Tri-State Growers Supply LLC

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We at Tri-State Growers Supply LLC, are dedicated to bringing you, the customer, quality price-effective agricultural chemicals and crop production inputs delivered right to your farm

"My loyal staff & I treat our customers as we would like to be treated: with honesty and integrity. I have been in this type of business for 8 years, and have strived to maintain integrity and trust, along with honest and fair treatment to all my customers, large and small. My large amount of customer loyalty attests to that" Kevin Van Gessel Owner/Manager

Biggest question in the planting season coming upon us is how much corn is going to be planted. I talk to farmers almost daily and from what I can tell, I would not be surprised to see the corn acres down 20 to 30% from last year, which was down over 10% from 07 in the eastern corn belt.The board of trade is not going buy the acre from the way it looks. From the feedback I am getting from farmers is, that I figure 25% of the farmers will plant their 50/50 corn bean rotation. This feedback tends come from acres off the better soils. Then about 1/3 of my customers are going to be in that 30-40% corn to 60-70% soybeans and the remainder are totally beans and wheat. If this thought process continues, there will be a real benefit to grow corn. You have still got to pencil it out. If the planting intention hold true corn will come up in price. But when?? I will say there is a lot better chance of getting to $4.00 corn than there is $10.00 a bushel soybeans. I feel farmers want to plant corn especially since there is rotation issues from some with a lot of soybeans last year In the Tri-state area, also a large amount of wheat stubble chiseled last fall. With the intent to go to corn this spring, the biggest obstacle is with out a doubt fertilizer costs. A very close estimate from late summer to early fall wholesale prices have lost 40-60% of their value. Some products went into a free fall in price. Catching retailers and farmers alike in what is called an upside down position. Two products that seemed to be little affected were potash and 10 34 0 Poly N. Dry phosfates are manageable now in along with most forms of Nitrogen. Just in the last day or so in some places NH3 has lost some price. To combat the price of potash we started handling a liquid potash. It comes to the farmer as a clear product in an analysis of 3-0-20 and is very user friendly. It is also 100% available to the plant and mixes with 10-34-0 Poly N and 9-18-9 ortho base product: at a rate of 3-5 gal per acre it is less than 1/2 of what $800.00 a ton potash is. It carries a low salt content of 26-29% compared to potassium chloride that is 116. This product is not intended to replace 250-300# Its origin comes from foliar feeding vegetables, alfalfa, and soybeans. It can be added to 28% N for side dress application. It does eliminate a pass across the fields and will mix with most liquid row stations. 3-5 gall P/A will give the plant adequate supply of potash as long as your levels are not totally out of whack. Check out the label information. Foliar K 3-20-0 Product Information Foliar K is a highly available mild form of potassium which is particularly well suited for foliar feeding all types of cropspand may be soiled applied. Since pH is 7.3 and the salt index is 26, there is little danger of burn to plant leaves and foilage. Foliar K is a clear, true solution with no particulate matter, which mixes readily in water. Then natural organic carrier enhances its receptivity by plants. This product contains no chlorides or ammonium (NH4)forms of Nitrogen. - source credit New Eezy Gro Inc.