Twin State Inc. Corporate

04/02/2020

COVID-19 UPDATES 2020
To: LIQUI-GROW CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES

We continue to follow the COVID-19 virus pandemic and to assess any potential impact on our employees, contractors, operations, the continuity of our supply chain and our ability to meet your product needs. We remain committed to the safety of our employees, the communities that they serve and those communities around them. This is a huge responsibility, that we take very seriously, but one that we have assumed since 1958 and will continue to do so.

Currently, we are not experiencing any supply chain issues that would impact our ability to supply you with product. All of our manufacturing and retail facilities remain open. First, and foremost of importance, is maintaining a safe and healthy environment for all of our locations. Each day our employees are preparing their locations for that first day of “business as usual” in this new environment. Our goal, as always, is to provide uninterrupted service and support to our customers in the safest possible way. This year we have an additional challenge – but we are prepared to meet that challenge.

You can be assured that we are actively monitoring the COVID-19 situation and should we identify issues that would impact our ability to supply product or service to you, we will communicate with you directly.

If you have specific concerns regarding the shipment/delivery of your products, please feel free to contact your local sales agronomist or us in the Davenport office at 563-359-3624. On behalf of the Tinsman family and Liqui-Grow employees in our extended communities, we thank you for your business and wish all of you, your colleagues and families – good health during the months ahead.

Sincerely,
Bruce, Hov and Scott Tinsman

10/22/2019

Good info to consider before leaving the 2019 crop to overwinter.

Wet fields, delayed maturity of the row crops and low commodity prices paired up with high propane prices have resulted in some farmers saying maybe they will leave part of

12/21/2018

Wishing you all a warm holiday with family and friends! Looking forward to the upcoming season.

10/17/2018

The state of Iowa is setting aggressive goals to help farmers maintain nutrient rich soil. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Iowa DNR, and Iowa State University have come together and created a scientific plan called the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy.

To learn more about these helpful practices, visit the following site.

Iowa has set goals to reduce nutrient losses in soil and improve the health for the wellbeing of our future. Learn the 4R Plus practices in how you can help to keep soil healthy.

10/03/2018

A group of investors, including Twin State’s Scott Tinsman, purchased Sivyer Steel. Back in March, Sivyer Steel applied for bankruptcy, but now the new company (Sivyer Steel Castings LLC.) has plans to renovate, increase productivity, and add more jobs to meet new supply demands, including a very large order from Caterpillar.
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After filing for bankruptcy in March, Sivyer Steel has been purchased by a group of local investors, who plan to increase production and jobs.

03/19/2018

Understanding plant and soil microbe interactions seems to be the focus of a great deal of active research. Farmers and the ag industry in general need to watch closely as this science matures. Could be a paradigm shift in the way we think about production ag as we know it.

How will the farms of the future feed a projected 9.8 billion people by 2050? Berkeley Lab’s “smart farm” project marries microbiology and machine learning in an effort to reduce the need for chemical fertilizers and enhance soil carbon uptake, thus improving the long-term viability of the lan...

03/08/2018

Liqui-Grow agronomy training. A full day session covering advanced fertilizer calculations, cover crops, soil health, and conservation programs for farmers. This young group of guys and gals continue to impress me. They will be the best local agronomy advisors in the industry.

03/02/2018

Want to learn about how plants access potassium from the soil and how bacteria and fungi in the root rhizosphere can alter plants availability to potassium? If so this educational article published by the International Plant Nutrition Institute and authored by Dr. Scott Murrell is worth the read.

02/26/2018

Could growing millions of acres of corn be resulting in beneficial climate changes for farmers in the Midwest?

A new study published by climatologist suggest that this could, in fact, be the case.

Plentiful crops are changing rainfall and temperature trends

02/16/2018

02/14/2018

Are Bio-fertilizers the Next Frontier in Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Technology?

Biological and bio-fertilizers market is estimated to grow from a current market worth of $6.7 billion to $12.9 billion by the year 2022. What’s this mean if I am a farmer? Well...

01/25/2018

We have new research comparing High Ortho and Conventional Polyphosphate Starter Fertilizers! Check out our results.