Growers Mineral

The Growers Mineral Podcast

Welcome to The Growers Mineral Podcast —a show for farmers who want to get more from their soil, inputs, and bottom line. Brought to you by Growers Mineral Corp., this podcast dives into the science and stories behind Growers Mineral Solutions (GMS) —a noncorrosive 10-20-10 liquid crop nutrient used in the Growers Program . GMS is easy to handle, safe to apply, and one of the few products on the market that helps farmers meet CAFO and nutrient management regulations while still increasing productivity. We’ll hear from real farmers, field reps, and agronomists who are using GMS and high-calcium...

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Growers Mineral

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www.growersmineral.com

Latest episode

Apr 28, 2026

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Episodes

In My Opinion W/ Jim Halbeisen Ep. 5 21.11.2023

Welcome to "In My Opinion with Jim Halbeisen," the podcast brought to you by Growers Mineral! Join us for insightful discussions led by Jim, the esteemed Director of Research at Growers Mineral, as he shares his expert opinions on various fascinating topics he's been delving into lately, with a particular focus on crops and agriculture. In this episode of "In My Opinion with Ji...

In My Opinion W/ Jim Halbeisen Ep. 4 25.10.2023

Welcome to "In My Opinion with Jim Halbeisen," the podcast brought to you by Growers Mineral! Join us for insightful discussions led by Jim, the esteemed Director of Research at Growers Mineral, as he shares his expert opinions on a range of fascinating topics he's been delving into lately, with a particular focus on crops and agriculture. In this episode of "In My Opinion with...

Conference Call: October 2023 19.10.2023

The October 2023 Growers Conference Call is up online. The October conference call was held on October 12th, 2023 at 9 p.m. ET. This call featured Keith Shutt and one of his salesmen. Keith is one of our District Managers from North Dakota and also runs a lime-spreading business. North Dakota has soils that test high in calcium, yet Keith has still helped a lot of people with lime. We will hold th...

In My Opinion W/ Jim Halbeisen Ep. 3 26.09.2023

Welcome to "In My Opinion with Jim Halbeisen," the podcast brought to you by Growers Mineral! Join us for insightful discussions led by Jim, the esteemed Director of Research at Growers Mineral, as he shares his expert opinions on a range of fascinating topics he's been delving into lately, with a particular focus on crops and agriculture. In this episode of "In My Opinion with...

Conference Call: September 2023 18.09.2023

The September 2023 Growers Conference Call is up online. The September conference call was held on September 14th, 2023 at 9 p.m. ET. This call was a little eclectic, with our Director of Research, Jim Halbeisen, covering current events, after which he moved into a price reveal and other company updates. Our Product and Training Specialist covered some of the soil microbe information he presented...

In My Opinion W/ Jim Halbeisen Ep. 2 04.08.2023

Welcome to "In My Opinion with Jim Halbeisen," the podcast brought to you by Growers Mineral! Join us for insightful discussions led by Jim, the esteemed Director of Research at Growers Mineral, as he shares his expert opinions on a range of fascinating topics he's been delving into lately, with a particular focus on crops and agriculture. In this episode of "In My Opinion with...

In My Opinion W/ Jim Halbeisen Ep. 1 31.07.2023

Welcome to "In My Opinion with Jim Halbeisen," the podcast brought to you by Growers Mineral! Join us for insightful discussions led by Jim, the esteemed Director of Research at Growers Mineral, as he shares his expert opinions on a range of fascinating topics he's been delving into lately, with a particular focus on crops and agriculture. In each episode, Jim will take you on a jou...

Conference Call: February 2023 21.02.2023

The February conference call was held on February 9th, 2023 at 9 p.m. ET. Our featured speaker wasbe Matt Gooding and we discussed the picture and information featured in February of the Growers 2023 calendar. This experiment showcased what effect foliar feeding has on soil microbiological life and plant weight. We discussed information not shared in the calendar as well, so please tune in! To see...

