Talk with Gabe Brown and you quickly discover he bubbles over with thoughts about sustainable soil management. “Healthy soil is so amazing. It’s truly alive, and there are a lot of things going on down there that we still don’t understand,” he says. The agricultural soil management techniques Brown uses on 2,000 acres just outside […]
Effective soil management practices through the use of Pro-Soil agricultural products is the key towards increasing soybean crop yield and preserving farmland. The excessive erosion of topsoil from farmland caused by intensive tillage and row-crop production has caused extensive soil degradation and also contributed to the pollution of both surface waters and groundwater. Organic wastes […]
Pro-Soil FOUNDATION 1-0-1 has consistently boosted crop yields in comparative studies in Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and elsewhere with different hybrids, under a variety of conditions and in no-till to conventional tillage operations. In independent, replicated trials on Corn and Soybeans conducted by Phoenix Technologies in Southwestern Kansas in 2008, Pro-Soil FOUNDATION […]
Jodi Dejong-Hughes digs deep into her soil research as a University of Minnesota Extension educator. In-field soil pits are one of her favorite teaching tools for revealing to farmers the importance of deep soil structure – and the and the importance of soil management. Her message is twofold: What occurs on top can either enhance […]
Preserving soil-the most basic of all resources has never been more important to our future. The world’s farmers face the daunting task of doubling food production by 2050 to feed a global population that’s expected to number around 9 billion people. Options are limited for bringing in new land suitable for high crop yield. And […]
Breaking News on Below Ground Management It amazes me that over the past 20 years of my involvement with Below Ground Management and working with products that improve soil energy output, how many major farm magazine publications are finally catching on. I used to have to research for days to find new information whereas now […]
TRIPLE L FARM (Carlisle, PA) Experimenting with a number of crop varieties and fertilizer treatments, it wasn’t long before Lynn Hoover concluded that even the best genetics can’t help you overcome worn-out or poor soil. Lynn is co-owner of Triple L Farm, a successful 120-cow dairy located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Lynn joined his sister and […]
Looking Forward To A Golden Harvest In Kansas Stuart (Stu) Beckman a 3rd generation farmer of Menlo, KS and top Golden Harvest seed dealer was recently interviewed by Pro-Soil. How long have you been farming? It started back when my father let me farm a quarter section of corn as a freshman in high school. […]
Sweet & Lovely in Alva, OK Bob Baker discovers hidden profits in “Below Ground Management” Baker Farms, OKLAHOMA (2009) – We first met up with Bob Baker in Enid, Oklahoma at the Chisholm Trail Farm Expo in 2003. Bob was the owner of Baker Farm Implements at the time and had a display area set […]
No Small Feat Indiana Producer Ron Small Pushes Soybean Yields to the Limit Nestled between the White and Wabash rivers in Southwestern Indiana near Monroe City, Small Farms grows corn, soybeans, & wheat on about 6,000 acres of lightly rolling fields. Small Farms, INDIANA (2009) – Ron Small has achieved what soybean breeders and University […]
