At a  field day this week just west of Guthrie Center, IA, Dave Schwartz showed farmers his fields of corn which had stayed green weeks longer than neighboring fields. Initial yield checks pointed to over 300 bu. in several fields given his “prescription” of beneficial biological fertility. October 6, 2017 — Most of Dave’s cropland has an Iowa […]

Today’s St.Louis Post-Dispatch reports: “Monsanto Co. invited dozens of weed scientists to a summit this week to win backing for a controversial herbicide. But many have declined, threatening the company’s efforts to convince regulators the product is safe to use.” Sept. 27, 2017 By Jerry Carlson — One scientist who has reportedly declined to attend Monsanto’s

Dr. Michael McNeill of Algona, IA is one of the most seasoned Midwest crop consultants we know. His firm is Ag Advisory, LTD, serving farmers for 22 years. For the past several years, he has expressed concerns about early die-down of corn. At field days we’ve heard Dr. McNeill asks: “What’s different — what’s causing this to happen? Corn

For several years we’ve heard farmers report that they’ve been able to reduce herbicide rates and maintain effective control — if they start the spray solution with clean, “energized” water. The most common technology among the farmers we know is the Pursanova water activation tube. It flows water past energized natural ores. You can read

Yesterday, Sept. 20, 2017, is a date I’ll remember as long as my memory endures. It’s the first moment I ever saw a farmers’ cooperative actually buy breakfast for farmers, to entice them to come hear about a biologically alive product intended to restore microbial health to cropland. Land tortured for decades under salty NPK, tillage and

An intriguing crop nutrition idea that arrived this summer, via our crop-consultant friend Bob Streit, is applying calcium as a foliar nutrient. We’ve long known since the days of Dr. Carey Reams, Dr. Dan Skow and AgriEnergy Resources founder Dave Larson that “Calcium is the king of nutrients.” But — until now — few efforts

The biggest profits from abundant hay and pasture come when drought decimates forage crops across your entire region. A hot, dry summer can also force you to eat up your winter stocks of hay. Since 2008, we’ve found a self-reinforcing system which adds weeks to the life of grass pastures. Sept. 7, 2017 — First

Smartphone video and social media can bring you instant updates on the latest breakthroughs in yield improvements with healthy soil. Here are some examples from Mike Williams, sales agronomist with Gold Eagle Co-Op in Iowa. He’s reporting via his Facebook pages on corn response to Environoc 401 and 501, two microbial blends from Biodyne Midwest