Dan Anderson

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Some of their batteries lose power over a month or two; others go dead in less than a week. 
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Anderson: Cures for the Dead Battery Blues
Three ways to boost dead batteries and get machinery back in operation.
November 17, 2020 07:16 PM
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Interest in Irrigation Increases
Brett and Mike Shryock established Grand Prairie Irrigation to sell T-L Irrigation equipment.
November 17, 2020 01:24 AM
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Crop Production
Planting Mistakes
Odds are good you’ll deal with one or more of these frustrations on the first day of planting.
November 15, 2020 01:38 PM
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Crop Production
Optimize Your Combine to Minimize Grain Loss
Stop leaving bushels behind. Dan Anderson explains how to optimize combine settings, adjust groundspeed, and manage header feeding to minimize grain loss during harvest.
November 15, 2020 12:59 PM
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Crop Production
Pinch-Row Problems
Pinch-row compaction is the culprit, and the consequences are more than aesthetic.
November 15, 2020 12:16 PM
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Crop Production
Plant Narrow and Numerous, Boost Yields
Improved corn genetics might favor high seeding rates and ultra-narrow rows, helping boost yields.
November 15, 2020 12:15 PM
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Crop Production
Benefits Prove GPS Technology Pays
Analysis of the project’s data shows precision guidance, auto-steering and automatic shut-offs provided benefits in three ways.
November 15, 2020 12:14 PM
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Crop Production
Platform Mechanics
Precise adjustments and patience with groundspeed provide optimum performance from soybean platforms.
November 15, 2020 12:09 PM
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Crop Production
Corn Head Tune-Up: Adjusting Deck Spacing & Header Speed
Thicker cornstalks and higher populations mandate careful adjustments of corn heads to minimize losses.
November 15, 2020 12:09 PM
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At the end of the 2021 spraying season, NAAA members were surveyed, and said 4 out of 5 aerial applicators flew the same or more hours and treated the same or more acres than they did in 2020.
Crop Production
More than Zooming
Hiring a spray plane for late-season fungicide or insecticide applications reduces the workload on farmers but comes with additional responsibilities.
November 15, 2020 12:06 PM
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