XtremeAg: Cutting The Curve Podcast
XtremeAg’s Cutting the Curve Podcast, one of the best farming podcasts in America, hosted by Damian Mason. In each episode, top American farmers share their proven strategies for boosting crop yields and improving farm ROI. Learn from farming experts who provide tips on regenerative agriculture, new farm equipment, fertilizer recommendations, agronomy and farm efficiency. Whether you want to improve your crop yield for corn or soybeans, explore sustainable farming practices, or optimize your nutrient management, the Cutting the Curve Podcast delivers insights you can apply to your farming operation today. Stay ahead of the curve in the ever-evolving world of agriculture. https://www.xtremeag.farm/podcasts
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 375
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Is Tillage Necessary to Prevent Nutrient Stratification?
There’s a fallacy still held by some farmers that fertility doesn’t work if it’s not incorporated into the soil. To that end, Damian Mason posed the question to Vern Garrett: Does tillage fix nutrien…
Generations: Farming Challenges and Opportunities Faced By The Next Generation of Farmers
In this episode, Damian sits down with Jordyn Burco, a rising star in agriculture, and Mark Coots from Teva Corporation, to explore the future of farming. Jordyn shares her journey of returning to he…
How Farmers Can Survive the Corn Price Dip: Strategies for Surviving and Thriving
With corn prices dipping below $4, farmers are facing unprecedented challenges. Johnny Verell, who has been trialing various corn strategies over the past five years, joins forces with Brian Adams of…
The System: Maximizing Agricultural Efficiency With A Systems Approach To Farming
In this episode, Damian Mason, Chad Henderson and Kevin Matthews dive deep into the "systems approach" to production agriculture, breaking down what this approach entails, starting with the planter a…
Successful Strategies For Early Planted Soybeans
Matt Miles and his son Layne reveal the impressive results of their three-year trial on early-planted soybeans. Discover how their February-planted beans achieved a remarkable yield of 90 bushels per…
Getting Seed Treatment Right for Maximum Yields
Chances are, you’re planting treated seed. But are your seeds treated with the right products to deliver you maximum yield potential? Seed treatment options have expanded tremendously, as have the qu…
What is Sap Analysis and How Can It Help You Grow A Better Crop?
If you’re not tissue sampling your crops now, you might as well make the jump straight to sap sampling. If you are tissue sampling, it’s time for your crop testing to evolve. That’s the general conse…
Just In Time — A Finance-Based Fertility Program
It’s no secret, farm revenue will be down in 2024. So, how can you keep your farm finances flush? One method: Adjust your fertility program to a “just in time” application method, saving on fertilit…
Farming 2.0: How We’ll Use Drones to Farm Smarter
In this episode, join host Damian as he dives into the world of agricultural drones with Layne Miles and his father, Matt. Discover how this dynamic duo from Arkansas is embracing cutting-edge techno…
Is Matt Miles Losing Money Without Drip Irrigation?
Listen in to this interesting conversation between Kelly Garrett, Matt Miles, Kurt Grimm and Damian Mason on the feasibility of drip irrigation for Matt's farm. Is he actually losing money by not ins…
Burnt Beans — A Strategy For Higher Soybean Yields
Temple Rhodes has been toying around for years with methods to stunt his soybeans early season in an effort to attain higher yields end of season. He’s used chemistry, various timed applications of p…
Adjusting Your Fertility Budget To The Price of Corn
Money Versus Yield: Maximizing Profit in Corn Farming
Imagine a field day where the topic isn’t how big or beautiful the corn is, but instead how profitable the field will be. That’s the concept of this year's research plot at Matt Miles’ McGehee, Arkan…
Unlocking Yield Potential: The Power of "Mini-Micros" in Crop Nutrition
In this episode, we dive deep into the often overlooked world of "mini-micros" – essential trace elements like cobalt, nickel, and molybdenum that could be the missing link in your crop nutrition str…
How to Optimize Your In-Furrow Planting Program
Kelly Garrett says only about ten to fifteen percent of America’s farms use planters equipped with in-furrow application technology. That said, more farmers are looking to utilize in-furrow to provid…
Why Sam Coutu is Reallocating His Fertility Spend in 2024
XtremeAg’s Canadian affiliate Sam Coutu is giddy about how spring is shaping up for his Quebec farming operation. Sam went to the fields this year with refurbished planters and a different mindset. T…
Side Dressing Corn with a Liquid Diet
After the corn is planted and emerged, it’s time to plan your next several fertility passes. That is, unless you are flinger of dry fertility using the “one and done” approach, which as it turns out,…
Manure Magic: Managing Manure for Better Agronomic Outcomes
Manure can be magical for improving your soil and attaining bigger crops. But, like any fertility source, it can be over-applied creating imbalanced soil fertility. Getting the most from a manure sou…
Are You Reluctant to Go No-Till Because You Think You’ll Lose Yield?
Are you reluctant to go no-till because you think you’ll lose yield? Does planting into heavy crop residue concern you? Kelly, Lee, and Kevin explain their methods to attaining high — sometimes recor…
