Ultimate Yield™

1) You will have more questions and can contact the Rack on line, or fill out the attached application form and send it in.
2) Ultimate Yield™ is not for everyone and therefore a Rack representative will assist you in deciding if the program fits your operation.
A small application fee will be charged for an assessment should we come out, and be refunded should you choose to join.
Acres will be limited for the 2010 growing season and there fore applicants will be selected at a first come first serve bases.
3) Should you choose to register for the program you will need to sign up by October 31st, 2009; (due to the late fall sign up by freeze up.
4) Once you have signed up, a questionnaire about goals and processes used on your farm will be completed so we can begin the process
5) Physical data will be collected about the soil types on your farm and within the fields
6) You will select a benchmark field to be used as a model for complete analysis
The benchmark may also be used as a VRT starter package
7) The Rack field team will design a skeleton 5 year plan and present it for further discussion, and approval
The plan will include weed resistance management, herbicide stacking issues combined with both short and long term fertility goals
The plan will also include crop rotation issues, seed quality issues and goals as well as a detailed NDVI imagery, yield analysis if
available, and a starter package to introduce and work with variable rate technology. Items which are good tools but must involve the
farm manager
8) Implementation in spring will include a report and score sheets which will predict potential yield based on three forecasted classes of
weather scenarios:
Below average- (class 3) Average- (class 5) Above Average- (class 7)
9) Field scouting allows for 4 visits depending on client and needs. Throughout the growing season, field scouting will allow us to confirm
and assess “field personalities” and anomalies. Issues we will identify on the benchmark field include site specific soil nutrient
deficiencies, followed up with detailed Nutriscription plant tissue analysis, this allows for fine tuning with foliar nutrients
10) Harvest and post analysis of program
11) Option to sign up for a second year if you are happy
12) Fine tune 1st year results and modify program for year 2