Motor Oil Info

Many four cycle lawn equipment applications do not include oil filters, so oil dispersants must keep contaminants and wear particles suspended in the oil until it is drained. As petroleum oil breaks down, these cleaning additives are quickly depleted, causing deposits and sludge to build up and resulting in premature engine wear. AMSOIL Synthetic Motor Oils safely hold contaminants in suspension, while their superior ability to reduce friction and wear keeps engines in top condition.

AMSOIL Synthetic 10w-30/SAE30 and 10w-40 Motor Oils provide outstanding protection in four-cycle lawn care equipment applications. AMSOIL Formula 4-Stroke Small Engine Oil (ASE) is a commercial-grade  formulation designed for hot temperature, severe-service operation of small engines where routing maintenance is often difficult or infrequent. AMSOIL Formula 4-Stroke Small Engine Oil resists heat and reduces oil consumption. It provides excellent protection for transmission systems and is ideal for hydraulic or hydrostatic systems and chain cases.

Lawn care equipment operating temperatures, especially with air-cooled engines, can rise quite high, jeopardizing equipment life. In addition, conventional petroleum motor oils become quite hot and are more susceptible to oxidative and thermal breakdown, resulting in premature engine wear.

AMSOIL Synthetic Motor Oils are ideal for use in gasoline or diesel four-cycle lawn care equipment, including tractors, mowers, sweepers and tillers. AMSOIL Motor Oils provide a wide range of protection for four-cycle air and water cooled engines, helping to avoid oxidative and thermal breakdown in high temperature, high RPM conditions and maintaining their lubricating and cooling abilities. AMSOIL Motor Oils also contain special rust and corrosion inhibitors to protect engines against condensation and water even when they’re not in use.

Many acidic soils do not contain enough calcium to support prolific plant growth. When soil pH is below 6.0, plants may show signs of calcium deficiency such as yellowing of leaves, slow growth of roots and shoots, dieback of growing tips, and premature death of older leaves. AGGRAND Natural Liquid Lime applications are the easy way to correct a calcium deficiency without tilling in bagged lime.

Soil liming must not be ignored when planting a new lawn, pasture or hay field. Soil liming increases microbial activity and the proliferation of earthworms and beneficial insects. Soil health is an on-going process; the immediate goal, however, is producing green lawns, productive pastures and high yielding hay fields that need calcium to promote prolific plant growth.

AGGRAND Natural Liquid Lime is an easy, effective alternative to bagged lime for use on permanent ground covers such as turf, pastures and hay fields. This product utilizes very fine lime in a liquid suspension, which is absorbed by the leaves and roots. AGGRAND Natural Liquid Lime should be used with AGGRAND Natural Fertilizer 4-3-3 to supply additional calcium to crops such as tomatoes, potatoes, cabbage, and lettuce that need copious amounts of this vital nutrient.

Calcium is the plant’s servant. It regulates opening and closing of stomates, removes toxins from the tissue, contributes to the development of shoots and roots, and keeps out unwelcome invaders.

The fast release phosphorus in AGGRAND Natural Liquid Bonemeal makes it an excellent source for foliar feeding fruit trees, flowers, vegetables and crops that require extra phosphorus during early bud formation and fruit enlargement.

AGGRAND Natural Liquid Bonemeal also contains calcium which improves soil tilth, nutrient exchange capacity, and is useful in correcting calcium deficiencies of plants  that require extra calcium such as tomatoes.

AGGRAND Natural Liquid Bonemeal is the key to early plant growth and development and super yields of high quality fruits, flowers, roots and field crops that need extra phosphorus and calcium.

AGGRAND Natural Liquid Bonemeal contains fast and slow release phosphorus. As a result, AGGRAND 0-12-0 applied as a starter fertilizer is readily available during early plant development, and the rest becomes available throughout the growing season. Many bonemeal fertilizers are not ground as finely as AGGRAND 0-12-0 and are released over a period of years so the phosphorus can become locked up into unavailable form in the soil.

The fine grind of AGGRAND Bonemeal 0-12-0 makes it dissolve in a shorter period of time which makes it more suited to plant needs. The fineness also facilitates deeper penetration into the soil profile so it becomes available to a greater percentage of plant roots than coarser granular bonemeal products

AGGRAND Natural Bonemeal is recommended for application during transplanting of vegetable and flower starts, and planting of bulbs and seeds. It increases root development which produces faster growing, healthier plants. Application of AGGRAND Natural Liquid Bonemeal to carrots and potatoes increases the size and quality of the roots and tubers.

Application to bulbs increases the number and size of flowers, and the bulbs can be split more frequently. Increased phosphorus availability during flowering and fruit development lengthens the flowering period and produces higher numbers of flowers and fruits.

Recycling just two gallons of used oil can generate enough electricity to run the average household for nearly 24 hours.

Three states in the U.S. have classified used motor oil as a hazardous waste: California, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

The used oil from one oil change can contaminate 1 million gallons of fresh water, a year’s supply for 50 people.

If all Americans who changed their own oil recycled their used oil, it would provide enough motor oil for more than 50 million cars a year. Imagine how much foreign oil that would eliminate.

By University News Release: In recent years, fertilizer costs have generally increased. In 2002, fertilizer costs were $57 per acre. From the 2002 level, fertilizer cost increased $35 per acre, reaching $90 per acre in 2007. Since 2007, fertilizer costs have been above $100 per acre. Fertilizer costs reached $124 per acre in 2008, a $34 per acre increase over 2007 costs. Costs increased another $61 per acre and reached the high of $185 per ton in 2009.

Much of the very high 2009 costs can be attributed to high fertilizer prices during the fall of 2008, the period in which much of fertilizers purchased for 2009 were purchased. From highs in 2008, prices fell steadily resulting in lower costs of $124 per acre in 2010. Fertilizer prices began increasing in 2010, resulting in higher costs in 2011 of $150 per acre. Prices have continued to rise in 2010.     AGGRAND has a better and less expensive way to fertilize.

By University News Release: In its July 7th report, the Agricultural Market Service reports fertilizer contract prices for fall delivery as $814 per ton for anhydrous ammonia, $688 per ton for Diammonium Phosphate (DAP), and $627 per ton for Potash. Using these fertilizer prices to calculate 2012 fertilizer cost grown on high productivity farmland results in $162 per acre. The $162 per ton projection is above 2010 and 2011 costs, but below 2009 costs.

The $162 per acre fertilizer cost projection for 2011 is calculated using application rates of 180 pounds per acre of anhydrous ammonia, 170 pounds of DAP, and 85 pounds for potash. These application rates are based on University of Illinois agronomic recommendations, with phosphorus and potassium applied at replacement rates. The expected yield used in calculating nutrient needs is 195 bushels per acre.

If actual costs in 2012 equal projected costs, the $162 per acre costs will be the second highest on record for central Illinois farms with high productivity farmland. Only the 2008 cost of $185 per acre exceeds the 2012 projected costs. The actual fertilizer cost of $124 in 2010 and the projected of $150 per acre for 2011 are below the projected 2012 costs.  Isn’t it nice to know that AGGRAND Natural Fertilizers has a better deal then this!