2012 aggrand® testimonials

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T e s T i m o n i a l s

AGGRAND A Division of AMSOIL INC., Superior, Wis., USA


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aGGRanD Quty s Cutr, Bg d sAGGRAND Dealer Bob Geyer learned the benets

o the natural ertilizers using them on his own crops.

Geyer, o Le Grand, Cali. arms almonds, olives,squash, corn, tomatoes, artichokes, melons,cucumber, grapes and more.

Geyer has several large commercial arms amonghis accounts.

Hard work, sell a quality product and give greatcustomer service, Geyer said. I believe everyaccount is a good account, but it takes the samelength o time to sell a large account as a smallaccount. Learn the product, use the product andbelieve in the product and it s easy.

Working as a GroupGeyers group works together. I you help downline Dealers learn

the products and the customer base that uses them, a Dealersgrowth is airly rapid, Geyer said. One Dealer cant possibly landevery account, so expand your Dealer base. Theres plenty obusiness out there and competition is good. Its all American like

AMSOIL and AGGRAND.

Sustained Farming for the FutureGeyers philosophy o natural arming ts with his use and saleso AGGRAND natural products.

I can say that as a lielong agricultural guy, weneed to look at sustained arming or the uture

o our owned and leased ground and thegeneral environment, Geyer said. We needertilizers and other agricultural products that arehealthy and production based. Chemicals give alot but take a lot. AGGRAND and sustainedarming seem to be the trend.

Farm folks generally have to balance quantity with

quality and AGGRAND provides this in most

applications. Keep the barrels coming.

The companies we grow forare looking for producersthat are providing plantsthrough sustained farming.AGGRAND provides that.

Gary Williamson

In the long run, AGGRANDis the way to go.

Ray Marino

AGGRAND application rates and experiences featured in this booklet were submitted by sources independent of AGGRAND.

Individual experiences may vary. Optimal application rates can vary because of soil condition, crop type, weather patterns and many other factors.

AGGRAND recommends and supports soil analysis to determine optimal application rates.

COMMERCIAL STRAWBERRY GROWER

Gary Williamson (let) and Dealer Bob Geyer at Sierra

Cascade Nursery, the largest grower o stawberryplants in the world.

WORKING TOGETHER

Direct Jobber Ron Dinsmore (let),

with Ray Marino at Marino Bros. Almonds.


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Crd Frr iprv Yd,Rduc Ct Wth aGGRanD FrtzrHigh ertilizer costs sent Tom Hicks o Montrose, Colo.to the Internet to nd cheaper, yet eective, ertilizers.

Hicks manages K-M Ranch, located in the Coloradomountainside above Montrose. The ranch is at 7,500eet average elevation and is owned by Dealers Kent &Misti Mazzia. Hicks is Mistis ather.

Online research led Hicks to AGGRAND natural liquidertilizers or the ranch where they grow and sell alalaand grass hay and 12,000 beautiul Colorado BlueSpruce trees, Hicks said. There are 200 acres oirrigated land, 860 total acres.

Increased ProductionWith AGGRANDLast years production or the rst cutting o hay was160 tons, Hicks said. This years rst cutting ound theyield much improved. With the AGGRAND NaturalFertilizer 4-3-3 and AGGRAND Natural Kelp and

Sulate o Potash 0-0-8, we had an increase in our rstcutting o hay production rom 160 tons to 232 tons,Hicks said.

Last year, the eld was ertilized with 28 percent liquidnitrogen at our gallons per acre at a cost o about $39an acre, Hicks said.

Using AGGRAND Natural Fertilizer and NaturalKelp and Sulate o Potash, the cost was lowered toabout $33 per acre and lowered our cost by $6 anacre over the time-released liquid nitrogen productused last year, Hicks said.

The elds were unertilized or years beore Hicks

took over management. Soil analysis revealed aneed or more sulur, but it was too expensive to usethe granular sulur that needs time to work into thesoil, Hicks said.

The biggest increase we saw was in 70

acres of mixed alfalfa. The yield went from70 tons last year to 142 tons this year. Tom Hicks, K-M Ranch

Nutrients Into Grasses Right AwayAGGRAND got nutrients into the grasses right away, saidHicks. Within a ew weeks I could see the dierence. Forour rst try, it was pretty impressive. Im really quite pleasedwith the AGGRAND.

He sprayed his mixture o AGGRAND ertilizer at a ratio ove gallons o solution to 100 gallons o water on part oone eld and could see where the grass was our inchestaller in the section sprayed with AGGRAND.

The biggest increase we saw was in 70 acres o mixedalala, he said. The yield went rom 70 tons last year to142 tons this year.

SPECTACULAR COLORADO

The K-M Ranch high above Montrose, Colo., whereranch manager Tom Hicks works to increase yields and

reduce costs using AGGRAND natural ertilizers.

INCREASED YIELD

Bales o AGGRAND-ertilized hay await pick-up.


