Tanker Transport Prep
Jenny Phillips, Marketing • February 5, 2018
The purpose of these guidelines is to provide our customers the cleanest, highest quality N-P-K products that they have ordered and expect.
Tanker transporters haul many different materials and we suggest the following tanker cleaning guidelines for those preparing to transport NACHURS N-P-K liquid fertilizers:
SAFETY FIRST
Please follow all safety guidelines/procedures when cleaning your tankers or when entering any confined space(s):
- Drain all existing material out of:
- Tank
- Hoses and pumps
- Completely clean out any solid materials off of the bottom of the tank.
- Hauling some materials for a period of time may cause them to settle
- After cleaning settled out materials and additional liquid in the tank:
- Completely FLUSH out tank(s), line(s) and pump(s) with water and drain, especially if they have been transporting UAN (28% - 32%) materials
BY FOLLOWING THESE GUIDELINES:
- Avoid having contamination issues or problems for our valued customers and yourself.
- Gives both your customers and NACHURS the highest quality products and the trucking service that they expect.
- Peace of mind for future deliveries with your Transport Service.
These are general recommendations. Please consult with your NACHURS District Sales Manager or Agronomist for additional/specific recommendations.
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We are at the point in the year where things are slowing down around the farm and it is time to reflect on the season to remind ourselves what we learned. Over the last couple of weeks, the District Sales Managers and I have spent some time reflecting on what worked well in the field and the challenges we faced too. Here are the top 5 things we learned from 2024 growing season: #1 Split applying Nitrogen and Sulfur is a practice that should be embraced on a yearly basis when growing corn. Do you remember how the planting season started and what happened in the first 60 days after the planters started rolling? Our field conditions started out dry with some areas of the corn belt showing up on the drought map. Then mother nature blessed us with rain that never stopped in some areas making it difficult to finish planting. Growers that had split applied their Nitrogen and Sulfur were able to avoid nutrient loss from the rain but also apply the nutrients when the crop needed it most. In the end yield was better on split applied nitrogen fields compared to fields that had all the N applied in the fall or spring before planting. #2 For the past 2 seasons in the North region, we have seen the benefits of adding NACHURS Humi-Flex FA to the in-furrow starter fertilizer. NACHURS Humi-Flex FA is our fulvic acid and it is becoming a valuable component in our starter fertilizer for many reasons. We are using it to chelate the nutrients in the starter fertilizer especially phosphorus. Humi-Flex FA also buffers the soil pH to neutral in that nutrient band keeping nutrients available in fields that have less then optimal pH for crop growth. Finally, we use Humi-Flex FA to create a healthy soil microbiome that leads to more root mass and nutrient uptake. #3 Nutrient uptake charts for corn and soybeans have been a great tool for our team to help our customers visualize the crops nutrient needs based on timing during the growing season.
