The Nation's Leader in Sustainable Agriculture
~ Farmers helping Farmers ~
Proper soil management.
Sustaining farmers,
soil, water, air,
and consumers

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Through Farm For Profit, a trustworthy and credile network of farmers:

• shares knowledge, experience and methods with other farmers so they can reduce expenses while maintaining or increasing yields and profits,
• improves the quality of soil and water to sustain the environment for present and future generations,
• improves the quality of life and food for the consuming public.

Farm For Profit program has four major principles or steps:

1. Soil management for any soil type.
2. Balanced nutrition in the field for any crop.
3. Reduced chemical rates with equal or better production results.
4. Train and educate farmers to maximize their opportunities for success.

The key to successful agriculture is properly sustained soil that is rich in nutrients and micro-nutrients, organic matter, air, and water.

Principle no. 1

Proper Soil Management

• compaction
• restricted water penetration
• reduced air spaces resulting in lower oxygen content
• soil erosion
• water runoff
• limited root growth reducing plant nutrient uptake
• increased contamination.

Strong and full root development that penetrates deep into the soil leads to strong yields.
 

The solution to damaged soil problems that result in lowered yields is for farmers to learn how to manage their own soils. Using expensive equipment to mechanically break up the soil is not the answer.

Farmers need to learn how to:

• improve soil tilth
• activate natural microbial activity for a healthier soil environment
• help clean up toxicity through bioremediation
• get life back into the soil
• improve soil structure

Principle no. 2

Good Plant Nutrition

• 43% to 49% minerals
• 25% moisture
• 25% air space or pore space
• 1% to 7% organic matter

Step 2's True Solution Starter Fertilizer (3-18-18) can be applied at planting time or as a foliar feed. The positive results of using Step 2® vs no fertilization can be dramatic, as demonstrated by the crop on the right.
 

Why use 3-18-18 True Solution Starter Fertilizer from Farm For Profit?

Because you get these results:

• low salt index
• doesn't settle out
• cost effective
• true solution results (each drop contains the same amount of N, P, and K)
• excellent foliar application coverage
• 100% availability to plants at germination

Principle no. 3

Well-Managed Chemical Rates

Reduce chemical rates by blending pesticides with Vegetable Oil from Farm For Profit that is 93% once-refined, de-gummed, soybean vegetable oil, and 7% high-grade emulsifier.

How does Vegetable Oil from Farm For Profit work?

It encapsulates selected chemicals and protects them from oxygen, sunlight, and high pH water degradation while also producing uniform spray droplets. The results are:

• excellent control of chemicals
• greatly reduced chemical volatilization
• reduced wind drift
• increased leaf surface coverage
• reduced washoff
• reduction of pesticides by 25% to 80% (depending upon chemicals selected)

Vegetable Oil used along with herbicides achieves weed-free fields while saving the farmer money and sustaining the soil.
 
 

Rules of Thumb from Farm For Profit for effective and efficient chemical application rates are:

1. Identify the pests
2. Select the pesticide that does the best job of controlling the pest
3. Use the smallest amount of pesticide as possible to control the pests
4. Use vegetable oil where permitted
5. Follow the label on the chemical package for proper mixing sequence

Principle no. 4

Education and Training

• correctly interpreting soil tests
• how to improve yields
• how to utilize record systems for cost comparisons
• proper use of equipment, fertilizers and chemical rates

The best place to evaluate the results of agricultural methods and educate farmers is right in the field. Farm For Profit representatives provide timely advice to help other farmers.

Farm For Profit representatives are specialists who use state-of-the-art testing methods to determine proper application rates to sustain the soil and achieve maximum yields.