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Joe Dedman, Agronomist                                 OCTOBER HARVEST HAS BEGUN! Yes, this has been a totally different year that farmers and the Ag industry has experienced, but of course it’s not over yet.  Harvest results are coming in and many areas are…

Joe Dedman VP of Agronomy, Monty’s Plant Food Company I was recently reading a book written by Charles Walters, “Weeds, Control Without Poisons.” Walters made some very interesting observations about our soils and the reactions in them that induces the different weeds we see as we drive by fields. For instance, why do we see broadleaf…

Joe Dedman, Monty’s Vice President of Agronomy   IT’S EARLY JUNE AND MANY ARE STILL PLANTING CORN AND BEANS? We are still in high gear from the bottom of Tennessee and northward, across the corn belt, and beyond – including the northwest states. I can’t remember a spring planting season quite like this one. It…

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Magnesium, the Unheralded Star by Paul Reed Hepperly Although nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and even calcium are often discussed, magnesium is mostly unheralded and misunderstood. In this article I will examine the nature of magnesium deficiency and show how ignoring soil magnesium can lead to dire consequences in human, plant and animal health. Like the other…

In honor of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s work, Monty’s invites you, your family members and friends, to join us in making a contribution to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. This is a cause and mission the Monty’s family believes in: “to help women now by providing help and inspiring hope to those affected by…

Sulfur (S) is essential for plant nutrition, but its concentration in plants is the lowest of all the macronutrients. Plants are able to assimilate sulfate and reduce it to essential amino acids, where S is involved in a range of metabolic functions, including protein synthesis. Greater attention needs to be paid to the role of S in…