Conference Call: January 2023 26.01.2023

Our featured speaker was Matt Gooding and we will discussed the pictures featured in January of the Growers 2023 calendar. These pictures showcase the effect of GMS on root growth.    Support the show

Conference Call: December 2022 12.12.2022

The Growers Conference Call for December was held on December 8th, 2022. Our featured speakers were Tyler Whitsitt and Jim Seiler. Jim Seiler is a peach grower in Indiana who has used GMS to great effect to protect his crop from frost events. Tyler and his father, Marty, are Grower's salesmen in that area who have worked extensively with Jim and are learning a lot about peaches. The call will...

Conference Call: October 2022 15.11.2022

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Conference Call: November 2022 15.11.2022

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Conference Call: September 2022 12.09.2022

The September 2022 Growers Conference Call was held on September 8th , 2022 and is up online.  Our featured speaker was Mike Bulcher, a District Manager from Ohio, who discussed several things, including some new GMS trials he has undertaken on his own farm and how our research links with the results he has seen. Support the show

Conference Call: April 2022 19.04.2022

The call featured Zach Smith, Marguerite Fall, and Asa Bobel, who will be covering the question "What is the Growers Program?". Marguerite and Asa are both familiar with the program but don't have extensive knowledge of it, and will be "interviewing" Zach, as well as voicing their own thoughts on the program. We welcomed any extra questions or input from those calling in a...

Conference Call: March 2022 11.03.2022

This month’s conference call featured 5 of our District Managers, all from different regions we do business in, who discussed how GMS can be used on various crops in their region. GMS is a very versatile product, and we hope to showcase how it is used on many different crops and the success our customers have had with it. The DM's featured on this call were Loren Scherping of Minnesota, Mike...

Conference Call: January 2022 14.01.2022

This call was focused on the ongoing supply and pricing changes and challenges that Growers is working through. Matt Schoder, our VP of Finance and Operations, will give an update on the pricing and supply chain topics, after which we transitioned into a discussion on the Excel version of our Cost and Nutritional Analysis (CNA). We used the CNA to show how GMS compares to other fertilizer products...

Conference Call: November 2021 15.11.2021

The featured speakers for the November 2021 conference call were Jim Halbeisen and Zach Smith. We will mainly be discussed the dried GMS experiment where the GMS seemed to grow as it dried, but also discussed other research findings. The growing GMS is an excellent opportunity to learn and discuss the manufacturing technique and structure that help make it such a unique and effective product. Supp...

Conference Call: October 2021 15.10.2021

Matt Gooding and Robert Greenfield come on to discuss their experience using our new Cost and Nutritional Analysis (CNA forms) to compare not only the cost but the nutritional elements of using the Growers Program. Support the show

#19 Hay Field Soil Tests 15.10.2021

In this episode of the Growers Podcast, Marguerite Fall and Zach Smith have invited on Matt Gooding, who is one of our District Managers and is our partner in research. In the 2020 season Matt did a soil test trial where he took weekly top and subsoil samples from an established hay field, as well as doing a variety of other tests in the same vein. Our main goal was to observe the changes in test...

Conference Call: September 2021 10.09.2021

Our September conference call featured Rick Bobel and Matt Schoder, our President and VP of Finance, respectively, who discussed pricing for the new year, new order forms, raw material pricing, information on our annual winter meeting, and information on our updated sales manual Support the show

#18 - How can I use Growers on my Lawn? 01.06.2021

Larry Webb, Marguerite, Zach Smith, and Jim sit down to discuss how to improve a lawn Support the show

# 17 - What is MicroBIOMETER? 20.05.2021

For more info on Growers, visit the links below https://linktr.ee/growersmineral Support the show

More Food from Soil Science Audiobook Ch. 15 - Plant Animal & Human Nutrition & Proposed Fertilizer... 05.05.2021

FULL AUDIOBOOK is Now Available on AMAZON Support the show

More Food from Soil Science Audiobook Ch. 14 - The Farmer and His Profession 28.04.2021

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More Food from Soil Science Audiobook Ch. 13 - Soil and Plant Tests May Be Useful in Increasing Yields 21.04.2021

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