49.260]depending on conditions.
[00:04:50.920]And then the irrigations fertigations start to occur
[00:04:54.390]after that the fertigations' our growth base
[00:04:57.080]or growth stage fertigation.
[00:04:59.140]So as we hit those targets we do apply more nitrogen
[00:05:01.700]through the season.
[00:05:03.810]Harvest was end of October, early November this year.
[00:05:07.810]And then we've been spending a lot of time
[00:05:09.580]tabulating all the data
[00:05:11.200]and coming up with the competition awards,
[00:05:14.070]which we'll be presenting.
[00:05:16.790]Technology and services provided a lot of imagery
[00:05:19.830]from satellite imagery to aerial imagery,
[00:05:22.160]several different providers.
[00:05:23.870]We do have several weather stations
[00:05:25.940]at the edge of the field, so we can look at the weather data
[00:05:29.130]in North Platte.
[00:05:31.240]Each participant gets to select
[00:05:32.830]their soil water monitoring probe or device
[00:05:35.930]that's placed in their plot.
[00:05:37.600]So they have an idea of how much water
[00:05:39.790]is available to the plants.
[00:05:41.380]That helps them with those irrigation scheduling decisions
[00:05:44.230]and plant sensing as well, information we provide.
[00:05:47.410]On the right hand side,
[00:05:48.590]you see we do a lot of soil and plant sampling
[00:05:50.810]before the season and during the growing season.
[00:05:53.160]Again, just providing additional information
[00:05:55.240]to help them make those decisions.
[00:05:57.030]Dr. Julie Peterson our extension entomologist here
[00:05:59.690]in North Platte does some scouting for
[00:06:01.810]Western (indistinct)
[00:06:03.580]We do take plot photos every couple' weeks
[00:06:06.050]and provide those to the participants.
[00:06:08.040]As you can see from the map,
[00:06:09.240]some of our participants are quite a few miles away.
[00:06:13.330]Well, it's not like they're gonna come
[00:06:14.470]and look at their field every week.
[00:06:15.690]So we try to provide as much image as we can.
[00:06:18.350]And then the drone footage as well,
[00:06:19.840]something new we provided this year, a drone image
[00:06:22.650]and we'll continue to do that in the future.
[00:06:26.380]So the 2020 irrigation season,
[00:06:28.590]the rainfall where you receive from June 8th
[00:06:30.870]through the middle of September was 5.6 inches of rain.
[00:06:35.280]Way, way lower than our normal.
[00:06:37.010]You can see the rainfall amounts from 2017
[00:06:40.610]to 2019 range from about 15 to just over 21 inches.
[00:06:45.000]And so quite a bit lower than what we typically
[00:06:48.160]would receive here in North Platte.
[00:06:51.040]Market conditions the last couple of years,
[00:06:53.010]you can see we're sitting at the current high.
[00:06:55.390]So the producers that made the decision to sell their grain
[00:06:58.290]at the end of the season, on November 30th,
[00:07:01.250]they probably received the highest price
[00:07:04.040]as any of the participants.
[00:07:06.610]Typically we see high prices in March to July
[00:07:10.080]and you can see the fluctuation there
[00:07:11.610]over the number of years,
[00:07:12.610]but that was not the case this year.
[00:07:14.480]This would be a, maybe a 1 out of 10 year scenario,
[00:07:17.420]one of a high price was at harvest or just after harvest.
[00:07:22.230]So let's, first of all, look at our
[00:07:23.667]"TAPS Outstanding Advocate Award."
[00:07:26.420]Every year, we try to make an award to a individual
[00:07:29.470]or a business that's kind of gone above and beyond
[00:07:32.090]the call of duty and helping us promote our "TAPS" program
[00:07:35.510]across the state.
[00:07:36.890]This year, we award the "Nebraska Farmer and Tyler Harris,"
[00:07:40.350]the "Advocate Award."
[00:07:41.990]Tyler and the "Nebraska Farmer," has been really good
[00:07:44.420]about interviewing our award winners each year
[00:07:47.630]to share those management strategies
[00:07:49.460]that led to the awards and allowing other individuals
[00:07:52.750]across the state to be able to learn from those as well.
[00:07:55.840]In addition, Tyler actually competed for a couple of years
[00:07:58.720]in the "TAPS," competition to kind of take an inside look
[00:08:01.570]at how our producers are making these decisions.
[00:08:04.040]And he wrote about that decision-making process
[00:08:06.460]in a blog that he has.
