Donald & Craig Stobie

We have been using agKnowledge since about 2008. This came about because we had been thinking that we had a problem with our pasture and crop performances — some of our levels had been run down pretty low, K levels down to around 2 or 3, Olsen P 12–19. agKnowledge put in place a plan to do this over a 2-to-3-year time frame, to spread the cost and prove the results. With pasture scoring and soil testing taking place in our blocks each year at the same time of year and in the same sampling lines, we have been able to lift our levels to the economical level for our farm operation. And sure enough, after the 2 to 3 years our levels lifted to the point that we only needed to replace the nutrients that the pasture and crops remove each year. Our crop yields have lifted by about 15% and our carcass weight per hectare sold has increased by about 20%.