What makes a good humic acid to use on your farm
Dear Farmer,
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We get it.
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There are many humic acids available.​​
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Some are great and some are gimmicks, sold by fly-by-night companies.
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It can be tough to determine the difference.
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We have compiled a brief list with some factors to consider so you don’t end up with a gimmick.
We are BIASed but have been in the game for 20 years so I think we have a little right to speak on the topic.​​
Ok, what makes a good humic acid for your farm?
Will not plug your filters
Due to poor refining processes, some humic acids are known for plugging filters. This is one of the best and fastest ways to take your day from great to disaster and leave many despising any form of humic acid. Generally, the plugging is caused by high humin, the insoluble part of a humic acid.
Low application rate
Decreases shipping costs and the number of trips you are taking to your liquid tank while planting and spraying.
High CEC
The higher the CEC, the more nutrients the humic can help get into the plant. A low CEC would be low 100s, and a high CEC would be high 200s. You can think of CEC as a bus. The higher the CEC the bigger the bus and the more nutrients that it can get to the plant.
Designed to be farm applied
Some humic acids appear to be sold without considering their practicality for farm use. A well-designed product should focus on features like low application rates to save on transportation and mixing compatibility with other farm inputs.
Extracted Humic
Some organizations sell unprocessed ore, which is essentially sand marketed as plant-ready humic acid. A truly effective product should consist of refined, extracted humic acid.
So, how could your farm benefit from our humic acid?
Humika, our humic acid meets all the standards, will not plug filters, is a low application rate, has a C.E.C of 306, is designed to be farm-ready and can be blended with many other applications, and is carefully extracted.
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Humika has been applied on over 1 million acres across Canada and the USA, in South America and Europe.