Details Matter (includes details about soil, equipment, cover crops...) - Dr. Lee Briese, North Dakota, 2017 International Crop Adviser of the Year, from the 2020 Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference, held March 3-4, 2020, Ada, OH, USA.

1. Details Matter
@Lee_Briese
Lee Briese
Doctor of Plant Health
CCA

2. Who is this guy?

3. North Dakota
• Planting Late April-June
• First frost Late Sept-Oct
–Corn GDD ~2200
–Corn 85-95 day
–Soybean 0.3-1.4 maturity
• Avg. Rainfall 40 cm (15.5”)

4. Glacial Till Soil

5. Plant Doctor

6. #DetailsMatter
• New ideas, New skills
• Assessment
• Systems
• Experts

8. Why a yoyo?
1. Fun
2. Everyone can do it
3. You need to learn it
4. Can’t slow it down

9. Assessment
• What challenges do you face on your
farm?
• Reassess
• See things with “new eyes”

15. Design Systems
• Need to learn several tricks
• String them together

22. Thoughts on Experts
• Great program today
• Scientists
• Farmers
• CCA’s

23. Your Details Matter
• It’s good to get advice but…
• Does it apply to you/your farm?
• Do they understand your Details?
• Is it SCIENCE based?

24. Things I question
• Only 1 way
• 5 secrets
• 12 steps program
• More = better
• “My” ideas are the
best

25. But…
• Doesn’t mean they are wrong
• Not an excuse to not try
• Need to learn tricks for yourself

26. When giving advice
• Think about the other persons Details
• What might be different for them?
• No one way

32. Make sure to grab a sticker!

33. Details Matter
@Lee_Briese

34. @Lee_Briese
Questions/Comments?

35. Thank You @Lee_Briese