Redox Grows

Quantification is crucial to successful farming. With The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) granting certification to Mainstay® Si, Redox Bio-Nutrients is the only company with two certified biostimulants. 
Last fall, TFI certification was given to Mainstay® Calcium 2.0.
Redox Lead Agronomist John Kelly comments on the importance of the independent and rigorous certification, and the beneficial role Mainstay® Si plays for crops.

Americans eat more than 200 pounds of meat per person per year. One byproduct of meeting that demand is manure, as nearly 9 billion pounds of livestock manure is generated daily.
Transforming livestock waste into the most useful form of plant nutrition is the pursuit of people like Abe Sandquist. The former federal soil conservationist started Natural Fertilizer Services 18 years ago.
“We need to be constantly figuring out how are going to take these nutrients and recycle them,” he said, “You never buy them, you only rent them. Nutrients are harvested and replaced, and they have to be in circulation just like money. If money stops circulation, the economy fails. So does the soil.”
He’s bullish on continuing to find the best use of manure to grow crops, which ultimately benefit ranchers, growers, the environment and economy.
Sandquist is providing manure for field trials including Redox products at the XPRT Farm in Iowa.

How do you combat low returns? Be adaptive. Using Redox Bio-Nutrients technology affords the flexibility and specificity needed to succeed, even in a down economy.
In this episode, Redox agronomists Jeff Yoder and Bill Schwoerer outline growing strategies that allow for flexibility in the field, while still achieving strong yields and quality. 
Their recommendations include RootRx® for crop establishment, optimizing nitrogen through RDX-N®, adding vital calcium nutrition through Mainstay® Calcium 2.0 and managing in-season stress with diKaP™.
Redox products are meticulously designed to achieve you farm’s yield potential through Redox Active Molecules (RAM™) and maintaining plant charge balance.

From his early days in Nepal on his families subsistence farm, Pramod Acharya has long valued the importance of farming and agricultural sustainability.
 In his new capacity as Assistant Professor and Extension Forage Specialist with the University of Idaho’s Kimberly Research and Extension Center, he will be working to help  Idaho dairy farms and forage producers, finding ways to enhance efficient forage production, storage and utilization. 
 
Acharya said he will focus on sustainable practices rooted in economic practicality. 
“Sustainability means meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability or capacity of future generations to meet the same needs,” he said.

Perseverance was a key for those in agriculture this past year, as lower crop prices and higher input costs dominated in 2025. Yet, many growers navigated their way to abundance and quality come harvest time.
Episode 150 covers highlights of the past year, including stories of passion, perseverance and even agricultural archeology.  We hear from Redox President Colton Moon about key developments for our industry and company, including our patented nitrogen-optimization product, RDX-N®.
We wrap things up with a visit with Jaden Wenger from a California farming family, who has made an incredible comeback from cancer.