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...
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It Doesn’t Matter what Color – John Viertel
Jul 13, 2018
So, July is here (and it has been hot here in Central Missouri), the wheat harvest is all but wrapped up, after wheat beans have been hustled in, and post emerge spraying is winding down. Now what’s next? Time to start thinking about harvest? In two months I’m...
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...
Return on Investment using Sugar E-Boost – John Viertel
Jun 11, 2018
Here are comparisons that we have compiled from the previous two years using SUGAR E-BOOST when foliar feeding. The ROI is impressive! For a 94 cent per acre investment, you could include SUGAR E-BOOST with your herbicide application. SUGAR E-BOOST provides energy to...
IL Corn Plot Update – Tony Gann
Jun 6, 2018
Seems like we jumped straight from winter to summer! With this heat, the corn has really jumped up there and the beans are progressing nicely. Now all we need is rain to continue what looks like to be a good start to the 2018 crop. Here at Soil Service, Inc. we have...
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...
Good Results from Burndown – John Viertel
May 29, 2018
A couple of weeks ago, I showed a picture of cereal rye with the coverage of the burndown herbicide when using Soil Boost Plus and Landoil. The cereal rye cover crop was under stress from dry weather and had also been grazed by a cow herd. We just had a neighbor stop...
Storms in Central Missouri – John Viertel
May 15, 2018
Yes, we have been very dry for the past several weeks, with only about a half inch of rain two weeks ago right here in Central Missouri. Today we received some welcomed rain, but with a price. Severe storms rolled through our farm (and the SOIL SERVICE, INC. Missouri...
Planting Green into Cereal Rye – John Viertel
May 9, 2018
It is dry here in Central Missouri, but the corn is up, and soybeans are going into the ground at a record pace. It seems that we have gone from a long winter, right into summer as the temps have been in the low to mid-eighties for several days. One of our...
Spraying Roundup in Cold Weather – Derek Porter
Apr 23, 2018
Here in Central Illinois, the temperature outlook through the end of April has high’s in the 60’s with low’s dipping down to the mid 40’s to high 30’s. When the overnight low temperature dips down below 50 two days before or two days after application, the...
The Landoil Advantage – Derek Porter
Mar 26, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mmwSmwzkb8&feature=youtu.be
Planting Season Has Arrived! – John Viertel
Mar 19, 2018
Here it is, the last half of March! March Madness is going on in the NCAA, while some are thinking of crappie fishing, turkey hunting, and/or hunting morels. Not the crew from Soil Service, Inc. We are all concentrating on getting product delivered! Our trucks,...
Iowa Power Farm Show – Shelly Hardy
Feb 7, 2018
I have had the pleasure of working for Brent and Andrea at Soil Service since August in billing. I have met and work with a lot of great people. So many of them I have just gotten to know through phone calls. Well, last week I got to meet some of our...
Super Bowl- John Viertel
Feb 6, 2018
WOW! Can you believe that today is Super Bowl Sunday! I can’t! Got the game today, Valentine’s Day in ten days, the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville coming that week, and the Western Farm Show in Kansas City after that. It’s going to be a busy month...
Soil Service at the National No-Till Conference – Derek Porter
Jan 16, 2018
Last week, Louisville Kentucky was home to the 27th Annual National No-Tillage Conference. Myself and four other Soil Service members attended and came away with some very positive feed back and ideas to help our customers. This was my first ever No-Till Conference...
Happy Holidays!
Dec 21, 2017
Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a Wonderful Holiday and a very Happy & Prosperous New Year! From all of us at SOIL SERVICE, INC.
Missouri Harvest Update – John Viertel
Nov 20, 2017
Harvest is winding down and fall field work has been going on for a while. Now is time to reflect on the last growing season, what worked, what didn’t, what we can do to have a better year in 2018. Probably the biggest question that I have been getting this fall is...
An Update on Iowa Sales – Tony Gann
Nov 15, 2017
It seems like it has been a long harvest season compared to last year, but things are wrapping up here in west central Illinois and southeast Iowa. It doesn’t seem like it, but it has only been 7 weeks since I took over and started the Iowa sales position. I have...
New Illinois Sales Manger – Derek Porter
Nov 6, 2017
Hello my name is Derek Porter and I’m the new Sales Manager for Central and Southern Illinois. I currently reside in Lewistown, Illinois. My family has been dealers for Soil Service for about 30 years and have had nothing but success with the products and service...
Harvest in Missouri: Part 2 – John Viertel
Oct 13, 2017
Harvest in Missouri: Part 2 John Viertel, Missouri Sales Manager John Hansman’s No-Till Soybean Field Harvest Results It has not been very good for harvest for the past two week. There have been only a couple of days that soybeans could be harvested here in...
New Iowa Sales Manager – Tony Gann
Oct 3, 2017
Hello, my name is Tony Gann, I am the new Iowa Sales Manager. I have been with Soil Service Inc for almost 9 years. In those years I have worked in the warehouse and delivered to our customers near and far. In the last 18 months, I took on the role of Warehouse...
Sugar E-Boost in 2016 Plots
Dec 20, 2016
Here it is the middle of December 2016 and the Holiday Season is upon us. It is the time to be with family and friends to reflect on 2016 and to look forward to 2017. It is also the season with a lot of food and sweet holiday treats. SOIL SERVICE, INC. has been...
Soil Health Study Field Follow-Up
Nov 4, 2016
At this writing, we are hoping that your harvest is either over, or at least winding down, and field work is getting started. The cover crops on our farm in central Missouri are starting to look good after using the Aerway/Remlinger Harrow to incorporate them after...