“I know I sound like a broken record because I say it’s always best to start with a current soil test,” said Tim Stelter, location manager at Federated’s Osceola location, but it’s true. A current soi
Managing people and working with customers rank as the best parts of Brian DeVries job, and as Federated’s Ogilvie location manager since 2014, he has been committed to “making sure the service that [
Now is a great time of year to start tissue sampling in corn and soybean fields. Tissue sampling offers an excellent opportunity to see how well spring fertility plans worked.
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“Scouting for insects in soybeans at this time of year can be quick and painless,” said Jake Hansen, Federated agronomy sales rep in Rush City, but he added, “depending on what you find!” Spider mites
The 2018 Discovery Plot Tour dates are set. This year’s tours will be “one hour of compact, dynamite information,” said Kevin Carlson, Federated’s senior agronomist. The tours will be packed with valu
“The timing is right there for spraying fungicides for white mold suppression,” said Kevin Carlson, Federated’s senior agronomist. As reported in the last edition of the Agronomy Update, the long days
Bob Marquette left a good job working indoors as a metal finisher because he wanted to work outdoors; 21 years later he still enjoys the outdoors while providing agronomy services to Federated growers
The headline says “pre-emerge” and it’s July, and that’s not a typo. Today, midsummer, it’s time to assess the effectiveness of the pre-emerge herbicides applied early in the season. Or, if pre-emerge
As small grains are coming off fields, it’s time to consider cover crops. Joel Hagen of Deer Creek Seed offered these reasons for cover crops:
- to reduce erosion;
- to increase soil organic matter;
- to