The “Dicamba damage” story has gotten such broad attention that it’s being picked up by the Wall Street Journal in a feature today. This link takes you to their report, although you’ll need a WSJ subscription to read the full story. July 11, 2017 — So far, most official damage complaints to regulators have shown up

One of our farmer clients just phoned to order a new WakeUP supply along with some Vitazyme, adding the comment: “What convinced me to keep up a summer foliar nutrition program is based on what I’m seeing in our garden.” July 8, 2017 — He told us, “We’ve sprayed WakeUP alone — no traces, no NPK

Crop consultant Bob Streit of Boone, IA has alerted broadcast media in Iowa and Nebraska to encourage farmers to scout cornfields for early signs of Goss’s wilt, a bacterial disease. July 7, 2017 — Goss’s  hasn’t been widely expressed in the Midwest the past couple of years, but this season’s stormy, humid weather in much

You may not hear much about the cyclical cooling just a few years ahead. The solar cycle data pointing to a potential replay of the chilling “Maunder Minimum” of global cooling gets spiked by government and media riders on the tax-financed climate-change gravy train. July 4, 2017 By Jerry Carlson — One data-logging retired Illinois farmer,

  This season for the first time, we can offer you one of the most proven biostimulants we’ve found: Vitazyme. It’s from Vital Earth Resources, a family firm in Texas. Our on-farm tests shows foliar-sprayed Vitazyme raises corn and soybean yields when applied alone. And it raises yields even more when blended with WakeUP. The

One of our most enthusiastic WakeUP clients phoned a few days ago to ask about any new yield-enhancing ideas. He’s a leading innovator — always searching for an edge. He has excellent soil health in a highly productive Iowa county. Two of his comments offered exceptional insight from his 30+ years of experience: “I’ve spent hundreds of

1. Gives you glossy leaf coverage with foliar sprays — By dropping the surface tension of a spray solution from around 72 dynes to about 32, the spray solution has a lower surface tension than the leaf — even waxy or fuzzy leaves. So the spray solution clear-coats, and hugs, the entire leaf surface.  Spray

  Early reports of Goss’s wilt are showing up in Nebraska, which is your signal for intense early monitoring if you farm in the Corn Belt. Early wet weather and continued storms plus high humidity incubate the bacteria and spread it.  After several seasons of diffusion across the entire Midwest, all it will take to intensify the disease

The Moms Across America organization helped encourage a large and well-informed array of witnesses at a recent hearing by the California Office of Environmental Health Assessment. Here’s the result, as released June 27 by Moms Across America:   Congratulations to everyone who supported the action of the CA Guild, Moms Across America, and many more

A big benefit of WakeUP Summer in your sprayer tank: It doubles as an excellent spray system cleaner. In fact it’s acting as a tank cleaner as you use it, etching out the residues from hoses and hidden crevices. You can use it for system cleanup when you’re switching between types of chemicals, and for