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AGGRAND Dealer Phil Wagner o Deance, Ohiostarted a comparison study on winter wheat in the all

o 2010. He wanted to see how AGGRAND NaturalFertilizer 4-3-3 incorporated into an existing chemical

ertilizer program. The outcome? He saved money andincreased his yield.

It was his rst experience using AGGRAND on hislarge acreage.

The ApplicationHe applied 2 gallons per acre o AGGRAND ertilizeron two elds. This spring, he applied 37 gallons peracre o urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) to one eld, 31gallons UAN and 2 gallons AGGRAND 4-3-3 per acreto the other.

Wagner arms approximately 400 acres. His crops arewheat and soybeans. He used AGGRAND NaturalFertilizer 4-3-3 on 74 acres o soybeans this year.Results were awesome especially with the very hotand dry summer, Wagner said.

The summer o 2011 was hot and dry in Ohio, withlong stretches o temps near or above 100F.

There was no rain at all or about six weeks, Wagnersaid. Yet, his soybeans stayed richly green and one

eld o 36 acres yielded an average o 66 bushels peracre. The natural ertilizer helped the roots go downdeep so there was no stress on the plants, he said.

The ResultsWagner had a 10-bushel per acre yield increaseon the AGGRAND-added plot, using 17 percent less

UAN. On top o that, the test weight per bushelwas a near-record 63.5 pounds, three and a halpounds better than normal.

I saved 15 percent on ertilizer liquid, 28 percent on

nitrogen, at $400 per ton, and 187 gallons per ton,Wagner said. I used 31 gallons per acre on wheat.

That adds up ast.

Wagner is sold on the benets o using AGGRANDproducts. Im going to buy 1,000 gallons or next year,he said.

GETTING THE JOB DONE

Dealer Phil Wagner uses this 1,000-gallon mixing tankto blend AGGRAND ertilizer with water.

WHEAT HARVEST

Dealer Phil Wagners winter wheat eld harvester.


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orgc Grd ThrvWth aGGRanDDealers Vanessa and Nathan Davis o Duck River, Tenn.pursue their dream o a simpler lie at Tottys Bend Farm

and Dairy.

Together they raise Nubian goats to sell their milk andcheese. They also grow and sell organic gardenvegetables and heirloom tomatoes. They start insidewith certied organic seeds and transplant outdoorswhen the plants are ready.

Their 80 square-oot garden is ertilized withAGGRAND Natural Fertilizer and Natural Kelpand Sulate o Potash.

The 2010 growing season started great, but in May therewas a food ollowed by a drought, she said. Weveused AGGRAND both years. I was just amazed at howmuch produce we got out o the garden the rst year.

During the season, a oliar eeding was done with 2

tablespoons o AGGRAND Natural Fertilizer diluted in agallon o water.

Neighbors comment on how well the garden does, andDavis has been known to give them AGGRAND ertilizerto try.

Our plants germinate veryquickly, and theyre very green.Were getting a lot of produce.

Vanessa Davis

Duck River, Tenn.

Typically okra plants are two orthree feet tall. These were 11 feet

tall. It was incredible. I could notbelieve how tall they got. Ive neverseen anything like that.

Vanessa DavisDuck River, Tenn.

EARLY IN THE SEASON

This photo shows the Tottys Bend Farm in early April 2010.

GROWING LUSH

The AGGRAND-ertilized garden contains

a mixture o vegetables, herbs and fowers.

AFTER THE FLOOD

Even during a year that was unusually wet,the potato patch continued to thrive.

GARDEN FILLS OUT

The Tottys Bend Farm garden gave a high yield o potatoes,carrots, squash, tomatoes and more.


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aGGRanD ipr Cr CutryAGGRAND customer Tom Joyner o Glade Park, Colo.

is using AGGRAND Natural Liquid Fertilizer 4-3-3 orthe rst time this year.

Joyner is long-time riends with Dealer Ron Arellano,also o Glade Park, Colo.

Arellano supplied Joyner with two bottles oAGGRAND Natural Fertilizer and Joyner created hisown test plots on about three acres o land.

The our outer rows were planted and ertilized withgranular chemical ertilizer. The two inner rows were

planted our weeks later and ertilized with AGGRANDNatural Fertilizer when plants were 1 oot high.

The dierence is outstanding the AGGRAND corn ismore than 9 eet tall, said Arellano.

Glade Park is at the oot o the San Juan Mountains.Its really corn country, Arellano said. That made it allthe more surprising to Arellano when Joyner called tosay, Ron, youve got to see this corn. He is really

amazed, Arellano said. Holy cow, I looked at thatcorn and I could hardly believe my eyes.

Joyner will continue to use AGGRAND NaturalFertilizer in the uture. Hes just really pleased with it,Arellano said.

AGGRAND BOOSTS CORN GROWTH

This corn eld in Glade Park, Colo. was planted withAGGRAND 4-3-3 on the center our rows and granular

chemical ertilizer on the outside rows. The AGGRAND-ertilized corn grew taller even though it was ertilized

our weeks later than the outer rows o corn.

