NEWS & BLOG
The Threat of Hydrogen Sulfide
We have had multiple reports this season from customers who have lost cattle due to gas emissions during pumping. Luckily, in these instances, no people were harmed. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. We just wanted to remind everyone to take extra safety precautions when agitating and pumping manure.More
Put Back What You Pull Off
As harvest is in full swing, it is important to remember that as you pull big yields off of your fields, you are also pulling a lot of nutrients out of your soil as well. The removal rate for nitrogen off corn is 0.90 lbs/bu, the removal rate for P2O4 off corn is 0.37 lbs/bu, and the removal rate for K2O off corn is 0.27 lbs/bu. This means that if you had a poorer crop, let’s say 160 bu/ac, you are removing from the soil 144 lbs of nitrogen. If you have outstanding yields of 250 bu/ac, you are removing 225 lbs of nitrogen. If you put less than 225 lbs of nitrogen back on your rotation following an outstanding crop year, you are starving your plants.More
Increase the NDFD Of Your 2016 Corn Silage Crop with Amaferm
By: Barry Christie, Amaferm Dairy Business Manager
Going into 2016 new crop corn silage can be problematic in a number of ways. Tonnage will be there but NDFD (Neutral Detergent Fiber Digestibility) will be challenged. Higher Tonnage from 2016 warm, wet growing conditions created greater plant size with higher levels of lignin and ether bonds challenging the cow’s ability to break down and utilize the hemicellulose before it passes out of the rumen. The same wet conditions during the growing season lingered into harvest causing a lot of silage to be put up late increasing the dry matter content. Optimal dry matter in corn silage is 35. Each point over that reduces milk potential 100 lbs per ton.
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What Does Your Rec Really Mean?
By: Katie McWhirter, Precision Ag Specialist
As fall fertilizer season rolls around, the fertilizer needs for 2017 are starting to come into full view. I hear over and over again, “I variable rate my P &K.” What does that recommendation really mean? Yes, it probably takes into consideration your soil samples, but is it building, maintaining or removal only? Are you fertilizing the field as a whole field approach? I know this isn’t the first time I’ve written about this, but I cannot emphasize it enough. More
Stutsman Core Values
When Eldon Stutsman founded the company in 1934, his personal morals and values laid the foundation for how customers were serviced and how business was conducted. Over 82 years later, we still believe in embracing these same values.Over the course of the past few months, we have worked on identifying these values that have been a part of our core culture since 1934 and the ones we want to continue to focus on to keep moving forward. For us, the Stutsman Core Values are like a road map that helps guide us in upholding our mission; to proudly serve agriculture with quality employees, products, and services to help our customers be successful. With that said, we are excited to announce the official Stutsman Core Values!More
Protect your Largest Input Investment
Stronger, healthier crops lead to increased yield and profit potential.
Fertilizer is a grower’s most expensive input, according to the 2015 Purdue Crop Cost & Return Guide. Additionally, nitrogen is the most expensive fertilizer investment. Instinct® II and N-Serve® nitrogen stabilizers protect fertilizer investments by keeping nitrogen in the root zone longer so it is available when and where crops need to use it. Stabilizing nitrogen helps grow stronger, healthier crops, which leads to increased yield and profit potential.