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Rolled Cereal Rye Field on 7/16/19 – John Viertel
Jul 30, 2019
Rolled Cereal Rye field on July 16, 2019 This is a general picture of the Rolled Cereal Rye field that we rolled and planted on June 4. There were no herbicides applied before or after planting. We depended on the mat of residue to help hold down the weeds until it...
Crop Progress in Central Illinois – Derek Porter
Jun 14, 2019
What a difference last week made in the planting progress here in Central Illinois and across many areas of the corn belt. Much of the corn in my area has been planted with a slug of beans being put in the ground much of last week through this week. Unfortunately,...
Starter vs. No Starter – June 1, 2019 – John Viertel
Jun 5, 2019
It’s been said that a “picture is worth a thousand words”. Really don’t have to say anything else with this picture! This is from the no till field that I wrote about back on April 25. It was planted into following a burn down of a cereal rye cover crop. We did plant...
Update – MO Plot
Apr 30, 2019
Here we are no tilling, into a killed cover crop, a CROP CHOICE fertilizer plot on April 25. Notice the dark clouds to the west? We did have a shower and had to quit for the day right after we got done with the plot. We finished the field the next day. This is going...
Record Snow Fall in Mid MO – John Viertel
Jan 16, 2019
As most all of us across the Midwest, I got out last Saturday morning to start digging out from the overnight snow storm. The picture of my truck was taken at about 10 a.m. Saturday morning and the depth of the snow on the tarp was at 8 inches. One hour later, after a...
Missouri Harvest – John Viertel
Sep 7, 2018
Harvest is underway in Missouri, and early results are coming in (as seen in the above screen shot). Even though we have been under extreme drought conditions here, it looks like the corn yields are going to be pretty good. This early report came from John Hansman in...
Clean Liberty Link Soybean Field – John Viertel
Jul 18, 2018
In an earlier posting, I showed a sprayer applying Liberty Herbicide to this field, using Soil Service, Inc. products with the Liberty Herbicide. The pictures showed the coverage on the beans and on the weeds. Well, I got time to finally get back to that field, and as...
No-Till Soybeans with and without Crop Choice Fertilizer – John Viertel
Jul 3, 2018
These pictures are from the same field, but it is split by a waterway. The field on left is to the north(with Crop Choice), field on the right is south of the waterway(without Crop Choice). I have had several calls in the last week about yellow soybeans. All...
Foliar Opp on Missouri Beans – John Viertel
Jun 18, 2018
As seen in the pictures, we sprayed some Liberty Link Soybeans last Friday. I wanted to share these, because there was a 10 to 12 mph breeze (hot and very dry breeze here in Central Missouri). There was an excellent spray pattern and...
Missouri Update – John Viertel
Jun 5, 2018
Soybeans are really coming on in Central Missouri! As we get into June, there are going to be several things that that are going to be addressed in the coming days. One of those will be applying foliar fertilizer to the soybeans at the proper time, and there are two...
IL Corn Plot Update – Derek Porter
Jun 1, 2018
As we turn the calendar to June, some of the differences in our starter fertilizer plots are becoming evident. As most who use starter fertilizer can attest too, the plants with starter fertilizer tend to show more growth early on compared to where no starter has been...
Missouri Corn Plot Update – John Viertel
May 30, 2018
Just came out of the Missouri corn plot, and boy has changed from last time. As seen in the picture, there is a huge difference in the root systems! The plant on left side had no starter. The plant in center had Crop Choice Starter Program - 6 gallon 3-18-18-1 + 1...
Missouri Plot Update – John Viertel
Apr 25, 2018
It's middle of afternoon on a fantasticly beautiful day in late april. We just finished planting a corn starter fertilizer plot, comparing 3-18-18-1, zinc, sugar e-boost, along with liquid bacteria concentrate, and soil restored. Sugar E-BOOST has been shown a good...
Fertilizer Information – Tony Gann
Feb 9, 2018
Starter fertilizer is a crucial part of the soil fertility program, especially if you aim to take advantage of the benefits of planting earlier in the growing season. An in-furrow boost when soils are cold and wet ensures seeds have direct access to the nutrients they...
Crop Choice Starter Fertilizer – John Viertel
Jan 17, 2018
Winter has arrived for the second time in 2018. Talked to some guys today that are having a little trouble with freezing cattle waterers. Wind chill of below zero will do that. Hope everyone is staying safe and warm. Many have been asking about applying extra...
December Info – John Viertel
Dec 12, 2017
Yes, December is here! Time to be making decisions about not only what you are going to do as planting season approaches (April will be here soon enough), but also, what you can do to keep your input costs as low as possible. We still have some discounts on products...