[00:08:07.810]So, we really appreciate the support of the "Nebraska Farmer
[00:08:10.840]and Tyler Harris," to get the information on "TAPS,"
[00:08:13.670]out to the general public.
[00:08:16.410]So, let's take a look at the "Sprinkler Corn Competition."
[00:08:20.480]We had 27 teams competing this year.
[00:08:22.950]We expanded again that included the "UNL Control Plot,"
[00:08:26.640]that got no water, no nitrogen.
[00:08:28.600]Also had a "UNL" team
[00:08:30.110]that made decisions based on technology
[00:08:32.510]for both water and nitrogen management,
[00:08:35.350]as well as several of the teams
[00:08:37.500]had more than one individual.
[00:08:38.790]So we had actually a total of 87 individuals competing
[00:08:42.400]in these 27 different teams.
[00:08:46.460]From crop insurance, they selected a crop insurance package.
[00:08:49.540]The most common was revenue protection,
[00:08:51.560]with enterprise units at the 75% level.
[00:08:55.370]The minimum cost per acre was $2.11
[00:08:58.210]a maximum of $26.46.
[00:09:01.240]You can see the range in variability
[00:09:03.050]and the types of policies,
[00:09:04.570]and then the level of coverage as well.
[00:09:07.760]Hybrid selection and seeding rate.
[00:09:09.210]We had 16 different hybrids planted out
[00:09:11.200]on these 27 different plots.
[00:09:13.270]Populations range from 28,500 to 35,000 seeds per acre.
[00:09:19.060]You can see the black dots on this chart
[00:09:21.100]represents the hybrid cost per bag
[00:09:23.770]and knowing that cost per bag and seeding rate,
[00:09:25.940]we came up with a cost per acre for seed,
[00:09:29.020]at which ranged from just over $64 up to over $117 per acre.
[00:09:35.450]So quite a range in terms of how much cost of the seed
[00:09:38.630]that went in the ground.
[00:09:41.990]In terms of nitrogen fertilizer.
[00:09:43.390]You see here, plot six, is that control plot got no water
[00:09:46.410]no nitrogen.
[00:09:47.570]Otherwise it ranged from 75 pounds of nitrogen up to 260.
[00:09:52.450]So not quite a 200 pound range in terms of nitrogen applied.
[00:09:58.290]You can see the amount of pre-plant and side-dress
[00:10:01.800]and fertigation nitrogen applied
[00:10:04.000]from 0 up to 180 on pre-plant,
[00:10:06.470]0 to 160 on side-dress and 0 and 120 on fertigations.
[00:10:13.790]Terms of irrigation water applied.
[00:10:15.410]The low was a dollar I'm sorry.
[00:10:18.430]The low was 1.2 six inches, high was 16.76 inches,
[00:10:24.860]with an average of about 7 inches and 30 hundreds
[00:10:27.890]for the year.
[00:10:28.723]See quite a range there in terms of how much water
[00:10:30.840]was applied over 15 inches difference.
[00:10:35.310]In terms of cost to production.
[00:10:36.850]Again, that plot six was in a no water, no nitrogen
[00:10:39.430]it had the lowest cost per acre.
[00:10:43.690]Everybody else looks like it ranged from about 645
[00:10:47.030]up to about $815 per acre with an average of 706.
[00:10:54.410]In terms of marketing about 65% of the grain
[00:10:57.470]was marketed through cash contracts.
[00:10:59.750]28% through forward contracts and another 5% hedge to arrive
[00:11:04.490]with just a little bit in basis contracts this year.
[00:11:09.620]In terms of overall marketing,
[00:11:12.030]team 25 had the highest price per bushel at $4.27.
[00:11:17.090]The minimum was farm seven at $2.84
[00:11:21.280]with an average of about $3.73 per bushel
[00:11:25.040]for the grain marketed this year.
[00:11:28.270]Let's take a look at the results now.
[00:11:30.810]So the yields ranged again, that plot six had no water,
[00:11:33.970]no nitrogen still yielded 107 bushels.
[00:11:37.320]The high was 294.9 bushels per acre.
[00:11:41.210]So our top three was in that kind of 286 to 295,
[00:11:45.740]would have been plots 8, 27 and 1.
[00:11:50.160]So the top three are Luke Olson, Mark McConnell,
[00:11:54.010]and Steve Meekins and Nate Midcap.
