Here’s a quick take on WHAT Vitazyme does and WHY you should use it:
* Stimulates vigorous plant growth
* Improves Mycorrhizae activity
* Promotes nitrogen uptake and unlocks phosphorous
* Boosts plant immune systems.
 
More specifically, Vitazyme is food for your soil, and a healthy soil stimulates more vigorous plant growth. The Vitazyme formula consists of particular biological activators that are created through a proprietary fermentation process. These active agents include vitamins, enzymes, triacontanol, and other powerful but gentle growth stimulators.
 
We have put together a fantastic video on the science of Vitazyme. It is a remarkably in-depth look at the science that makes Vitazyme work. Give it a watch!
 
Brian Hammer, Marketing Director

3. Trials in the highlands of Viet Nam have given impressive responses with Vitazyme for coffee (up to 27%, giving $1,023/ha more income), soybeans (10%), rice (up to 19%), and corn (up to 13%). Use of the product on rice in the Mekong Delta continues to expand.
 
4. The Vitazyme program in Australia has grown significantly over the past year, in large part because of very positive results from trials with lettuce (up to a 50% increase), potatoes (40% increase in marketable tubers), carrots (17 to 33% increases), onions (10% yield increase), oranges (44% yield increase), and other crops.

5. In Chile, continuing trials with Syngenta have produced excellent coloration and enhanced maturity responses for grapes, cherries, and apples from late-season applications. Increases in the first picking apples of 30% were not uncommon. When early enough applications were made the yields were boosted up to 24%.
 
6. In Cuba, extensive studies on coffee and cocoa were completed, which produced fine responses in both nurseries and producing plantations.
 
7. The fourth year of a continuing study on a corn-soybean rotation in Iowa revealed that the yield of soybeans was increased, as expected, but bean quality was also improved, available soil nutrient levels and balance were enhanced, and soil microbe populations were stimulated.
 
8. Continuing evaluations on the relative effectiveness of two Vitazyme formulations proved that a concentrated form of the product performs equally well as does the normal product.
 
Dr. Paul Syltie, PhD.

Monday 8/29:  At 8am, we meet the Director of Syngenta in Chile as well as a variety of marketing officials.  They are interested in expanding the use of Vitazyme in Chile.  Next, we head west of Santiago.  The roads are good here, and we are headed to the Casa Blanca wine region, and Veramonte Vineyards in particular.  The scenery is stunning – we stop for food at a restaurant called Macerado, which is fantastic.  After lunch, we made our way to visit some of Veramonte’s wine grape fields, which are expansive!  1000+ Hectares.  After a day of productive meetings we head back to Santiago for the night, arriving back at my hotel at 10pm.

Tuesday 8/30:  7am.  Carlos is leading our group of 19 to Los Andes & San Philipe.  It is a very chilly 26 degrees F (-3 degrees C).  We’re headed to a huge table grape vineyard for Vitazyme discussions, a question & answer session and a tour of the facilities & vineyard – met Claudia, a contact for growers of sweet corn and beans.  Next we made our way to the San Francisco Spa Hotel for a formal meeting and Dr. Paul’s Vitazyme presentation to the Syngenta-Chile group. Following the thorough presentation, we traveled to the local Syngenta offices to train their staff on how to use Vitazyme in a fully incorporated program.  Later in the day, we had a dinner meeting with 20 people and had a fantastic meal of filets and wine.  Among the topics of discussion were Syngenta’s crop protection programs for tomatoes.  Made it back to the hotel at 1:15am

Wednesday 8/31:  7am  Traveled south to the head Syngenta-Chile office along the Andes, which made for a spectacular ride.  We are discussing how to apply Vitazyme in a program to produce early color in grapes and cherries.  The farmers had been applying Vitazyme too late in the season and were generally using the wrong application protocol.    1030am  Went to a restaurant for a grower meeting.  It’s another beautiful and cold day here alongside the mountains.  In the afternoon, Syngenta gave a powerpoint presentation in Spanish on the superior results and reduced costs of using Vitazyme in your growing program.  This was followed by Paul’s presentation on cherries and grapes, and the efficacy of Vitazyme.  At 8pm, we met for dinner with John and Claudio at Casa Silva Vineyards – had a fantastic grouper and glass of Carmenaire wine.

Thursday 9/1:  Thursday is supposed to be a day off.  NO, another long day of meetings!!  8:30am Meeting at restaurant where Dr. Paul is discussing the entire Vitazyme program, and this is followed up by Syngenta’s presentation on the color effects of Vitazyme on grapes and cherries. At lunch, had discussions with representatives from Rio Blanco, the largest table grape exporter in Chile.  They export over 10 million crates per year.  We then had a private meeting with Conche y Toro, the largest wine grape grower & exporter in Chile.  Met with another wine grape grower (#2 in Chile) who has agreed to try Vitazyme on 15,000 hectares.  Will be applying Vitazyme to mid level quality grapes and old, declining vines.  Back to San Fernando by 7pm for dinner and rest.

The Syngenta-Chile organization and commitment is phenomenal.  They need to continue testing, but sales will also be stronger than last year.   They use three main dealers (who are competitors) in Chile to distribute products, while Syngenta advises growers what they may want to buy.

