We have worked closely with many of our clients for years.
Here is a selection from our mailbag, of growers comments
on the results of our SOIL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
Also.. Check out the feedback on our TRAINING COURSES.
"Neal, your program has not only made me tens of thousands of dollars;
it has saved me tens of thousands of dollars.
....It's not just the tonnage; it's the quality of the almond. The kernel is
huge, plump and solid (a tenth of a gram per kernel more in weight is
money in the bank). Here are the figures:
2004.....782 pounds/acre (First year soil test with all recommendations
applied IN NOVEMBER after harvest)
2005.....2034
2006.....2442
2007.....3887
After reading Hands-On Agronomy in the summer of 2004, I bought 4
more copies and for Christmas gave them to my second and third generation
grower friends. (I am a 12 year grower) Not one read the gifted book
(I was poo-ha-ha'd). This is no longer the case. In November 2006, there
were dozens of lime and gypsum piles along the roads!
My orchard is 1000 feet long a well-traveled road. You can't miss the tree
limbs loaded with almonds when across the street or adjacent to our orchard
the difference is literally a night and day difference. I apply what the soil
and trees need to produce a large crop. No more, no less.
NO MORE COFFEE SHOP CONSENSUS regarding nitrogen and potash.
I use less than half the nitrogen and about double the potassium as previously
applied. Trace elements are applied as per recommendations religiously.
I bought my own Adams lime/gypsum/fertilizer spreader and never rent it out.
It's as accurate as a 30-30 at 100 yards. It requires more attention, timing,
and effort... but man is it worth it.
The soil test with recommendations and K-displacement is factually worth
10 times what you charge.
I have worn out my first copy of your book and now have a second. I re-read
the hi-lighted passages to get fired up every December for the next season".
Mike Ebert, Chico, CA
"Getting excellent results with your program. Have organic matter levels
in the 4.5 to 6.0 range now, were in the 3.0 to 3.5 range 6 years ago when
I bought the property. Also in 3 years, a neighbour's alfalfa field went
from around 2% organic matter to over 3% organic matter on eroded clay
with shallow topsoil. This field made 7 tons in 2004 with good rainfall
and over 4 tons in 2005 and 2006 with less than half of normal rainfall
(18 inches). The stand is over 5 years old now. He and I both had
better production [pasture and alfalfa] than we used to get in a good year,
during two of the lowest rainfall years since the late 1980s (2005 & 2006).
Can't wait to see if we get our normal 36 inches of rainfall next year."
Bill Casey, Keokuk, IA.
"This is the 4th year I've sent you samples and I have been very happy with
your analysis....I have applied your recommended fertilizer to all of my
veggie land and much of my hay and pasture land. I've been organic for
25 years and have very good crops generally. This summer all of our
veggies were absolutely superior quality and taste. It's probably from
bringing in the trace nutrients. Thanks again for your service.
Dennis King, Penobscot, Maine
"..... As you know Sinskey Vineyards believes the Albrecht model and
your use of it is a corner-stone of our farming program."
Kirk Grace, Napa, California
"Neal, my wheat and canola crops this year are the best I've ever grown.
By following and implementing your recommendations, I feel my yields
have increased by 50% for wheat and 25% for canola. A great achievement.
Many thanks."
Paul Mason, N.S.W., Australia
"We applied all the recommended trace elements... Had extremely good
results. Best grass ever... in spite of a lousy growing season - very hot
and extended drought. We were the only people in the area who didn't
have to feed hay in July / August."
Frank Bostwick, Arkansas
"Thanks very much for last year's [recommendations]. It was the best
corn crop in this area ever. We think we averaged over 200 bu per acre.
The highest check we happened to take was 265 bu per acre which was
the second highest that our Pioneer dealer took. Most beans were in the
lower 50's in this area but ours averaged 60."
Randy Vogeler, Garrison, Iowa
"In following your recommendations to correct these problems we began
having positive results within the first year and have continued to get those
results, as measured by increased yield, for the past seven years.
