GRAIN PRODUCTION
Grain production is a total farming process which includes a lot of activities and planning from planting to harvesting
- Ploughing
- Seedbed preparation
- Planting
- Boom sprayer calibration
- Soil sampling and analysis
- Leaf sampling and analysis
Expected outcomes:
Have a better understanding of some of the important aspects of grain production including the following:
- The importance of soil and leave analysis
- How to create an effective seedbed
- The importance of the correct planting procedure
- The role of calibrating implements
Grain production series
Grain production is a total farming process which includes a lot of activities and planning from planting to harvesting.
- Introduction
- Good farming practices
- Value chain
- Soil climate crop interaction
- Crop rotation systems
- Soil preparation
- Soil classification
- Soil structures
- Biotechnology 1
- Biotechnology 2
- Biotechnology 3
- Soil sampling
- Taking of soil samples
- Soil testing parameters
- Basic lime application principles
- PH and lime
- Lime requirements
- Planting process
- Planter calibration
- Fertilizer placing
- Fertilizer calibration
- Plant nutrition
- Macro elements
- Plant nutrition requirements
- Nutrition needs assessment
- Top Dressing
- Liquid fertilization
- Leave sap analysis
- Micro macro element absorption balance
- Organic matter breakdown
- Plant reaction to nematodes
- Precision agriculture 1
- Precision agriculture 2
- Precision agriculture 3
- Weed control
- Vertical aspect interaction
- Horizontal aspect interaction
- Profitability equation
Expected outcomes:
Have a better understanding of some of the important aspects of grain production including the following:
- Good farming practices
- Value chain
- Soil, climate, crop interaction
- Soil preparation
- Biotechnology
- Soil sampling
- Fertilization
- Plant nutrient requirements
- Precision agriculture
- Weed control