Friday 9/2:   Morning meeting at 8:30am at the Ontavaros Hotel, then travel to Lanares which is south about two hours.   On approach to the city of Lanares, we crossed several rivers and a small canyon.  The landscape here changes to a more rugged look, with some cattle and dairy farming.  The are is full of apples & some variety of rice.  Meeting at 11:30 where Gonzaro conducts a powerpoint presentation on apples.  They have had color success.  The Vitazyme application schedule was incorrect, but they were still seeing results.  Cost reduction is a big plus for Vitazyme, as it pushes crops to earlier maturity and coloration.   �
 

A 500 hectare cherry grower is purchasing 1500 liters of Vitazyme today.  At 12:30, Dr. Paul begins his Vitazyme presentation on apples, also briefly touching on rice production.

(The interpreted notes of Scott Hammer, President of Vital Earth)
Hope you all enjoyed a day in the life of our company president on the road.

Brian Hammer

Director of Marketing

We have had excellent success in our meetings with citrus, vegetable, grape, wheat, canola, and almond growers these past days, and the prospects here are seeming to get better by the day. Steve’s new assistant here, named Jaap (pronounced “yap”), a South African, is up to the job. We have a lot of trials lined up, and more and more users wanting to try it or simply apply it to their programs. Today was our last day in Mildura, and a lot of product was sold right after the meeting. We met last night with the production manager of the largest almond operation here in Australia (about 30,000 + ha, I believe). They have 40% of Australia’s acreage, and he is willing to try it on a big block, perhaps 200 ha, for two years. Steve and I met with another agronomic manager today that raises about 15,000 ha of almonds, and this organization will also test the program. Nearly every place we went we have initiated testing, and I hope they can keep up with the monitoring of the projects.

Paul W. Syltie, Director of Research

Agriculturalists around the world are excited about Vitazyme. And, we are happy to be selling product in the Southern Hemisphere while it is too hot to do anything else here in Texas.

Brian Hammer, Director of Marketing

In northwest Illinois, root-worm has already evolved a tolerance to gm corn that expresses the Cry3Bb1 protein – so much so, that it is destroying entire fields of the Bt Corn.

Severe Root Damage to Bt Corn

Field-evolved resistance by western corn rootworm to the Cry3Bb1 protein has been confirmed by Dr. Aaron Gassmann of Iowa State University. He collected resistant western corn rootworm adults from continuous cornfields in northeastern Iowa where significant root damage had occurred in producers’ fields. The Iowa fields had been planted with Bt hybrids expressing the Cry3Bb1 protein. The situations in Iowa and Illinois share some common features. Adults were collected from the Illinois fields in question and will be further evaluated for potential resistance.

In another instance, the beetle diabrotica virgifera virgifera has already developed resistance to Bt Corn. And, you can bet these are only the tip of the iceberg. Nature is fighting back against GM crops, just as it has against pesticides and other one-dimensional crop protection practices. It becomes apparent that we need to develop strategies to work with nature to protect our crops instead of against it.

GM Corn in Peril:  Beetle Develops Bt Resistance
Resistance developed where the same Bt corn had been grown at least three years in a row. Gassmann found “a significant positive correlation between the number of years Cry3Bb1 maize had been grown in a field and the survival of rootworm populations on Cry3Bb1 maize in bioassays.” Ag Professional’s Colleen Scherer explains that “the Cry3Bb1 toxin is the major one deployed against rootworms. There is no ‘putting the genie back in the bottle,’ and resistance in these areas is a problem that won’t go away.” Monsanto urges farmers to try their “stacked” GM products where more than one trait is engineered and to employ integrated pest management (IPM) techniques. Kind of like getting on a treadmill of ever increasing DNA manipulation and chemicals to maintain monocultures, instead of reverting to time-honored mixed farms that use companion plants (including weeds) for pest control. IPM does not have to include toxic chemicals or genetic manipulation for success.

Integrated pest management systems are the only ones that make sense long term. An ever increasing genetic modification of our crops to wage war against nature will only result in a zero sum gain. There is no long term plan with GM crops, except to reap further profits from farmers that have been displaced so far from time honored integrated pest management programs that they don’t know how to return.

With genetically modified crops, you are fighting a war you can’t win.

Brian Hammer
Director of Marketing

Harvest Supply Show: August 29-31 Arlington Convention Center, Arlington TX

Nitro Phos Show: September 7th at the Sam Houston Race Park, Houston TX

BWI Show: September 26-28 at the Gaylord Hotel, Grapevine TX

Gardenwise Show: October 10-11 at One Expo Center, Topeka KS

Specials at all trade shows!!
A discount will be offered on purchases of the following products at the 2011 Trade Shows:

Colorscapes 4 Lb — With a superior analysis 19-13-16 and a great micronutrient package, this 3-4 month formulation is the ultimate color bed fertilizer.

Crepe Myrtle Food 24oz — Ideal for all flowering vines, trees & shrubs. Contains five essential micro-nutrients.

Hibiscus Food 4 Lb — Low phosphorus formula designed specifically for Hibiscus. Contains slow release nutrients that will not burn these sensitive plants.

Houseplant Food 8oz & 24oz — A 24-8-16 analysis containing seven micronutrients important for plants in potting mixes. Has no traces of fluorine or chlorine.

Orchid Food 10oz — A high nitrogen formula for instant feeding of all varieties of orchids.

These discounts will apply to all orders turned in by October 31, 2011 to ship by November 30, 2011.