07/19/2022

Veteran Ag Leader Brings Deep Experience in Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management Veteran ag industry leader John Gertz has joined the senior management team at Meristem Crop Performance as Chief Operating Officer (COO). In the new role, Gertz will apply his deep experience in agribusiness, manufacturing and global supply chain operations management to boost Meristem’s […]

07/13/2022

It seems many farmers feel fertilizer companies don’t play fair. The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) say they have worked for months to eliminate tariffs on nitrogen and phosphorous fertilizer imports and reported they finally saw some results late in June.  “We have been banging on the doors in Washington, sounding the alarm and telling […]

07/11/2022

“Our success is dependent on the success we are able to bring to farmers. Teaming with Meristem will help us help them.” Langer Farms & Ag Services started as an idea on a 200-acre family dairy farm. Today it’s still an all-family farm business operated by Tommy Langer, his parents, his wife Brooke, their young […]

06/28/2022

Crop Nutrition Specialist To Serve Growers And Develop Dealers in Northern Corn Belt Columbus, Oh., June 29, 2022 – Experienced ag account professional Taylor Janicek has joined Meristem Crop Performance Group, LLC, one of the fastest-growing crop input suppliers in America. Janicek now becomes Meristem’s sales representative in the Northern Corn Belt, operating out of […]

06/16/2022

Fred Below, PhD, Professor of Crop Physiology at University of Illinois, has been confirmed as a key speaker for Meristem’s Breakthrough to Excellence Dealer Partner meeting, August 10-12, 2022 at Lake Lawn Lodge in Delavan, Wisconsin. Dr. Below, creator of “The Six Secrets of Soybean Success” and “The Seven Wonders of the Corn Yield World” […]

06/10/2022

Farmer optimism took a big hit last month, says the Purdue/CME Group “Ag Economy Barometer” https://ag.purdue.edu/commercialag/ageconomybarometer/. The reason? Crop input costs. “The dramatic rise in production costs has got everybody upset,” Mintert said during an Agri-Talk radio interview, as reported on AgWeb.com. “The uncertainty it’s creating is really kind of creating havoc in people’s minds, […]

Jayson Lusk, Distinguished Professor and Head of the Agricultural Economics Department at Purdue University, has been confirmed as a key speaker for Meristem’s Breakthrough to Excellence Dealer Partner event at Lake Lawn Lodge in Delavan, Wisconsin August 10-12. Lusk’s book The Food Police: A Well-Fed Manifesto about the Politics of Your Plate, is a critical […]

05/25/2022

David Hula, the world record holder for corn yield – posting more than 600 bushels/acre in the 2021 NCGA National Corn Yield Contest – has been confirmed as the keynote speaker for Meristem’s Breakthrough to Excellence Dealer Partner event. The meeting is set for August 10-12, 2022 at Lake Lawn Lodge in Delavan, Wisconsin. Hula’s […]

05/23/2022

“EXCAVATOR Field Team” Fanning Out to Document the Power of New Patented Biological As fertilizer prices hit record highs and set to stay there into the 2023 season, one company is pushing in-field testing to extremes. They are out to show farmers how to dig out nutrients they’ve already paid for and boost fertility for […]

05/17/2022

“…We really are fearful…” – NCFC CEO Farmers are struggling this spring with sky-high production costs, but the bigger concern is whether there will be enough fertilizer and other inputs to go around for next season, according to Chuck Conner, CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives. “That’s where we really are fearful at […]