Now Is The Time For Foliar Feeding
Jul 6, 2017
I returned to John Hansman’s last week to deliver some more Foliar Opp for soybeans. The field below had Foliar Opp applied prior (at about the V-4 stage). Looking back at a previous blog, this was a field where there was concern over the population, after all the...
Soil Health Study Field 2nd Corn Follow-Up
May 22, 2017
I got back into the Soil Health Study field on Friday after one inch of rain Thursday night, and here is what I found. It is not hard to pick out which plants got the Crop Choice Starter program. In this side by side, the program was four (4) gallons of 9-18-9-1, one...
Hansman No-Till Soybean Field
May 18, 2017
Crop Choice Starter Program on Soybeans The pictures with this blog were taken May 16, 2017. I stopped by John Hansman’s no till soybean field, just north of Columbia, Mo, on Tuesday morning to see how his soybeans were doing after all the rain we had earlier this...
Starter Fertilizer & Soil Health Study Field Current Condition
May 12, 2017
Starter Program on Corn I spent some time in the SOIL HEALTH STUDY FIELD this morning. I was taking stand counts, digging some holes in the ground and looking at root systems, checking for insect damage- the kind of things that we all should be doing as our corn...
2017 Fertilizer Incentives
Oct 7, 2016
It’s hard to believe that it is already October. Harvest is in full swing; good yields being reported from everywhere. Watch for our yield reports coming later. Starter fertilizer prices have softened from last year, and I want you to be aware of the fantastic...
Getting The Most Out of Your Soybean Crop with Crop Choice Foliar OPP
Jul 13, 2016
Getting the most out of your soybean crop.The rain that we have received at the end of June (and now more in early July) has really made the crops look so much better than they did a month ago. Wheat came out just a little early (with really good yields) and double...
Reflection on 2015: Calculating the Benefits of CropChoice Starter and Sugar E-Boost
Feb 2, 2016
Thank you to everyone for their business over the past year. It has been just a little bit over a year since Andrea and I bought SOIL Service, Inc. We very much appreciate all of the kind words and encouragement that we have heard over the last 13 months. They are more helpful than many of you know. We all appreciate our customers sticking with SOIL Service through the transition.
CropChoice Starter fertilizer has come down substantially for 2016 when compared to its pricing for 2015. Obviously, grain prices have done the same, and the overall economics for 2016 are not looking as good as we have become accustomed to over the past four or five years…
Missouri Soybean Yield Results – 2014
Nov 1, 2014
The pictures above are from our Crop Choice Soybean Starter Fertilizer plot in Central Missouri. They are no-till planted in 30 inch rows after corn in 2013, with a cereal rye cover crop that was pastured heavily this past spring. The plot was planted on May 12, 2014 after a burn down application of Buccaneer and Authority (using SO-IL Boost Plus and Landoil), then the whole field was treated with 24 ounces of SO-IL Boost Plus, 32 ounces of Landoil, 32 ounces of Slow Release Nitrogen, 32 ounces of Liberty Herbicide (because some of the few weeds present were greater than 4 inches tall), and 2 gallons of FOLIAR OPP for soybeans, applied at the V-5 soybean stage. This program worked very well again this year, weed control was excellent.
The starter fertilizer plot was planted to see how our 3 gallon rate of 3-18-18-1 which included 1 pint each of Manganese, Calcium, and Zinc performed. As you can see from the results below, the program did very well.
No Starter – average of two strips – 65 bushels per acre
Starter program – average of 3 strips – 70.4 bushels per acre
That is an increase of 5.4 bushels per acre! With soybeans selling for $9 per bushel, that is an increase of $48.60 per acre!!
Starter Fertilizer
Feb 1, 2014
Yes, corn planting time is rapidly approaching!
The corn on the left side of the picture received 4 gallons per acre of Crop Choice® 3-18-18-1, one gallon per acre of SRN 28/72, plus 1 pint per acre of Zinc. Corn on the right received a standard dry program and no starter.
Everyone is talking about pushing the new genetics to their full potential. One of the best ways to do this is to use Crop Choice clear solution, 100% orthophosphate, starter fertilizer. With three different analyses to choose from, 3-18-18-1, 9-18-9-1, & 6-24-6-1, and also 0-0-30 or 0-0-29 if extra K is needed, a tailored program can be delivered directly to your farm ready for this planting season.
So what are the benefits to using a starter program?
In an early, cool, damp planting season, uptake of phosphorus will be limited. With 100% orthophosphate in Crop Choice starter, that phosphorous is placed directly with the seed so that it is right where the roots can get that first ten to 12 units of nutrients in the first 30-45 days of its life. That is a crucial time of the corn plant determining its ear size, very important to have that phosphorous there for the plant.