by | Jun 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
EcoGEM hires Chief Operating Officer David Martin has joined EcoGEM as its Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Martin brings 25 years of operating experience in food and agriculture companies. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Operations at Essentia Protein...
by EcoGEM | Jul 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
Alfalfa is a popular forage crop grown across the world. To grow better alfalfa, farmers must manage soil conditions and nutrition well. EcoGEM® gypsum can help. It improves soil structure and provides calcium and sulfur. Alfalfa is well-adapted to the intermountain...
by EcoGEM | Jul 1, 2016 | Soil Health, Uncategorized
Inspired by his previous work explaining The Calcium Cycle, we partnered again with Dr. Davidson to create an infographic explaining the calcium cycle in agriculture. Since calcium plays a critical role as a crop nutrient and as a soil amendment, farmers who...
by EcoGEM | Apr 27, 2016 | Soil Health, Uncategorized
Understanding Water Quality Problems and How Gypsum Can Help Solve Them In a new report, Dr. Brent Rouppet, Ph.D., explores how your irrigation water can harm your soil, even when you think it is helping your plants. Learn more about your soil’s chemistry, how...
by EcoGEM | Aug 2, 2015 | Soil Health, Uncategorized
In his commentary in the Wall Street Journal, California Farmers Aren’t the Water Hogs, Ted Sheely discusses the blame farmers are asked to take for the water shortage in California. Sheely, a farmer himself in California’s San Joaquin Valley, argues that...
by EcoGEM | Sep 29, 2014 | Soil Health, Uncategorized
Correcting poor soil structure conditions with an application of gypsum can have a significant impact on soil tilth and crop yields. However, many producers overlook this practice because they are not aware of the benefits to soil structure as well as a readily...
