AgroLiquid and No-Till Farmer, co-sponsors of the Responsible Nutrient Management Practitioners Program, have come together to recognize three farmers for their efficient and effective use of applied fertilizer in their no-till systems. Considered Responsible Nutrient Management Practitioners, the no-tillers were honored Friday before nearly 1,000 growers during the 24th annual National No-Tillage Conference. Eric Odberg of Genesee, Idaho; Jerry and … Read More
BioAg Alliance Showcases Microbial Research Results
The BioAg Alliance, a collaboration between Novozymes and Monsanto to improve crop harvests through naturally-occurring microbes, announced results from its 2015 field trial program. Those results included a corn inoculant product, which increased yields by an average of 4 bushels per acre in U.S. field tests. The product is based on a fungus found in soil and researchers from the … Read More
USDA Expands Conservation Efforts In Iowa
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced this week a series of new efforts to help Iowa’s farmers and livestock producers conserve water and soil resources and improve nutrient management practices on the state’s 30 million acres of farmland. Vilsack said the U.S. Department of Agriculture will expand access to USDA’s signature conservation programs for Iowa producers, making available up to … Read More
WCD Gives Growers Another Option for Chelating
Last year West Central Distribution lunched a industry-first chelating agent called Levesol. The agent enhances and maximizes nutrient use in crops when mixed with liquid fertilizer. Now they are adding Levesol DFC as another option for growers looking to maximize phosphorus and micronutrients. The new Levesol DFC has all the same benefits as the original and can be used with … Read More
Leaders of In-Furrow Technology Hold Summit
Leaders of In-Furrow Technology (LIFT) hosted a media summit October 21-22. The event highlighted the latest advancements in yield and productions efficiency using in-forrow applications, nutrient management and crop protection technologies. Dr. Daniel Kaiser, the Extension Nutrient Management Specialists from the University of Minnesota and Dr. Fred Below, a professor of Plant Pysicology at the University of Illinois, along with … Read More
Ohio 4R Advocates Featured on Youtube
The Fertilizer Institute recently featured Bill and Chris Heintz, owners of Heintz Farms near Lakeview, Ohio, and Kevin Doseck, Crop Production Services out of Botkins, Ohio, in a new 4R Field Report, recently released on YouTube. The Heintzes, along with Doseck, work to implement 4R Nutrient Management practices on their more than 20,000 acres of farmland. “It’s important to maximize … Read More
New N-BOUND Stabilizer for Urea
Eco Agro has introduced N-BOUND™ nitrogen stabilizer as a breakthrough for protecting nitrogen against loss in the soil, due to denitrification and leaching. According to Norm Davy, Chief Marketing Officer for Eco Agro, the product incorporates unique PENXCEL technology to deliver a proven nitrogen stabilizer, Dicyandiamide (DCD), for applications not possible with previous formulations. “Using PENXCEL technology, we have engineered … Read More
CHL Consultant & Grower Conducts Research
New technologies are breaking ground all around us in the agriculture community. And that is what first attracted Dan Davidson to Crop Health Labs (CHL) Plant Sap Analysis. Dan is an agronomist, farmer and now consultant for CHL. Plant Sap Analysis is basically a blood test for plants that detects nutrient deficiencies three to four weeks sooner than traditional tissue … Read More
Update on Soil Health Partnership
The Soil Health Partnership (SHP) is growing. “In 2015 we’ve expanded our network and enrolled another 20 farmers in the program, so we’re up 40 farmers enrolled in the Soil Health Partnership,” said Nick Goeser, National Corn Growers Association manager of soil health and sustainability, during an interview at Farm Progress Show. The SHP is a five year initiative to … Read More
New N-Watch Sites in Challenging Year
It’s been a challenging weather year for many farmers, but it could provide some very important data on nitrogen movement in the soil at 13 new N-Watch sites in the northeastern part of the state. Justin Moritz, crop specialist with Heritage FS, says it was quite a year to start the management tool that measures plant-available nitrogen in the soil. … Read More