August 2017

Today’s “GroundWork” message from AgriEnergy Resources displays colorful evidence of organic matter gains from “going biological” with your crop nutrient program. You can dig up the proof with your spade — see it with your eyes and smell it with your nose. August 25, 2017 — The photo below came from somewhat lighter loam soils […]

One of the most positive and profitable searches for crop profits is the new enthusiasm for “Soil Health” among farmers, extension agronomists and ag fertility firms.  However, climate activists anxiously question the soil’s role in CO2 emissions. August 23, 2017   By Jerry Carlson — I wonder how soon the political powers who claim carbon

Ever since we started working with WakeUP’s colloidal micelle technology back in 2008, Renewable Farming’s office manager, Jeanene Carlson, has been spraying WakeUP mixes along with various nutrients on her flowers and ornamentals. Now, our grandson Blake has begun growing cut flowers commercially — using WakeUP Summer and nutrients to power them into more brilliant blooms and

Bob Streit, founder of Central Iowa Agronomics, has the keenest instinct of anyone we know for finding promising new technologies for improving crop yields and profits. We’re posting below an edited excerpt from Bob’s newest field report, focusing on a relatively new silica-based product from Redox Chemical Company, based in Burley, Idaho.  August 14, 2017 — Redox offers a

Today’s e-mail “Ground Work” message which AgriEnergy Resources of Princeton, IL sent to their clients emphasizes that needed foliar nutrients — applied well into the reproductive phase of crop development — can pay off with more yield and heavier grain test weights.  August 11, 2017 — AgriEnergy emphasized in their e-mailed report (inserted in whole below)

When Blake Carlson exclaims like that over his watermelon’s exceptional quality and flavor, we figure it’s worth asking what secrets he used to grow it. Certainly, WakeUP Summer was part of it, but what nutrients went into that red, crisp melon? August 7, 2017 By Jerry Carlson — Call me a bragging Grandpa if you will,

Mid-summer is an excellent time to evaluate microbial activity in your fields. Do you see white michorrhizal fungi? Are the residues degrading? How is the soil structure, does it have a nice crumb structure? Smell the soil, is it a good earthy smell? August 3, 2017 — Here’s an update adapted from a field report by AgriEnergy Resources.