Soil Health is Where it Starts
Overview
Knowing a strong crop starts with healthy soil led this Nebraska dealer to SoilBiotics. By improving nutrient availability, reducing compaction and increasing water retention, SoilBiotics products are helping his customers’ fields rank among the highest yielding in the area.
There’s a dealer in Nebraska who compares soil health to human health saying, “If you are healthy and you get a cold, you’re going to recover more quickly. Soil is the same way. It might go through hail, drought, wind but the healthier the soil is the better it will recover and support crops to recover.”
To help his farmer customers improve soil health, he relies on SoilBiotics products. In their area of Nebraska they have sandy soils, and Soil Boost is especially helpful there.
“Excessive rainfall doesn’t run off if soil can hold water,” he added. “That’s what Soil Boost prepares for: compaction reduction, fraction of hard pan. Rather than run off, run in. That’s wonderful.”
They also use Growth Supplement 30 as a spray adjuvant, leaving out the AMS and other surfactants to help the effectiveness of the herbicide.
When comparing fields that have been treated with SoilBiotics to conventionally treated fields, the fields that received SoilBiotics products are among the highest yielding. They believe it’s because of the soil health the SoilBiotics products promote.
“Freeing up nutrients, reducing compaction and increasing water retention are what we see happen in fields with SoilBiotics products,” he said. “Those are three major things.”
While humic acid products themselves aren’t unique, this dealer states that the quality of SoilBiotics products is unmatched. He also recognizes these top notch products are made and sold by a company that cares about their customers.
Products Used
Soil Boost
Soil Boost is a pure, dry humic soil amendment made from high-quality freshwater-sourced humate that enhances soil structure, nutrient availability and microbial activity. It is broadcast-applied either pre-plant or post-harvest in conventional and organic programs and can be blended with most dry fertilizers.
Growth Supplement 30
Growth Supplement 30 is a foliar applied nutrient stabilizer. It stimulates plant metabolism, transports nutrients in plants, dissolves macro and micro elements, and enhances cell division and elongation. Containing plant derived fulvic acids, Growth Supplement 30 is compatible with most conventional herbicides.