Smith Fertilizer & Grain

Protect Your Nitrogen Investment This Fall

Function N helps stabilize nitrogen in the soil profile, reducing the risk of nitrogen loss and helping keep more of your investment available when next summer’s crop needs it most.

Oct 19, 2026

Smith Fertilizer & Grain

Protect Your Nitrogen Investment This Fall

Nitrogen is one of the biggest input expenses for next year’s crop, so protecting that investment makes sense. Adding an NH3 stabilizer can help reduce nitrogen loss and keep more of your nitrog...

Oct 13, 2026

Smith Fertilizer & Grain

Fall Is the Time to Start Planning Next Year’s Fertility

Harvest is getting closer for most everyone, and so far, yield reports have been looking pretty good. As fields start coming out of the ground, it is also a good time to start thinking about your soil...

Oct 05, 2026

Smith Fertilizer & Grain

Wet Harvest Considerations

As harvest gets underway, we need to keep a close eye on soybean grain quality because these diseases are considered damage. Grain terminals are very strict on soybean damage and can begin applying do...

Sep 28, 2026

Smith Fertilizer & Grain

Wet Harvest Means It’s Time to Scout

It has been several years since we have had a wet harvest, and hopefully this dries up soon and we have several more years before we see another one. The last two to three weeks have not shown this to...

Sep 21, 2026

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Fall Fertilizer Decisions

The crops have really changed over the last 10 days. If it wasn’t for the rain we received, combines would probably be out in the field starting harvest.

Sep 14, 2026

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A Clean Start Begins This Fall.

A fall burndown can be a valuable tool for fields that have a history of marestail, henbit, or other winter annuals, especially when those weeds have been difficult to manage in the spring.

Sep 08, 2026

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Plan now for 2027 fertility needs

Fall harvest is quickly approaching across the Smith Fertilizer and Grain territory, and as soon as those combines hit the field, we will be thinking about the 2027 crop. Now is a great time to evalu...

Aug 31, 2026

Smith Fertilizer & Grain

Remember Micronutrients

At this time, it looks like crops will be pulling a fair amount of fertility out of the soil, and many farmers are starting to think about fall fertilizer. We must feed our soil to grow a crop capable...

Aug 24, 2026

Smith Fertilizer & Grain

Start Planning for 2027

It is understandable that our minds are on this year’s crop, but it is important to start thinking about next year’s crop as well. During harvest, keep notes on which corn is standing well...

Aug 17, 2026