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    • Dave Schrock Bio

      Dave Schrock

      Bremen, IN

      When a heart transplant required Dave to downsize his farm, he focused on getting the most from his most productive acres.

      Operation overview :
      Acres:
      6,000
      Crops:
      hay
      soybean
      corn
      Tillage
      Deep till; residue left intact
    • Dave Schrock What Drives

      What Drives Dave?

      Dave had high hopes to take over his dad’s farm but when the farm crisis hit, it was sold. After starting his own construction, excavating and abatement company, Dave then started his own farm at age 40.

    • Dave Schrock Fertility Program

      Fertility Program

      Dave takes an active, hands-on approach with fertility by:

      • Broadcasting potash and adjusting pH levels with lime post-harvest
      • Applying P, N, micronutrients and biologicals (including BioPath®) which are banded at planting or applied with a Y-drop in-season
      • Paying attention to high-production corn, which may get up to four applications throughout the season
    • Dave Schrock Why Biologicals

      Why Biologicals

      “I saw biologicals take totally dead soil from these spills and with time – 18 months – that same soil would start to grow grass. I was intrigued to see how that could be applied to agriculture.”

    • Dave Schrock Follow

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      THE LATEST ON SCHROCK FARMS

      JAR TESTING FERTILIZER STARTER MIXES AHEAD OF FIELD APPLICATION

      Early April is the final countdown before planting, and Dave Schrock and his son, Zach, have been busy wrapping up field tile work and making final equipment repairs. While it’s all the standard preparation you might expect, they do one thing most farmers might not do — they jar test their liquid starter mixes.

      “We don’t use a blanket fertilizer program for all of our acres. We develop different starter mixes based on what our soil tests tell us about our specific fields — or even specific sections of our fields. So, Zach and I try to mimic those mixes in a jar.”

      Currently, Dave and Zach have seven different mixes they’re testing. “Mosaic does a great job to make sure their products are compatible. But if we add in other products, I want to know that everything will work together. If it doesn’t, I’d rather see that out here on the table and not in a 1,000-gallon tank going to a planter.”

      Right now, Dave said the planters are ready to go, and weather permitting, they will have beans in the ground and corn started by the end of April. “We’re just trying to get everything in place, so that when the planting window opens up, we can crawl through it.”

        Dave’s 2023 Trial Data

        Dave Trial Data Dave Trial Data
        Crop:
        Corn
        Fertility Timing:
        Fall/spring/summer as needed
        Organic Matter:
        1-56%
        Trial Objectives:
        Improved soil/plant health
        Soil Type Mix:
        Lake bed
        Yield Comparison:
        3.23
        bu/ac
        BioPath Application:
        In-furrow

        "It’s a really good time to have data in your history. We’re going through ours now to determine what was a little iffy and only gained us a bushel or two and what increased yield more significantly. BioPath gave us a 20-bushel bump in some areas of our field, so we want to try it again to see if we get a return high enough to use it on a wider scale."

        - Dave Schrock

        Visit our Next Farmer:
        Andrew Focht

        With family roots tied to farming, Andrew decided to start his own farm just three years ago. With a past career as a soil technician for USDA NRCS, and a current owner of a financial planning business, he uses his background to make the most of his 650 acres of corn.

        Meet Andrew Focht

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