New Look To Your Statements!

Jeffrey Ward, Controller

Your December statements will be in the mail shortly. Once you receive yours, you may notice that the format has changed slightly, as we’ve been in the process of transitioning to a new computer system. Please take a few moments to familiarize yourself with the new look and be sure to let us know if you have any questions.

A few things have changed, which will hopefully bring added convenience to you:

• There is now a tear-off remittance stub on your statement that should be returned with your payment, to assist us in correctly applying your payment.
• Account payments can now be made at any of our three locations, no matter where you normally do business.
• Customers who do business at two or three of our locations will now have all charges billed to the same account/statement.

As before, you’re always welcome to pay with a credit card, day or night, by visiting our secure website at www.OHIGRO.com and looking for the “Pay Account” link on our Home Page.

In the coming months, we’ll be posting more tips about your new statements, so keep checking back! In the meantime, we’re always just a phone call away should you have any questions.

Finally Some New Tools in the Toolbox

Tim Wood, Sales Manager

For the first time since the introduction of Roundup Ready® Soybeans, we have a new molecule in the battle against broadleaf weeds. Introduced by BASF, Kixor® herbicide is a very unique chemistry that can be used on corn, beans and wheat in addition to a host of other crops, including fruit and nut trees. The Kixor label provides control of 70 broadleaf weeds, including some that Glyphosate struggles with, including marestail, lambsquarter, and waterhemp, as well common and giant ragweed. Kixor is a pre-emerge only chemistry that offers both burndown and soil residual. Four different products powered by Kixor are being introduced to our market, three of which concern the crops we deal with.

• Sharpen^TM, powered by Kixor, is the straight material that can be used on any of the labeled crops, at 1 ounce per acre on soybeans and 2-3 ounces on grass crops, like corn and wheat. Our intention for the 2010 growing season is to add Sharpen to a 2.1 ounce rate of Scepter® as a residual program for both Roundup and Non-Roundup Soybeans.
• OpTill^TM, powered by Kixor, is a combination of Kixor and Pursuit® at a 2 ounce per acre rate for primarily no-till soybeans, to enhance both the burndown and residual of Pursuit.
• Integrity^TM, powered by Kixor, is a combination of a higher rate of Kixor and Outlook®. This is a good grass material for pre-emerge use on corn. This has the potential to offer a strong choice for watershed acres that cannot use Atrazine. Integrity is labeled to be used at 13 to 16 ounces per acre and is designed to be a set up rate for a two pass system in corn.

In the war against weeds, Kixor may have come just in time. It will help us bridge the gap until Dicamba and 24D soybeans hit the market in a couple years.

We encourage you to stop by any of our three area locations this winter to discuss this exciting new option for weed control in 2010. Supplies of all three new products will be very limited in 2010, so don’t wait too long to get your name on some.

2009-2010 Seed Wheat Varieties Announced

Jerry Ward, President

The summer is already flying by, so it’s time to consider your 2009-2010 seed wheat options. This year, we are pleased to be offering several seed varieties, both OHIGRO and AGI brands, to suit your various needs. Feel free to download the following brochure, which highlights variety characteristics and performance stats.

Download 2009-2010 Seed Wheat Brochure

Should you have additional questions or wish to place an order, please don’t hesitate to give any of our three offices a call.

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