Meristem Crop Performance
Group LLC, Columbus, Ohio, and NEW Ag Services LLC, Hortonville, Wisc., on Oct.
17 announced a new dealership agreement under which NEW Ag will offer
Meristem’s crop inputs product line to growers in north-central and
northeastern Wisconsin.
“NEW Ag has had incredible growth in recent years because Steve Feldkamp and
his team focus on providing local answers for improving ROI for
farmer-customers,” said Mitch Eviston, Meristem Founder and CEO. “We’re
excited to be able to come alongside with more innovative technology useful to
that mission. We’re also eager to learn from his field experience as we add
more new products in the days ahead.”
NEW Ag is a full-service retail supplier providing seed, dry and liquid fertilizer, premium and generic crop protection products, custom application, crop scouting, soil sampling, and nutrient management plans. In addition to its Hortonville location, the company recently opened a new 8,500-ton dry fertilizer plant at its agronomy center in Black Creek, Wisc.
Under the new agreement, NEW
Ag will now offer Meristem’s product portfolio, including seed treatments under
the brand RACEREADY™ and HOPPER THROTTLE™, REVLINE™ plant growth regulators,
TRUTRACK™ drift control, AQUADRAFT™ water conditioners and surfactants,
UPSHIFT™ starter fertilizers and HOMESTRETCH™ nitrogen stabilizers,
micronutrients, and foliar nutritionals. Meristem also brings a line of
biologicals to the market, including EXCAVATOR™ powered by MICROBILIZE™, a new
product designed to break down tough crop residue.
“Teaming up with Meristem is another way we can achieve our mission in
redefining value for our growers with every product and process” said Feldkamp,
Co-Founder and Co-Owner of NEW Ag Services. “We use our own farming operation
to better understand and test products, so we have actual skin in the game. We
like to ground truth every product we represent. From some early data, we have
seen that Meristem’s product portfolio will benefit our growers immensely from
a quality and ROI standpoint.”