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<blockquote data-quote="rmcva" data-source="post: 372175" data-attributes="member: 5473"><p>I don't have any suggestions for you but I have had the same experience for several years.In my case I was dealing with a crook. It got so bad I bought a Vicon spreader and back to spreading myself. After two years of spreading myself I know I was getting ripped off big time. </p><p></p><p> I've talked to neighbors that did the same. A local guy that was hired to run a spreader truck for this outfit quit there and then the stories started to leak out. It all added up for what I was seeing in my fields. I did buy fertilizer in bags there last year and could see a difference + in yield the first year. I'd been dealing with this supplier for 35 years. I went with another supplier this year.</p><p></p><p> This is a Royster Clark supplier I had been with for 35 years. Once Crop Production Services bought it out it's gone down hill fast. The problems may not be from the new company and could be from the manager that's running this fertilizer house. Or could be either or both. This manager has been there for about 10 years and stories followed when he/she came there. </p><p></p><p> The kind of money we throw out there now we need to know we're getting what we pay for. </p><p></p><p> When we buy bulk and have it spread there's so many ways we can get screwed. If the spreader driver is in on what a bad dealer is doing it's even worse. The driver could go by his field on the way to your farm and make a round or two before he gets to you on each load. Or he may be selling on the side and pocketing the money. When at the bins they meaning both could be adding lime for weight in place of N-P or K. </p><p></p><p> I know there are still honest folks out there. For now I'll stick with spreading my own and buy in bags mostly. When I buy in bulk I never have any blended. And I watch them load and make sure nothing gets mixed in. I haul in my truck and dump in my spreader. And hope the scales are correct.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rmcva, post: 372175, member: 5473"] I don't have any suggestions for you but I have had the same experience for several years.In my case I was dealing with a crook. It got so bad I bought a Vicon spreader and back to spreading myself. After two years of spreading myself I know I was getting ripped off big time. I've talked to neighbors that did the same. A local guy that was hired to run a spreader truck for this outfit quit there and then the stories started to leak out. It all added up for what I was seeing in my fields. I did buy fertilizer in bags there last year and could see a difference + in yield the first year. I'd been dealing with this supplier for 35 years. I went with another supplier this year. This is a Royster Clark supplier I had been with for 35 years. Once Crop Production Services bought it out it's gone down hill fast. The problems may not be from the new company and could be from the manager that's running this fertilizer house. Or could be either or both. This manager has been there for about 10 years and stories followed when he/she came there. The kind of money we throw out there now we need to know we're getting what we pay for. When we buy bulk and have it spread there's so many ways we can get screwed. If the spreader driver is in on what a bad dealer is doing it's even worse. The driver could go by his field on the way to your farm and make a round or two before he gets to you on each load. Or he may be selling on the side and pocketing the money. When at the bins they meaning both could be adding lime for weight in place of N-P or K. I know there are still honest folks out there. For now I'll stick with spreading my own and buy in bags mostly. When I buy in bulk I never have any blended. And I watch them load and make sure nothing gets mixed in. I haul in my truck and dump in my spreader. And hope the scales are correct. [/QUOTE]
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