Monty's Company Blog

North Dakota church turns 95-acres of soybeans into a real mission field!

October 13, 2016

Check out this story about a North Dakota church turning 95-acres of soybeans into a real mission field.  Monty’s Plant Food Company is so grateful to have had the opportunity to supply Monty’s products to Trinity Lutheran over the last 4 year.  We hope to be apart of this great cause many years to come.…

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Micronutrients 2016: Market Updates From Key Suppliers

September 26, 2016

This is the year that people should be going back to using micronutrients. After all, to open the door, you have to have the key. As a critical factor in regulating enzyme and hormone balance within a plant, micronutrients are that lock and key mechanism. “They’ve laid off (micronutrients) two years now … People are…

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RFD-TV Rural America Live with Monty’s: August 29, 2016

August 31, 2016

Monty’s was once again on RFD-TV Rural America Live August 29, 2016. Joe Dedman, Monty’s Vice President of Agronomy and Dr. Ron Heiniger, NC State University joined host Marlin Bohling to discuss: Humi-Till™ residue management product The advantages wheat growers will see using Monty’s Liquid Carbon on wheat Hay-Now on hay and pastures The importance of…

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Michael Thompson joins Monty’s team as Product Consultant & Sales Support in South Carolina market

August 31, 2016

Monty’s Plant Food Co., a leader in natural soil enhancement and plant fertility products, is pleased to announce that Michael Thompson has joined its team as Product Consultant and Sales Support for South Carolina. Thompson’s experience will serve both him and South Carolina farmers well.  He has worked on watermelon and tobacco farms as well…

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Make your last cutting as good as your first!

August 15, 2016

Usually, the last cutting of the season is not as tall, thick, or healthy as your first or second cuttings. Monty’s Hay-Now program is designed to address these issues by boosting the quality of your final cut by stimulating the growth of the plants, increasing hay nutrients, and providing higher feed value for animals. Maximize your last cut this…

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Crop residue on the field… Money left on the table?

August 15, 2016

Trash, stover, residue — while post-harvest debris has taken different names throughout the years, it is now posing new threats and challenges. Growers will agree today’s higher plant populations, conservation tillage practices and better yielding, more-resistant stacked hybrids can benefit profitability, productivity and crop performance. However, these progressive practices create more field residue than ever before. Farmers are all…

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Check out Monty’s on RFD-TV!

August 10, 2016

You’re invited! The Monty’s team will once again be on RFD-TV, Rural America Live, August 29 at 8 pm et. Watch as Mark Oppold and Monty’s team of agronomists discuss: Humi-Till crop residue management The advantages using Monty’s Liquid Carbon on wheat Hay-Now on hay and pastures The importance of soil health. Be sure to…

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North Carolina corn farmers have never seen a crop like this

July 15, 2016

As the new  year  began, North Carolina State University Extension Corn Specialist Ron Heiniger boldly proclaimed 2016 as “the year of the corn” because this would be the year North Carolina would make a record corn crop. Check out the story from Southeast Farm Press, John Hart here. Then click here to learn about the Wheat Trials…

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Post-emergence options for controlling waterhemp in soybeans

July 11, 2016

June 16, 2016 | Posted in Crop Protection Source: University of Illinois Extension By Aaron Hager, Extension Weed Scientist Waterhemp continues to be one of the most widespread and troublesome broadleaf weed species with which farmers must contend.  Factors related to the species’ biology, such as prolonged germination and emergence, obligate outcrossing, and high seed production, and contribute…

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Georgia gardener raves about Monty’s products

July 8, 2016

By Bill McCluskey When I was a kid living in Oklahoma we always raised three garden spots. We used a couple of different plant foods on our gardens, but then I left home to become a U.S. Marine and got away from gardening in 1966. I now wonder what our gardens would have looked like…

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