3 MORE WEEKS!

Hi Friends!

Its hard to believe that I only have 3 more weeks here in Indiana. I am getting super anxious and excited to see all my friends and family in Texas, but I know I will be really sad to leave here. Below was how I spent last week... Just another week walking fields! ;)

• Monday, July 25^th I traveled to Greensburg to meet the Dillsboro Helena Intern so he could help me locate their trial. This is a test between 7 different products so it will be good yield data to collect. We did yield estimates for each of the products in the field… Instinct had the highest numbers so hopefully it will yield that was as well. I enjoyed learning how to calculate these figures and I am excited to share some of the good pictures I was able to take. I then traveled to Rushville to scout my manure field and was pleased to again notice a difference in the treated corn. This is one of my very few manure plots, so this will also be great data to have. I had also planned to locate my trials with Harvest Land Rushville but when I got to the location, the Manager was unable to meet. I had already spoken with him on the phone and he said that week would be great, and then plans changed. Situations like this have really been great learning experiences for me throughout the summer.
• Tuesday, July 26^th I met with Nikki Hall for breakfast at Cracker Barrel to discuss my end of the year intern presentation. Following this, I traveled to the Fountain town area to meet with grower Craig Fout. He provided me the information for all four of his Instinct trials, as well as took me to locate all of the fields. After this, I went to Harvest Land so Manager Todd Overmyer could provide me with plot maps for each of the fields. I then went back to each of the fields to look for any visual differences. I also signed the fields that were on major roads. I noticed some differences in a couple of these fields, but the lack of rain made it difficult in a couple of the others.
• Wednesday, July 27^th I scouted fields in the Bainbridge/Rusellville/Roachdale area. With Russellville having more than 10 fields, I did not get to all of them. Also, Christy and I are working together on these, yet we are still lacking some information from a few of the growers. Despite the fact that we have located the fields, it does not do us much good until the farmer tells us the area that is stabilized, and the area that is not. I did not notice a lot of visual differences in a couple of my Bainbridge fields, but again, I think the no rain issue is playing a big part in this.
• Thursday, July 28^th, I traveled to Portland to meet with grower Greg Miller to collect his trial information. He has 4 different products in this field and is extremely organized, so I am excited to see the yield results we get from him. I scouted all three of the Harvest Land Bryant trials, the Ag Best Dunkirk trial, as well as got to scout my very first “service call” for soybeans. The last time I was in the area, this was the grower that agreed to try First Rate on his soybeans. He only used .3 oz and the Marestail were taller than the beans. He thought the product burned the weeds a little, but did not get rid of them in the higher ground areas in this field. Later that evening, I had the opportunity to judge the Supreme Showmanship for Dairy and Beef Cattle at the Jay County Fair.
• Friday, July 29^th I met with Grower Jeff Amos at his farm in Rush County to do a video testimonial. He has several hog barns and uses this manure for all the acres he farms. This is his second year to use Instinct and last year he said he saw anywhere from 10-20 bushel increase, and his corn is looking extremely good this year even with the little rain they have had. He hauls manure as well and told me that he tells every one of his customers that they need to use Instinct! I figured this would be the perfect opportunity for a great testimonial, especially being that he uses manure. I spent the rest of the day scouting my fields in this area. I have a couple of trials in the Greensburg area where noticeable differences were very apparent in both. One of the fields was showing great signs of being effected by no rain, hopefully this will change soon. With that said, you could easily tell where the Instinct was in the field, despite the fact that it too was showing evident signs of firing also.

Until next week, Be Blessed!!
Macy