EFFICIENCY & KNOWLEDGE: Every time Louisa brings me a soil test result to review or I go on a field trip I think of efficiency, and knowledge/education. Knowledge followed by efficiency usually produces more of everything we are trying to accomplish. Farming and ranching can be a lot of hard work performed during a lot […]

THANKS FOR ANOTHER GREAT YEAR OF SERVING YOUR NEEDS IN 2003! MORE ON CROP RESIDUE: Can you afford to lose the equivalent of an application of 116-27-209. That’s the fertilizer value of the stover from a 200 bushel corn crop when it is broken down correctly/biologically. Bt corn is harder than normal to break down. […]

EXCITING NEWS ON SEVERAL TOPICS: NEW ORGANIC ANIMAL MINERALS AND SUPPLEMENTS: NEW FASTER, EASIER WEED AND INSECT CONTROL WITH TOWERS: NEW PRICING AND EFFICACY ON REPELLEX AND CROP GUARD & MUCH, MUCH MORE! CROP GUARD & REPELLEX: The manufacturer has improved his ability to extract the essentials out of the fresh whole garlic, thereby lowering […]

BACK TO BASICS: Because we have so many new customers “sign on” in 2002 and because we are beginning our tenth year of service to sustainable agriculture, it would be a good idea to review the basics of agriculture. Thanks to those who have been with us since the beginning and to all those who […]

FIELD TRIP: Louisa and I recently took a trip to the Northwest, meeting with many growers, customers, suppliers and old friends in Idaho who I saw again for the first time in 50 years. Two subjects, that we have never addressed before, became apparent as worthy of discussion. They are management and estate planning. These […]

WELCOME TO A NEW YEAR: Thanks for taking advantage of our fall sales and awards program. Two grower families have already qualified for a vacation week in 2002. One eastern seaboard grower has been successfully foliar feeding his hundreds of acres of soys with Fish Agra and Nitrozyme seaweed for the last several years. He […]

Thanks to all of our clients for making this another record breaking season! And fall hasn’t even happened yet! The lab has been steady all summer and sales were brisk in April, May, and June and continued a slow, but steady pace throughout the summer. Louisa got a workout with sales and the lab when […]

Because CSI now has a new reader base that call themselves “graziers “, I have included them in the title. They graze various livestock throughout the country, on grass or grass/legume mixtures. Some practice intensive or rotational grazing and some do not. Because of space limitations I will have to address most issues with both […]

FALL PROGRAMS: Fall is the best time to remineralize or paramagnetize or put on a composted material. The fall, winter and early spring months allow the soil and microbes to absorb, process and incorporate the materials in preparation for next springs crop. Even this fall’s grain, cover crop or permanent pasture will benefit as well. […]