Recently there has been some misleading information concerning various gypsum sources.  According to this information, it would lead one to believe that their gypsum is the only truly calcium sulfate dihydrite.  This is not true.  First dihydrite simply means that with each molecule of calcium sulfate there are two molecules of water.  To truly be […]

We have had customers comment on where they have applied PRO CAL 40 their field conditions are better and these soils are “field ready” sooner than where they haven’t applied PRO CAL 40. This means timely operations and especially more timely planting.  Since we have applied gypsum on all our fields we don’t normally have […]

One of our customers in South Dakota soil sampled a field in 2011 before applying PRO CAL 40 gypsum and lime. They then resampled the field in 2015 to measure the differences they observed in soil test levels.  This field was grid sampled on two-acre grids each sampling period.  Below is a table showing the […]

The use of gypsum for reducing nutrient and pathogen runoff from fields has been added as a conservation practice for the Conservation Stewardship Program nationwide.  This is not only surface runoff, but also reduction in phosphorus and pathogens from drainage tiles.  There is cost share in some states if you are enrolled in the Conservation […]