Mosaic Microessentials - Page 4

wetfarmer · 01-28-2012, 12:37 AM

Cargill did some trials with seed placed s-15 on soybeans last year. Anybody seen them ?

kirschenman · 01-29-2012, 07:49 AM

Just looking on my pricing sheets here. S15 is $770/T, MAP is 780/T. In my cereal blend it would have cost me $2.17/acre more for S15 for one less pound of S than using MAP and AS. Since I am sidebanding, I'm not worried about a possible increase in seedling safety either. Might try a hopper bottom of it this year to do some side by sides, but I don't see where the benefits are going to come from. Also probably will try a load of my same blend (40 20 0 10) with a little K in it as well.

I think (at least on long term rental and owned land) we are spoon feeding crops too much without taking into account its the soil that actually feeds them. Magic bullet fertilizers and snake oil additives might look good in the short term, but a healthy soil is still the true magic bullet for the majority of broadacre operations.

DunveganAg · 01-29-2012, 05:42 PM

I've seen the S15 product positioned when it is applied on its own and if there are storage and application benefits to a P and S product without requiring blending. Is there enough yield benefit to make up the premium compared to a blended product? Each individual farm situation it is different.

01-29-2012, 07:49 AM	#32 (permalink)
kirschenman Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SE AB CAN Posts: 4,276	Just looking on my pricing sheets here. S15 is $770/T, MAP is 780/T. In my cereal blend it would have cost me $2.17/acre more for S15 for one less pound of S than using MAP and AS. Since I am sidebanding, I'm not worried about a possible increase in seedling safety either. Might try a hopper bottom of it this year to do some side by sides, but I don't see where the benefits are going to come from. Also probably will try a load of my same blend (40 20 0 10) with a little K in it as well. I think (at least on long term rental and owned land) we are spoon feeding crops too much without taking into account its the soil that actually feeds them. Magic bullet fertilizers and snake oil additives might look good in the short term, but a healthy soil is still the true magic bullet for the majority of broadacre operations. __________________ Increase in Marketing > Increase in Yield > Increase in Land Base

01-28-2012, 12:37 AM	#31 (permalink)
wetfarmer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 265	Cargill did some trials with seed placed s-15 on soybeans last year. Anybody seen them ?

01-29-2012, 05:42 PM	#33 (permalink)
DunveganAg Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Peace Country Alberta Posts: 3	I've seen the S15 product positioned when it is applied on its own and if there are storage and application benefits to a P and S product without requiring blending. Is there enough yield benefit to make up the premium compared to a blended product? Each individual farm situation it is different.

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