[00:11:56.470]And the winter this year, it goes to Mark McConnell.
[00:12:01.050]Mark planted Fontanelle, 11D637
[00:12:04.650]at 32,000 seeds per acre.
[00:12:07.380]Utilized a "Phytech" plant sensor,
[00:12:09.780]to schedule his irrigations.
[00:12:11.590]A total nitrogen applied for Mark's plot was 220 pounds
[00:12:15.330]with just over a 12 and a half inches of water.
[00:12:17.510]And again, yielded about 295 bushels.
[00:12:20.760]Congratulations, Mark.
[00:12:23.330]In terms of efficiency,
[00:12:25.010]our top three efficiencies were 20, 26 and 11.
[00:12:29.120]Incidentally, the lowest value is 0.105 and top was 0.354.
[00:12:35.670]If you look at the green dots,
[00:12:37.280]that's how much nitrogen was applied.
[00:12:39.730]So it looks like our winner applied
[00:12:41.150]maybe 120 pounds of nitrogen.
[00:12:43.400]The blue dots would be irrigation, water applied.
[00:12:46.250]And again, that top team,
[00:12:48.140]just under eight inches of water applied
[00:12:50.660]to get those yields.
[00:12:53.010]The top three in efficiency are the "Fontanelle Guys,"
[00:12:55.930]the "M&M's" and the "UNL Science Team."
[00:12:59.200]The top efficiency goes to "UNL"
[00:13:01.200]but the award goes to the "M&M's" team out of York Nebraska.
[00:13:05.900]Ron Makovicka, Jerry Stahr, Jenny Rees, and Stuart Spader.
[00:13:10.900]The "M&M" team's point of Stine, 9734-G.
[00:13:15.390]34,000 seeds per acre, utilizing the "Trellis"
[00:13:19.150]soil moisture sensor for scheduling irrigations.
[00:13:22.020]Applied 140 pounds of nitrogen and 8.2 inches of water,
[00:13:25.740]and their yield to 26.6 bushels per acre.
[00:13:29.400]Congratulations to the "M&M's."
[00:13:34.000]Now we move on to profitability.
[00:13:35.740]Profitability ranged from $120 per acre loss
[00:13:40.040]up to a profit of $437 per acre.
[00:13:45.280]So our top three teams were 22, 9 and 1.
[00:13:49.810]Which were the "Perkins Group,"
[00:13:51.810]Mark McConnell, and Ian DeWaal.
[00:13:54.007]And the winner of the profitability award goes to,
[00:13:57.400]Mark McConnell.
[00:13:59.290]Mark planted, again, that Fontanelle, 11D637
[00:14:03.210]at 32,000 seeds per acre,
[00:14:05.240]utilizing the "Phytech" soil moisture sensor.
[00:14:08.410]Applied 220 pounds of nitrogen,
[00:14:10.370]just over a 12 and a half inches of water.
[00:14:12.630]And that yield 295
[00:14:14.710]a total revenue per bushel, $4.02.
[00:14:17.730]Congratulations to Mark.
[00:14:20.250]So you see all three award winners,
[00:14:21.930]and Mark was at double winter this year,
[00:14:23.740]winning both the "Greatest Grain Yield,"
[00:14:25.360]and "Most Profitable Farm."
[00:14:28.670]So if you're interested,
[00:14:29.880]or know somebody that might be interested in competing
[00:14:32.170]in 2021, please let us know.
[00:14:34.070]We can add you to our list of participants.
[00:14:37.340]Of course, spots are limited due to field size.
[00:14:39.660]So if you're interested,
[00:14:40.540]make sure you let the "TAPS," team know as soon as possible,
[00:14:43.640]if you wanna participate.
[00:14:45.270]Also, if you're a business or organization
[00:14:47.340]that would like to be part of the "TAPS," program,
[00:14:49.550]we'd be glad to visit with you
[00:14:50.850]about sponsorship opportunities
[00:14:53.050]that might align with your company's visions.
[00:14:55.300]So please contact Krystle Rhoades,
[00:14:57.110]our "TAPS" program manager at krystle.rhoades@unl.edu.
[00:15:02.740]Check us out on "Twitter," and our webpage
[00:15:05.340]as well as our digital newsletter.
[00:15:07.610]But we do put that out every month
[00:15:09.730]and allows us to keep up with you with current details.
[00:15:13.060]Thanks for joining us today
[00:15:14.260]for the "TAPS Awards Presentation."

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