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 Carbon credits. Environmental assets. Climate-smart commodities. ESG scores. Regenerative farming. No matter what it is called, growers and our cooperative partners are continuously bombarded with requests from third parties to do more, collect more data and be more involved at the farmgate in the environmental space.     With ServiTech’s focus on data and decision excellence and our team of agronomists and lab professionals at hand, ServiTech can provide a turnkey solution for data collection, analysis and validation with any platform. It is a natural fit to include our experts as a part of your strategy to capitalize on the expanding opportunities of sustainability, sound agronomics and environmental consciousness.    ServiTech President and CEO Ryan Hassebrook says the company is geared to be at the forefront of navigating the challenges, the technology platforms, the validation and the marketplace with grower customers. Hassebrook says S...

  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 micro...

By Ryan Hassebrook Current supply chains are slow. And while delays in product are real, seed must be planted, nurtured and grown. Livestock must be fed, managed and harvested. Why? Because no matter what is happening in the world, people still need to eat. The toll the supply chain is taking on the American farming community can be felt from wavering fuel and seed costs to the skyrocketing fertilizer and nutrient market. How can cooperative farmers best navigate this time when decisions about preparing soil for the next planting season is critical to ongoing success? ServiTech says growers should take a step back and consider leveraging the expertise of a skilled agronomist. The past two years have brought challenges beyond Covid-19 including complexity of imports and product availability. This has added extra layers of stress and uncertainty for growers who need proven data to grow their operations. ServiTech utilizes a team of professional agronomists and in-house lab staff to creat...

  Deliver the nutrients your herd needs and not the stuff it doesn’t. by Shauna Hermel, editor, Angus Journal Click link to open PDF.