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  Senior Lab Expert Expects Growers to Deal with High Nitrates and Low pH Fred Vocasek Areas of the country are in a severe drought, with conditions so extreme some growers are taking their soil conditions day by day. ServiTech, the nation’s leading independent crop consulting and agriculture lab, is making a prediction growers should lean in to hear. In a cyclical pattern that comes with extreme drought, ServiTech expects to work with its grower customers to manage a uniquely high level of nitrates in the soil as well as potentially lower pH levels. ServiTech’s Senior Lab Agronomist Fred Vocasek said it may be to a grower’s advantage to help blunt the effects of severely dry conditions with zone-specific soil tests to help make nitrogen management decisions. “Drought conditions have been present for an extended time in many areas and with that drought comes a cyclical effect to soil microbial activity,” Vocasek said. “Optimum soil temperature is between 60 and 95 degrees for microbial

RYAN HASSEBROOK SET TO LEAD SERVITECH ON MAY 1  Ryan Hassebrook, CEO ServiTech, the nation’s largest independent crop consulting and agriculture lab company, has hired its new staff and vision leader. Ryan Hassebrook will step into the role of ServiTech President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) on May 1. ServiTech offers crop consulting, field intelligence and lab services for growers across the Midwest and High Plains of the United States. The company’s team of internal agronomists and lab service experts consult with growers who seek information to reach high yields with data-driven knowledge and targeted insights and develop efficient feed and hay controls for profitable livestock management. ServiTech works to connect every stage of growth in production agriculture from ag technology to field services and waste management to quality lab work. Hassebrook will lead ServiTech’s 160-person organization, after serving the company as the eastern Nebraska territory lead and most recentl