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The Total Soil Management® Program
"TSM®" does what all other soil fertility recommendations programs do and much more. Budgeting is just one example
of the unique services TSM® provides.
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Fertilizer Budgets
We use a four-phase soil fertility system:
- Phase One:
Achieving Soil Fertility Balance
We want to establish an ideal soil fertility
environment so that all essential nutrients
are available to the plant in sufficient amounts
and in proper balance to produce maximum
economic yield (MEY).
See Nutrient Cycles
Nutrient Relationships
We will increase the efficiency of the fertilizer
you apply. While some people and/or companies
talk about fertilizer efficiency, we will show you
on your own farm. We make it possible for you
to keep on top of your soil fertility, always knowing where your soil fertility is and why.
See Fertilizer Efficiency
Fertilizer Index-Pounds to Balance
Balance Charts
- Phase Two:
Adapting Soil Fertility to the Crop
We adapt the soil fertility environment to suit
the specific crop being grown. The question is,
can you move or change soil fertility levels in one direction one year
to meet the specific needs of one crop, then move
the soil fertility levels in a different direction the next year to meet
the specific needs of another crop? We say that
you can and we have been doing it for many years.
- Phase Three:
Increasing Yield Beyond Average
This phase takes yields beyond what is normally expected. We know that certain crops require
higher amounts of some micronutrients than other crops. By applying a product that TSM® has developed called TSM® Micro-Boost, you can satisfy the current crop's appetite for a particular nutrient, without having to raise the soil test level of that nutrient for just the one crop, thereby saving money and reaching your goal.
See Micronutrients
TSM® Micro-Boost
- Phase Four:
Increasing Quality
We are talking about the quality of the grain,
fruit, vegetable, forage, turf, etc., as well as
the quality of the entire plant, including
the roots. Is it possible to influence:
- weight per bushel
- feeding value
- moisture level at harvest
- milling qualities
- standability
- specific qualities demanded
by specialty markets
We say YES and we will show you how.
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Our staff are certified and degreed professionals
They hold PhD and MS degrees along with
the CPAg (Certified Professional Agronomist)
and CCA (Certified Crop Advisor) qualifications.
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Our TSM® Research Farm has been
in operation since 1992.
We use this farm to make us accountable with everything we do or share with you. To view the test data from all our TSM® plots, click here.
If you have a product or idea you'd like to have researched on our farm, contact Randy Simonson PhD at or call our main office at 1-800-626-3806 and ask for Randy.
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90-Day Free Trial Subscription
REGISTER as a NEW SUBSCRIBER and try this secured website for 90 days with
NO SUBSCRIPTION FEE. That's right, you can use this secured website for 90 days without paying
a subscription fee. You will have to pay for fertilizer recommendations, maps and VRA files. (See "Cost of Recommendations" below.) After 90 days if you do not want to continue your subscription just do nothing and it will
cancel itself.
If you choose to continue your subscription you can subscribe by the month, by the quarter,
by the half-year or for a full year. You save 50% by subscribing for a full year.
You can subscribe for awhile (like for one quarter), then just not renew your subscription.
If you renew your subscription within 12 months,
all your data will still be there. If you go more than 12 months without renewing your subscription,
your data will be gone and you will have to start over.
Subscriptions vary from $25 per month to $50 per month, depending on the type of user (based on full year subcription).
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Types of Subscribers or Users
This website is set up for three main user types:
- Individual Grower or Corporate Farm.
A subscription allows you to have access to 100% of the data through a single
login and password. This single login and password can be shared with as many individuals as you
feel safe sharing your data. The user may make recommendations on an
unlimited number of his farms and fields.
Click here
for more information.
A subscription by a Fertilizer Dealer with several growers would have access at two levels:
- Administrators at the fertilizer dealership - access to 100% of the data with his personal
login and password.
- Individual Farmers under this dealership - each farmer will have his own personal login and
password. This will allow him to view his own personal data only. If a dealership has 50 customers, the dealership will issue a personal login and password for each customer.
Note: If you are a TSM® Fertilizer Dealer under a monthly retainer contract, the subscription is FREE!
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- A large Fertilizer Corp with Satellite Dealers
- Bank/Trust Department with Farm Managers
- Farm Management Service with Farm Account Managers
This subscription will allow three levels of access to data.
The large fertilizer corporation with several satellite retail fertilizer dealerships will be able to access the following data:
- Administrators at the main corporate office will be issued a login and password.
The administrator will be able to access 100% of the data. He will be able to print sales and evaluation reports such as tonnages.
- Satellite Dealerships at the dealer level - the manager or designated person will be issued a login and password and will have access to 100% of the satellite dealership data. Sales and management reports will be available to this manager. The large fertilizer corporation will have unlimited numbers of satellite dealerships available. Each satellite retail dealership will have unlimited customers available.
- Individual growers under each dealership. Each individual grower or farmer will be issued his own login and password allowing him to access only his own data.
Note: If the fertilizer corporation is a TSM® Fertilizer Dealer under a monthly retainer contract, your subscription fees are FREE! All satellite retail dealerships will have FREE subscriptions, as well as, all managed farmer customers have FREE subscriptions.