Production in the bad areas now equals what the good areas used to
produce but the good areas have gotten better so they are still ahead....
it has also held true in our landscape areas..."
Lee Dickens, Escondido, California
"Not till I utilized Neal Kinsey's teachings about soil balancing did my
gardens take on a life of their own. A sensitive lady, a Sunset Magazine
editor, who many times published comments on my gardens in the magazine,
once told me, "I love your gardens, because they are so alive!"
Jana Ruzicka, Landscape Architect, Laguna Beach, California
"I tried some gypsum on a pasture where the sulphur was 9ppm to try out
this Albrecht method on our clover. It worked, you can see where the
spreader went as the rows are a darker colour and have experienced
more growth over Spring.
... Thank you again for sharing your knowledge. It has greatly enhanced
my ability to predict soil fertility and make better decisions regarding
fertilizer purchases."
Brad Watkins, Western Australia
"We got another blue and another purple ribbon entering the open-class
exhibit at the county fair. The second cutting sample tested almost 21%
protein. This hay doesn't stink. A sweet smell like no other and it tastes
good. Not vinegary. The horses are not sick, don't waste any and the
cows will fight you for it. I cannot put into words to thank you enough
for what has been done to help me. Your outlook has put me on a
completely different path...and I am taking it."
John Belork, Hamlet, Indiana
"...The results came back, and you said that the soil was short on several
elements including manganese and that was what was causing the problem.
So before the next crop we added manganese as well as the other recom-
mended nutrients. As it happened, the next crop according to our rotation
was butternut squash, a close relative of cantaloupe, so this would be a real
test to see whether the system worked or not. Well, it was soon apparent
that it worked great. The butternut grew lush and green. The whole field
was a sea of green leaves three feet tall, I became a believer."
Dale Danner, Escondido, California
"Thank you for taking a few minutes out of your hectic day yesterday.
It's a good feeling when a small market grower can get the same top-notch
service like the agri-farms."
C. Alexander, Fleming, Georgia
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What Clients Say About our Training Courses.. |
"Just wanted to say how much I learned from your information that you
presented at the meeting by ACLF. I have read your book three times
and I pick up more every time I read through it. I have read many a
fertility manual but you bring everything together in a very straight-
forward manner that is very easy to understand, and I consider this
information beyond anything that I could have received, even the most
advanced college courses. Again, thank you."
Jerry Cordell, Sedgwick, Kansas
"I attended your advanced soils course in South Australia. I would like
to thank you for a very overwhelming three days. I learned and
understood more about soil in those three days than I did in four years
at University. It was great to speak to so many people at the course
who had put the Albrecht system to work and found the same results
as you."
Shane Bodiam, N.S.W., Australia
"The seminar you initiated... was without a doubt the most important three
days in "my agronomy lifetime". I've used the Dr. Albrecht principles
coupled with your experience in my consulting contacts this Spring and my
clients are very impressed. I owe you and your mentor Dr.William Albrecht
a great deal of gratitude."
Gene Neuendorf, Knapp, Wisconsin
"I want to thank you for the course in February in St. Charles. I enjoyed
it very much. It is evident the huge effort that you put into it. It was
worth every moment."
Carlos Fernandez, Costa Rico
"I enjoyed your presentation in Pasadena last week. The more I hear the
concepts of mineral balance relationships, the clearer the ideas become...
Especially after having just heard your presentation, the book [Hands-On
Agronomy] is even more fascinating and interesting."
Gerry Robertson, Oxnard, California
"Thank you for the wonderful course - for me it was an experience of
a life-time." John Fair, Pasture Consultant, South Africa
johnfair@sabiofarm.co.za
"I have learned more about our soil from you in one year than I have in
35 years. I know it is going to have a great benefit to our Company and it
already has."
Bob Brady, Michigan
"I can't thank you enough for all the time you gave to everyone at our seminar.
I'm looking forward to passing my knowledge of the Albrecht Program to
others."
Leanne Paul, Customer Service Manager,
Great lakes Calcium Corp, Green Bay, Wisconsin
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