Crop Testimonials

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I have lived in the Yorkton, SK area my whole life and have operated a third-generation farm for many of those years. Throughout my farming career I have grown cereal crops, pulse crops, oilseed crops, specialty crops, silage, etc, either for myself or as Custom work for other farms. I also raised cattle and had a few horses. I had farmed as many as 17,000 acres together with my father through some of those years. I have always found the BioAgronics Crop program to be very affordable and have used them for well over 30 years, no matter which land or crops I was farming. With the direct delivery to either the farm or the local depot, it has always been very accessible. The company has great resources for more information and are always available to talk if you have any questions. My over 30 years of experiences with these products could never be summed up in a few short pages, so for now I will just share the results and the pictures from my last years barley Crop. The BioAgronics products I used religiously every year are Electro-Dyne, Bio-X, Stim-Gro, Dyna-Grow, Feed Grade Urea. 

As always, each and every year, my spring burn off program consisted of spraying ¾ litre of Round Up and 5 oz of Electro- Dyne. I achieved superior results in a total burn off of weeds, even the hard to kill dandelions and thistles. Within 24 hours, if I dug out the roots, I could see evidence of the root dying, and within 4 days the top growth was fully brown. The ground was ready for seeding within 24 hours of spraying. I always had very clean crops. The Electro-Dyne aids in the quicker and more efficient uptake of the chemical used to help expedite burn off and has several residual soil benefits as well. It works by changing the surface tension which aids in aeration and water movement. It also helps reduce soil compaction and hard pan and more.

In 2019 I grew Copeland Barley on our own acres as well as several hundred custom acres. The examples here in the pictures were seeded the 16th of June, and up until that time there had been very little to no moisture. I seeded as usual with an air drill. And harrow packed right behind. The fertilizer blend used was 75lb actual N and 15lb actual sulfur liquid fertilizer and a 1lb actual dry Phosphate. It rained 1.5 inches the following day after seeding and did not rain again until August long weekend 

when we got 1 inch. No more rain came before harvest that year. 

The seed was treated with the Stim-Gro. I have a small 5 gal tank that was attached to my auger and I would mix the Stim-Gro with water and a hose ran down and treated the seed as I was auguring it from the truck to the air seeder tank. I always added the Bio-X soil treatment at a rate of approximately .8 of a litre per acre (1 pail for 25 acres) to the liquid fertilizer as well. 

There are several reasons I have used this recipe over the other seed treatments I have tried in the past. The Stim-Gro and Bio-X are all natural products, there for there is no toxicity to myself or anyone helping, there are no dyes added, so there is no cleaning out if augers, trucks, etc. The stim-Gro is a seed enhancer that is made of ingredients that also stimulate the organisms in the soil. This results in even germination in a good growing year or if the crop is under stress, whether it be drought or to much moisture, or whatever. The Bio-X is a product that boosts the fertilizer productivity, and adds microbes to the soil that it needs to help avoid disease, stimulate root growth, helps break down residue, etc. 

The results I have gotten have always been easily and quickly noticeable. I found the plants germinated quicker, poked out of the ground quicker, had a white (not yellow) root that was longer with visibly more healthy hairs on it, etc. The stems as they emerged were measurably thicker than others that had not been treated and stooled well with an average of 5-7 stools. 

At about the 35th day I sprayed for what few weeds were there, provided disease protection and foliar feed as well. The 

chemical mixture for my barley was Achieve for wild oats at ½ normal rate, BuctrilM at ¾ normal rate, Tilt at ½ rate. To that I added 1 litre per acre of Dyna-Gro mixed with .92 lbs per acre food grade urea. 

The crop got a second spray later in the season of Bumper at ¾ rate mixed with the above Dyna-Gro/Urea Mixture. The Dyna- Gro/Urea mixture supplies essential nutrients to help the plants grow and thrive, aids in improved intake of the chemical and helps with stress and disease resistance as well. 

I straight cut harvested in October that year. Due to weather, and heavy crop conditions the crop was down and twisted. Even 

so the stems were strong and the heads were filled completely. The heads were 17 pairs high. The crop yielded 110 bu of 54 lb barley per acre. The crop was weed and wild oat free. It had a no green count either. We had a couple nights of light frost and we had frost damage at all. Not a bad crop for a year with very little rain. I sold it all to a feed lot that was very happy with it. Just to quickly sum things up I can say without any doubt I have always had great success with the BioAgronics products. Individually the products all provide some benefit, but I achieved the best success because I utilized the whole program. Some results are visible right away but you get better and better results each year forward. By regaining the soil health, and 

sustaining that with continued usage of the products, all while minimizing my chemical footprint, I was able to achieve things I never thought possible as a farmer. After experiencing complete crop devastation by hail one year, and then being hit by frost on more than one occasion mid growing season other years, I have put these products to the most extreme tests. I can say that I have had never not harvested a decent crop even in those years, much to both my surprise and the farmers around me. Even though I am no longer farming on a large level, I still use the products on a smaller scale with my Ag company, and highly recommend them to every farmer I meet. The experience I have gained and the knowledge that was shared to me by the BioAgronics team will not go to waste. I have joined them as a field/farm advisor and would gladly share more of my 

experiences and product recommendations with you over a coffee as well.