April 23, 2014 - Quiz #51

January 12, 2014

CT Crop Quiz #51

With a brand new year, we're off to a new CT Crop Quiz. Number 51 in our longstanding series.

This one risks being rather difficult, I'm afraid, so the cash prize that is available for a complete set of correct answers will now be $200.

 

Folks,

Despite my learning pretty much ‘from the source' late yesterday that they had been getting inquiries from at least a couple of our overhead irrigation CT Crop Quiz participants and that these guys might actually be on the hunt and poised to provide a full set of correct answers to Quiz #51, I report here that we have no winners for this round. Sorry. The Quizmaster has not become bankrupt yet.

In order to now provide everyone with the correct answers to this quiz, I need to relate a bit of a story to you all.

Last Saturday, I was afforded the very wonderful opportunity to meet and tour the farm of Bruce and Brad Scott of Scott Brothers Dairy Farm along with their Dad down in San Jacinto, CA. Needless to say, their hospitality was simply unforgettable as was the sheer innovation that they're achieving at their farm. They are doing some pretty impressive things all around and I heartily encourage you all to get to know them and what they're doing when they're up in Tulare next month at the World Ag Expo. They are presenting a ‘virtual farm tour' discussion as part of a session put on by Progressive Dairy Magazine. They will all be there for this and if you have a chance, I really encourage you to go and see what they're doing. The cropping part of it is truly but one aspect to their overall systems innovation, - that definitely includes some pretty intriguing manure waste management and gasification / energy production dimensions.

 

In any case, the answers to CT Crop Quiz #51 come from their farm. Here you go. You can see more about these answers in the attached pdf file of three photos.

 

1.  What is this CT crop or rather, what are these CT crops?

The CT crops that were shown in this photo were alfalfa no-till overseeded with rye grass. See photo 2 of the attached pdf file.

 

2) Where is the photo taken? (What is the nearest US town?)

San Jacinto, CA which is south of Riverside and the Moreno Valley

 

3) What form of CT was used to establish this crop in this field?

No-till seeding using the Aer Way seeder (Photo #3) was used to establish the rye grass in the alfalfa. This particular seeding method may be of interest to a number of you who're receiving this email.

 

4) What are some other important innovations that are being pursued at this farm?

Manure waste gasification, energy generation, precision overhead irrigation,

 

I was honored to be hosted by these folks and if you ever get a chance to meet them, I encourage you to do so. If you go down there to San Jacinto, they may even take you around in their new tour wagon (Photo 4). Needless to say, they're receiving considerable interest from lots of places for what they're doing.

All the best,

Jeff

 

 

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