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Supplementation for Superior Results

Apr 23, 2025 | Midwest Fertilizer
Discover how one customer boosted calf weights and increased profits by using feed technology and Purina’s Accuration creep feed. His success showcases the value of customized feeding programs.

DC Update

Apr 23, 2025 | Midwest Fertilizer
Budget cuts, tax reform, tariffs and a stalled farm bill dominate DC talks, creating uncertainty for farmers. With suspended funding, trade tensions and key programs at risk, Mid-West Fertilizer is actively advocating to protect your interests and ensure continued support.

Managing Grain Market Risk Without the Guesswork

Apr 23, 2025 | Midwest Fertilizer
With markets constantly changing, understanding practical risk management tools can help you make steady, confident marketing decisions.

Crop Hail Insurance: An Essential Risk Management Tool

Apr 23, 2025 | Midwest Fertilizer
Crop hail insurance provides flexible, customizable coverage that protects crops from hail damage, working alongside Multi-Peril Crop Insurance to fill coverage gaps and support farm profitability.

Introducing Transport by NTEXX: Beneficial Microbes & Humic Acids for All Crops

Apr 23, 2025 | Midwest Fertilizer
We’re excited to introduce Transport, a new biological product from NTEXX. With a powerful mix of beneficial microbes and humic acids for all crops, Transport is designed to boost plant growth, improve soil health, and increase efficiency in your fields.

Protecting Profit with Livestock Risk Protection

Mar 25, 2025 | Midwest Fertilizer
In a volatile cattle market, Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) helps producers secure a floor price, reduce stress, and protect income. Producer Ag offers expert guidance to navigate LRP options and optimize risk management.

Industry News


Early-season cornfield

5 Tips for Managing Early-Season Plant Stress

Mar 04, 2026 | Answer Plot
Planting is just around the corner. Every decision you make, including your seed purchase and the ground conditions you place it in, can affect the number on the yield monitor at harvest. When seeds start in cold, wet soils, it can lead to early-season plant stress that can impac...
Drone shot of a grower applying a pre-emergence herbicide

Take Care of Early Spring Weeds Before Planting

Feb 24, 2026 | Answer Plot
If you deal with winter or spring annual weeds in your fields, it's important to consider including a spring burndown herbicide application. Winter annuals, including marestail, chickweed, henbit, pennycress and shepherd’s purse, resume growing as soon as temperatures g...
Spraying fungicide on mid-season corn field

Look to Fungicides to Help Manage Disease in High-Value Hybrids

Dec 16, 2025 | Answer Plot
In 2025, moisture was extremely prevalent in some areas, and with it, disease pressure. Across the lower corn belt from St. Louis to central Ohio, heavy rains came in the early season, impacting planting timing, while the central upper Midwest received excessive moisture mid-seas...
Closeup of a soybean plant.

6 Disease Management Tips for Corn and Soybeans

Nov 25, 2025 | Answer Plot
With the strong disease pressures we saw in 2025, it’s a good idea to consider now how you’ll handle those potential threats in the upcoming season. Your crops (and your wallet) will benefit from a proactive approach to disease management. Here are six tips to plan ah...
Equipment for seed treatment

Why Seed Treatments Are Critical For Crop Success

Oct 28, 2025 | Answer Plot
Your crop has its maximum potential before the seed ever hits the soil. Every day after planting, biotic and abiotic stresses can chip away at that seed’s yield potential. That’s why investing in an effective seed treatment is so important. Seed treatments help protec...

What You Need to Know About the EPA Herbicide Strategy

Sep 08, 2025 | Answer Plot
On August 20, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final Herbicide Strategy, calling it an “unprecedented step” toward protecting more than 900 federally endangered and threatened species from the potential impacts of herbicide use. At ...