NEWS & BLOG
This Season in History: Ag Leader Yield Monitors
Let’s go back to the early 1990’s. Fall harvest has begun and as you make your way across the field, you are anxious to see how it’s yielding. With the wagon full, you run it across the scale to start calculating your yield estimates. Move forward to 1992, and Ag Leader’s groundbreaking technology forever changes the way yields are tracked.More
Winter Alert: Limited Manure Application Conditions
This fall has been a challenge for many growers, with delayed harvest due to wet soil conditions followed by colder than usual temperatures. These adverse conditions are also affecting manure application. Iowa Manure Management Action Group, also known as IMMAG, has provided producers with some reminders on how to manage manure application this winter.More
Employee Spotlight: Paul LaRoche
Although the agriculture industry and our products/services may change over the years, one consistent factor remains; our employees are one of the most important ingredients in our recipe for success. Through our Employee Spotlight series, learn about the people who make up the Stutsman team. Paul LaRoche joined our team in Agronomy Sales in 2006. Even though he didn’t grow up in agriculture, his passion for the industry and keeping our customers successful is obvious with everything he does!More
One Size Does Not Fit All: Toolbar Talk
By: John Yoder, Vice President of Waste Handling
Regardless if you are a custom applicator or a producer applying your own manure, the goal is the same; get the manure out, get it applied, and maximize its nutrient value. The factor that greatly differs is how you get it moved and applied. Just because your neighbor may have a 10,500 gallon tank with a 10 row bar, does not mean that’s the best solution for your own operation.More
Deadly Manure Gas Does Not Discriminate – Fight Manure Pit Hydrogen Sulfide
By: Stephanie Leonard, University of Iowa Industrial Hygienist Occupational Safety Manager
If storing, hauling, or applying liquid manure is part of your work, protecting personnel and livestock should be on your mind right now. Careful planning can make the difference between a safe outcome and lives lost; when maure pit hydrogen sulfide is present, it does not discriminate.
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Controlling Tomorrow’s Weeds, Today
It’s hard to believe harvest is finishing up and just like that, another crop year is coming to a close. As you move from field to field this fall, it is the perfect time to reflect on the past season, especially how it started. Think about the early season weed pressure and how that battle played out through the rest of the crop year (maybe still an issue).More