Farming carries a $41 billion a year impact in North Dakota, although growers face their share of hurdles, including salt buildup.

Corn growers Tye Schneider and Chad Ottmar have found a successful crop nutrition program with technology from Redox.

“I’ve been doing side by side trials,” Schneider said. “The Redox always looks better. It looks greener and always seem to fill up a little faster on that side than it does on the other during harvest.”

Corn is grown on about four million acres in North Dakota and is second only to soybeans in the state’s most valuable crops.

There’s a crowded field of biostimulants, although precious few have the history, track record of success, and now certification that Redox has.

The Fertilizer Institute has certified Mainstay® Calcium 2.0 as a certified biostimulant, which speaks directly to how it delivers on three crucial parts of successful farming: efficacy, safety, and composition.

Certification is an excitement development in our companies history, which has and will continue to be fueled to find the most advanced agronomic solutions for yield and quality.

“It is absolutely a pleasure to be associated with great people, the diversity and variety of crops geographically, and to be constantly looking for opportunities to take budget dollars and resources and get higher performance from those resources,” remarked Redox Corporate Agronomist, John Kelly.

With 180 million acres of crops, the Midwest is an essential food producer, especially when it comes to corn and soybeans.

More growers are utilizing cutting edge products from Redox Bio-Nutrients to get the most from their fields.

Part of the education process includes the XPRT Farm in Missouri Valley, Iowa, with more than 500 acres of corn and soybeans in production. Here, growers see firsthand the difference Redox technology provides.

There was a large turnout for three field days at the farm this summer.

RDX-N® is among the most promising products. This patented, stable botanical extra biostimulant provides unrivaled nitrogen optimization in the plant itself.

“Anybody can grow a crop in a nearly perfect year, but that doesn’t exist, so educating ourselves on what we can do on those years when it’s not perfect or far from perfect is the difference between success and failure, or good and great, and that’s what we want to focus on,” remarked Kenton Mehlberg, Operations and Production Manager from TIP, Incorporated in Wisconsin. TIP works with Redox products and Kenton attended the recent field day.

A key goal of the Redox Midwest team is to make sure growers clearly understand the value of using premium products.

“It’s all about how we take this technology, put it into play, and make it easy,” said Redox Midwest team leader C.R. Scebold.

Dedicated, diligent and competitive are characteristics that will take you far, and they are part of what makes Ben Jauregui in demand among California berry growers.

Jauregui is a PCA with AG RX, a valued company that works with Redox products. He shepherds 2,000 acres of crops along California’s Central Coast, predominately strawberries. Part of his successful formula involves continuing his hunger to learn more about the best agronomy.

“Being able to compete against myself, compete against previous years is crucial,” he said. “If I end up producing still more fruit, I still think I can learn something more from that. Maybe there’s a certain fertilizer that they did that allowed the plant to manipulate more flowers, that allowed for better size, or just going back to that flavor profile.”

Ben was featured earlier on Episode 81, Meet Ben NPK.

The Great Basin region features diversity of crops and weather that can change remarkable fast. Redox Sales Agronomist Brett Reed works with many growers to ensure their crops are performing at their peak.

He said a crucial factor for success among any field is achieving plant charge balance, where the focus is on charge per acre, not pounds of material applied per acre.

Reed said bio-nutrition, combining carefully-sourced nutrients with biostimulants, provides an incredible synergy that brings out the best in yield and quality.

“That synergy is like a great marriage,” he said. “You can always rely on having that partner help the other one. It’s amazing. A one stop shop.”

Some of his favorite Redox technology includes RDX-N®, Rootex®, RootRx®, diKaP® and PeneCal®.

For five generations spanning nearly a century, Pennsylvania’s Pine Valley Farms has been the epitome of two hallmarks in farming- premium quality and maximum yield.

Grower Kegan Wright and his family devote significant hours on their farm and greenhouses, growing an A-Z list of produce. Their customer base is varied, including three retail outlets.

Prioritizing the most effective nutrition, including a host of Redox technology, has been a big part of their consistently strong yields and premium quality. Their bountiful and beautiful harvests help the family navigate through an all-too common situation of disappointing produce prices.

“If you’re not valuing healthy, fertile soil, strong roots and strong plants, you might as well give up in this environment,” Wright said.

Accurate data about meaningful technology is vitally important to productive farm fields.

The Redox Research Farm is not only comprised of two PhD’s, but significant work is also carried out by the balance of the farm team.

The group works cohesively to maintain the crops on the Research Farm, as well as collect data that helps prove out the breakthrough technology provided by Redox.

“In order for farming to survive, we have to change the way we’re doing things,” said Faith Talley, who in three years has risen from intern to significantly more responsibility in the field. “I feel that Redox is a perfect example of that. They’re always trying to change the future, and not only help farmers grow where they’re at, but also provide solutions for them.”

California grows 90 percent of the nation’s strawberries, and many people are devoted to ensuring continued success for this $3 billion industry.

The Cal Poly Strawberry Center has been a model for practical research, with continued innovations in pest and disease fighting, as well as technology advancements.

One of the more visually captivating new technologies is a robotic harvester. After years of trial and error, there’s renewed optimism it will one day be a commercial reality.

“There’s a possibility that within 10 years, 50 to 60 percent at least, if not more, of the strawberries picked will be done by robots,” said Alex Gutierrez, Founder and CEO of L5 Automation.

The Strawberry Center has made steady strides in providing practical, grower-focused solutions.

“It gives me a lot of satisfaction to work in this industry because we see the things we are doing actually come to fruition” remarked Center Director Gerald Holmes.