Assessing soil health

Tiffin Farmers offers the following services:

• Collect Regular, Grid, and Zone Soil Samples in Fields, Yards, and Gardens

• Create Fertilizer Recommendations Based on Soil Sample Results and Next Years Crops

• Help Diagnose Nutrient Deficiencies in Fields, Gardens, and Yards and Provide Solution

• Collect Tissue Samples from Growing Crops where Nutrient Deficiencies are Suspected

Fertilizer and application methods

Lawn & Garden: Bulk Fertilizer: Application:

• 12-12-12 0-0-60 Fertilizer Cart (Rental Per Ton)

• 19-19-19 11-52-0 Broadcast Spreader ( Available For Purchase)

• 30-0-5 46-0-0 Custom Application ( Price Per Acre)

• 46-0-0 21-0-0-24%S

• Crabgrass Preventer 28-0-0

• Weed & Feed 10-34-0

• Hi-Mag Lime AG lime

• Hydrated Lime

• Gypsum

Factors to Consider When Selecting Seed Varieties:

• Yield and Yield Consistency

  • The best Production strategies will not result in high yields if you don’t choose high-yielding hybrid

• Transgenic Options- Insect Protection and herbicide traits

• Disease Tolerance

• Grain Dry Down

• Standability and Stalk Quality

• Early Season Vigor

• Seed Costs

  Tiffin Farmers offers seed from Dairyland Seed, Stine Seed, and Synergy AG

Starter Fertilizer

Micronutrients: Nutrient Protection:

• Zinc- Dry [5-10 #/AC] Nitrogen Additives-

• Sulfur- Dry [10#/AC] Factor Plus- Above Ground Protection [2 QT/Ton]

• Boron- Dry [2#/AC] ~ Use with UAN and Urea

• Boron Plus [20oz/AC side-dress; 5 OZ/AC Foliar] Function- Belowground Protection [2PT/AC]

  • Contains: Boron 5% ~ Use with Anhydrous, UAN, Urea, and Manure

• Potassium Plus [32 OZ/AC] Cipher U- Above Ground Protection [37 OZ/AC]

  • Contains: Potassium 28% ~ Use with Urea

• Sulfur Plus [1 QT /AC] Instinct II- Below Ground Protection [37 OZ/AC]

  • Contains: Nitrogen 8%, Sulfur 10% ~ Use with Urea, UAN, and Liquid Manure

• Racer DSA- Dry [3-9#/ AC] Sable- Slow Release Nitrogen [2 GAL/AC]

  • Contains: Zinc 16%, Sulfur16%, manganese 8%, ~ Nitrogen 28%

    Iron 5%, Boron 1%, and Copper 0.5% Phosphate and Potassium Additives:

• Task Force 2- Liquid [2-6 PT/AC] P. Max Ultra- Phosphate Protection

  • Contains: Nitrogen 11%, Phosphate 8%, Potash 5%, K-Gain- Potassium Protection

    Boron 0.02% , Cobalt 0.0005%, Copper 0.5%, Iron 0.1%, Growth Regulator:

    Manganese 0.05%, Molybdenum 0.0005%, and Zinc 0.05% Radiate [2 OZ/AC]

• USA 500 [48 OZ/AC] Triad [4-8 OZ/AC]

  • Contains: Nitrogen 5%, and Zinc 6%

• Versa EDTA Micro Pak [1-4 QT/AC]

  • Contains: Nitrogen 4%, Sulfur 3%, Copper 0.25%, Manganese 1%, Zinc 6%

Essentially, All life depends upon the soil… There can be no life without soil and no soil without life; They have evolved Together. -Charles Kellogg

control of pests & disease

Corn Burndown Pre-Emergence: Insecticide Options:

No-Till: Lambda [3 OZ/AC]

Resicore [2.5 QT/AC] Govern [2 PT/AC]

Atrazine [1.5 QT/ AC] Fungicide Options:

Glyphosate [32-48 OZ/AC] Corn/ Soybeans:

Tillage: Priaxor [4 OZ/AC]

Fultime [3 QT/AC] Headline [6 OZ/AC]

Atrazine [1.5 QT/AC] Fortix [5 OZ/AC]

OR Wheat

Volley ATZ NXT [2.65 QT/AC] Caramba- Headscab [13.5 OZ/AC]

Atrazine [1.5 QT/ AC] Additives:

Balance Flexx [3 OZ/AC] MSO Concentrate- Methylated Seed Oil Surfactant

AMS- Drift Retardant

Soybean Burndown: Array- Improves Spray Deposition

Glyphosate [32-48 OZ/AC] Diplomat- Crop Oil

Verdict [5 OZ/AC] Maximizer- Crop Oil

Metribuzin [5 OZ/AC] Improve- Surfactant

Can Add 2-4D/ Salvo [12-16 OZ/AC] Control Duo- Drift Mitigation, Improves Deposition, Enhances

Retention, Surfactant

If you are interested or have any questions, please feel free to contact our Andrew Smith.

Business: 419-447-0366

Cell: 419-722-7621