AGGRAND CORN RESULTS

The center rows o corn stalks were ertilized with

AGGRAND Natural Fertilizer our weeks later than the rows

on the outside, which were ertilized with chemical ertilizer.

CORN NEAR HARVEST

In late August, Tom Joyners corn test plot had grown large, healthyears o corn on tall, lush stalks with AGGRAND Natural Fertilizer.


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AGGRAND Direct Jobber Doug Craword o Oklahoma City,Okla. started using AGGRAND ertilizers on his damaged yardwhen he bought his home in 2009.

The previous owner used chemicals on the lawn, Crawordsaid. He got everything rom Kelly green to dead (patches).

The lawn was damaged by hot motor oil. The area around themagnolia had no grass because the oil had killed it, Craword said.

He planted Fescue grass, a shade-loving variety, that thrives incold and loves water. He started using AGGRAND NaturalLiquid Fertilizer 4-3-3 and Natural Liquid Lime (NLL) and water.He mixed AGGRAND Natural Fertilizer in a 50:50 ratio on theront lawn, with a more dilute mix on the back. He appliedNatural Liquid Lime ull strength to the area near the magnoliatree. He repeated the applications our times throughout theseason. I just kept it up, Craword said. The lawn recoveredbeautiully and drew the attention o neighbors and passersby.

In act, a riendly competition developed with a neighbor, Steve,whom Craword calls Mr. Competitive.

Craword said his neighbor, who has a well, watered more otenthan he did during the season that started in April. Yet peoplewould stop and say, Oh your lawn looks so nice. This lawn hasnever looked so good.

Dealer Dave Richards o Manchester, Md. uses AGGRANDnatural ertilizers in his growing lawn ertilization business.AGGRAND just does a terric job, Richards said.

His interest in natural ertilizers developed rom a desireto help protect the environment in the Chesapeake Bayarea. About 92 percent o the nitrogen rom chemicalertilizers ends up in run-o in the wells and streams andeventually Chesapeake Bay, Richards said, whichendangers the thriving seaood commerce there.

AGGRAND is only 4 percent nitrogen and is 20 percentmore eective than chemical ertilizers, he said.

He developed his own spray rig and uses it to ertilizelawns and horse pastures or his customers.

He conducts soil analysis to create individual ertilizationplans or his customers. The development Ive gottenrom these lawns and pastures is just antastic, Richardssaid. They hold up in the heat and drought, cold, stressand against disease.

A season o drought and high temperatures in 2010 putAGGRAND ertilizer to the test. Lawns that were not treatedwith AGGRAND burned up in the dry, hot conditions, whereas

OIL SPILL KILLS GRASS

Beore AGGRAND Natural Fertilizer and Natural Liquid Lime.

LAWN RECOVERY

Ater AGGRAND natural ertilizers.

LIQUID CONVENIENCE

Dave Richards uses AGGRAND Natural Fertilizerand this sprayer or his lawn ertilization business.

the lawns he fertilized with AGGRAND needed no special care.Just one application of AGGRAND and the lawns and pastures

stayed so nice. They produced a stronger, healthier plant.

His business has grown by word o mouth. My lawnsand horse pastures have come along beautiully in thelast three years, he said.

Nothing beats the convenience o liquid ertilizers, hesaid. He uses the 2.5-gallon container and simply poursit into his tank.


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Natural FertilizerProven Perormancethrough Natural &Organic Ingredients

Multi-purpose excellentresults on owers, ruits,vegetables, lawns, trees,crops and houseplants

Formulated or oliar eedor soil application

Promotes enhancedplant vigor, increasingresistance to diseaseand stress

Convenient liquidconcentrate

Can be mixed withother AGGRANDproducts or easyapplication

Natural Kelp andSulfate of PotashNatural FormulaPromotes Healthy,Productive Plants

Improves tolerance or heat,cold and drought

Promotes nitrogen (N) useefciency

Helps reduce susceptibility toinsect attack and inection bydisease-causing organisms

Promotes early growth anddevelopment

Helps increase oil content inseed crops

Promotes early ripening,improved quality and extendedshelf-life of fruits and vegetables

Aids seed ormation and

nitrogen fxation in legumes Formulated or oliar eed or

soil applications

Natural LiquidBonemealPromotes HealthierVegetables andFlowers throughFast- and Slow-ReleasePhosphorus

Readily usable source

o phosphorus (P) andcalcium (C)

Slow-release ormula eedsplants throughout thegrowing season

Perect or all bulbs andtransplants

Outstanding perormanceon root and ruit crops

Ideal or owers

Convenient liquidconcentrate

Can be mixed with otherAGGRAND products oreasy application

Natural LiquidLimeQuickly and NaturallyIncreases CalciumLevels in the Soil

High-quality super-fnelimestone

Specifcally ormulated oroliar and root applications

Use on lawns, pasturesand hay felds

Combine with AGGRANDNatural Fertilizer to supplyadditional calcium

Easy-to-apply liquidconcentrate producesno dusty mess

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