Here’s the main message we’re gathering from random-rep trials and farmers’ field observations after the 2018 season’s weather stress: If you need to constrain costs, transfer some crop-budget dollars from NPK fertilizer to biological fertility.  January 7, 2019 — There’s a difference between just fertilizer and robust soil fertility. Ken Musselman of AgriEnergy Resources emphasized that it’s fertility which keeps […]

AgriEnergy Resources general manager Dean Craine recently reported 2018 field trials with the firm’s new Stay Green foliar product, designed to keep corn growing rather than succumbing to early die-down.  January 2, 2019 — Replicated trials on several farms in 2018 confirmed what AgriEnergy’s initial 2017 tests showed: Stay Green applied at early to late dent stage keeps

In the photo below, neighbors’ cornfields are brown with early die-down surrounding all sides of the still-green corn. Dying corn is unable to add kernel depth and test weight for that profitable final fill in September and October. The management difference: This northeast Iowa grower near Dows has focused for several years on restoring soil biological life and health, keeping his

The 30-year dominance of formula farming based on herbicides, GMOs, pesticides and NPK is cracking under the latest cost-price squeeze. However,  innovators who’ve learned their way into biological-based production are reflecting optimism. Question is: How do you choose among the astonishing and widening array of “bio” products? December 15, 2018 — Ad-supported farm magazines like Farm Journal, Progressive Farmer and Successful Farming

AgriEnergy Resources tops off its 30th year of steady growth with a major advance: Teaming with a nationally-known firm to build a new Plant Health Division in a nationally-used firm, Douglas Products. December 14, 2018   By Jerry Carlson — AgriEnergy’s owner, Paul Aley, and the management team of AgriEnergy Resources has explored several growth alternatives for

  The U.S. Geological Survey didn’t get much press coverage a few days ago when it announced a new assessment of a potential 49-year (or more) recoverable oil supply in shale formations of west Texas and southeast New Mexico. It projects a potential for American energy independence which is even more encouraging than existing fracking formations which are

Corn growers are testing several ways to battle early corn die-down. Late-season nutrition appears one of the most cost-effective. Some suppliers recommend spraying fungicides during kernel fill, but that’s a means of coping with disease instead of keeping corn naturally healthy. Dec. 6, 2018 — We’ve waited since mid-October to publish this photo from one of our clients in