Late Planting Corn: When to Switch to Earlier Maturing Hybrids
May 25, 2023 11:15 am Leave your thoughtsMargaret A Smith, PhD | Agronomist Jake Hansen | Corn and Soybean Agronomist Corn planting has been clipping along at [...]
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When Is It Too Late To Plant Oats, Wheat or Barley? Management Considerations for Late-Spring Planted Small Grains in 2023
April 26, 2023 8:00 am Leave your thoughtsMargaret A Smith, PhD Albert Lea Seed Agronomist Key points are boxed below. When to Plant Spring-seeded Small Grains The [...]
Corn Builder CC12: A New Option for Underseeding
April 21, 2023 2:03 pm Leave your thoughtsTheresa Pedretti, Cover Crop Sales Agronomist Looking for a new underseeding option? Check out our Corn Builder CC12 cover crop [...]
Albert Lea Seed Welcomes National Sales Manager
April 21, 2023 1:50 pm Leave your thoughtsRandy Harmdierks, Creative Media Manager Early in life I knew I wanted to be in agriculture,” said Herb Hasenkamp, who [...]
What’s Happening at Albert Lea Seed
April 21, 2023 1:47 pm Leave your thoughtsMac Ehrhardt, President It’s been some time since we’ve sent out a newsletter, and we have a lot talk about! [...]
Celebrating 100 Years: Thank You For Your Business!
April 21, 2023 1:38 pm Leave your thoughtsMac Ehrhardt, President | Tom Ehrhardt, Vice President This year marks our 100th year in the seed business. As we [...]
Celebrating 100 Years: How It All Started
April 21, 2023 1:30 pm Leave your thoughtsWe’re celebrating 100 years of business in 2023. Following is a summary of how Albert Lea Seed started, written in [...]
Eight Great Reasons to Seed Grass with Your Alfalfa Hay
March 23, 2023 3:00 pm Leave your thoughtsMargaret A Smith, PhD, Forage Agronomist Photo: Alfalfa with 30% grass mix, courtesy of Jerry Cherney, Forage Extension Specialist and [...]
Unusual Soybean Disease Observed in Northcentral Iowa
October 13, 2022 3:11 pm Leave your thoughtsMargaret Smith, PhD, and Jake Hansen | Agronomists, Albert Lea Seed The odd soybean plant pictured above, with pods clustered [...]
More Support, More Places: Meet Our Regional Sales Managers
September 29, 2022 2:40 pm Leave your thoughtsWhen Albert Lea Seed acquired Blue River Organic Seed, we were excited to share the news about everything our integrated [...]