The Banks/Trust Departments with one or more Farm Manager with several growers would have access by:
- Administrators at the bank department level would be issued his own login and password and be able to access 100% of the data. He would also have sales and management reports available enabling him to evaluate the entire company, each farm manager and/or each managed farmer.
- Each individual farm manager will be issued a login and password allowing him to access his own client's data. Unlimited number of Farm Managers are available.
- Individual growers under each farm manager. will be issued a login and password allowing them to access just their own data. Each Farm Manager has unlimited clients available.
Farm Management Services with several Farm Account Managers with several growers under each Farm Account Manager would have access by:
- Administrator at the main office of the Farm Management Service can designate an administrator to be issued a login and password allowing him to access 100% of the data. He would also be able to generate sales and management reports.
- Each Farm Account Manager would be issued a login and password allowing him to access only his clients or managed farmers. He can have unlimited managed farmers.
- Each Managed Farmer under each Farm Account Manager will be issued a login and password. Each Managed Farmer will be able to access only his data.
Click here for more information.
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The cost of making recommendations involves two costs:
- Fertilizer recommendations (per acre) ----- $ 1.00
- Soil lab charge based on which soil lab and which test you choose when you create your order. When you create an order for soil analysis, you will be asked to choose a soil lab. Each lab will show what its charges are.
- Maps (per acre) ------------------------------------ $ .10
(2 FREE maps with each recommendation)
- VRA files (per acre) ------------------------------- $ .20
(this file will fit into your applicator controller)
- Crop Options (each crop)------------------------- $1 .00
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- PayPal - this gives you the opportunity to use a credit card and get instant processing. After creating your order for soil fertility recommend-
ations, maps, and/or VRA files, you will go directly to PayPal website for payment. As soon as PayPal accepts your payment, your order will be activated.
- Mail check with order - when you create the order for soil fertility recommendations, maps and/or VRA files, the program will print out the invoice. Mail check with invoice to TSM®. Ten days later, if check clears the bank, you will receive an email activating your order.
- Approved credit - after you have registered, fill out a credit application and submit to Agronomy-Online.com. In a few days you will receive an email indicating your approval or disapproval. If approved, your account will be activated. You will receive your invoice after you have received your soil fertility recommendations, maps and/or VRA files. If disapproved, you will have option 1 or 2 only.
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The information you will enter when you register is available for viewing by only
the Agronomy-Online administrator and yourself. After you have registered and receive your Login and Password, you
may edit all the information you entered through "My Profile". This data is all on the secured portion of the website.
No logins or passwords can be issued without going through the registration.
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The licensing agreement is very simple and easy to understand. A brief summary:
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All the data belongs to you and is secured. The only people to be able to view your data is "Agronomy-Online"administrator and anyone you have shared your login and password with. If you have shared
your login and password with someone you no longer want to have access to your data, just contact "Agronomy-Online" administrator and I will change your login and password.
- We will not share your data without written consent.
- The first 90 days subscription is FREE.
- After 90 days, you have 12 months to subscribe through PayPal.
- Ater 12 months of being unscribed, data is destroyed.
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As a subscriber to "Agronomy-Online" all of your information and data belongs to you. We will not share or sell any of your information or data without your written permission.
If you choose to share your information or data
with someone, you can obtain a login and password
for them to use. Remember, they will see everything.
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After you have registered and receive your own personal Login and Password,
you should go to "My Profile" and click on "Fertilizer Preferences".
Here you give us instruction as to what fertilizer products you want us to use
when we make your recommendations. If you want us to include the fertilizer costs on your recommendations,
you will need to enter your costs at this screen. Having prices on your recommendations will
allow you to use our unique fertilizer budgeting feature.
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TSM® has a soil sampling service located in Catlin, Illinois.
If you would like for us to take your soil samples, contact our Catlin, IL office by phone at (800)626-3806, or E-mail us at or FAX at (800)626-3807 for quotes.
Our normal rate for taking soil samples is from $1.00 to $1.30 per acre depending on the grid size
(number of acres per sample).
If you use a soil sampling service and want them to be able to access certain growers' data, we
can issue them a personal Login and Password.
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You will have your choice of a soil lab to use to analyze your soil samples. When you create your order,
you will find a dropdown list containing the different soil labs and their charges. You will be asked to select one soil lab.
If you prefer a soil lab not on the list, just contact the Catlin, IL main office and
ask for Larry Schonert, Randy Simonson or Kent Durbin. We will contact your lab and develop a link.
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If we take your soil samples, we will generate a map file. From these files we can make all kinds of maps.
Our normal charges for making maps is ten cents per acre per map.
Included FREE with your fertilizer recommendations are two maps:
- Soil sampling points map showing where all the samples were taken.
- Farm Tract map showing all the farm & fields sampled on one map.
If we do not take your samples, you can e-mail these files to
larrys@tsmser.com and we will make your maps for you.
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If you need VRA files(variable rate application), we can make them for you at a cost
of twenty cents per acre per product. This price includes maps. All you need to do
is specify the type of controller or format you are using.
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Total Soil Management® Program
Our Staff
TSM Research Farm
90-Day Free Trial Subscription
Types of Subscribers
Cost of Recommendations/Maps/VRA
Payment Options
Registration Information
License Agreements
Privacy Policy
Fertilizer Products
Soil Sampling Service
Soil Testing Labs
Maps
VRA
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