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Griffin Fertilizer Company, a division of Ben Hill Griffin, Inc., is a full-service custom dry & liquid fertilizer blender and crop protection products distributor.

Griffin Fertilizer Company

Griffin Fertilizer Company, a division of Ben Hill Griffin, Inc., is a full-service custom dry & liquid fertilizer blender and crop protection products, distributor. Since our founding by Ben Hill Griffin, Jr. in 1959, Griffin Fertilizer has been committed to helping our customers make sound agronomic and economic decisions in order to maximize their crop yields.

GRIFFIN DUAL PHOS is a proprietary nutrient solution containing highly soluble forms of elements essential to plant growth, crop development, crop quality and yield.

Dual PHOS is formulated with Dipotassium Phosphate (DKP).

Mitigating High Wind Damage in Citrus

Explore your options for helping trees recover from high wind damage in citrus. Florida is no stranger to high winds with annual hurricanes, daily thunderstorms during the summer wet season, and the occasional tornado. While there isn’t much that Florida citrus growers can do to control the weather, there are some steps that growers can take to help mitigate high wind damage in citrus, according [...]

Mark Your Calendar for These Variety Displays and More

Variety displays, research reviews, tours, and field days are scheduled for the coming months; mark your calendars now. Citrus variety displays and other events that showcase new citrus varieties in development are planned for the upcoming months. According to a Citrus Industry article, events like variety displays, field days, tours, and more “not only showcase the collective pursuit of industry needs and priorities, but they afford [...]

Tips for Late Detection of Brown Rot

The UF/IFAS Tip of the Week shares tips for control options when there is a late detection of brown rot in citrus. According to the UF/IFAS Tip of the Week, the time for preventative control of brown rot in citrus. But what are your options if you notice it now? The article, published online in Citrus Industry Magazine, shares treatment options for controlling brown rot [...]

Details of Fertilizer Rates Research and Upcoming Seminars

UF/IFAS research is yielding science-backed fertilizer rates that align with the 4Rs; seminars are scheduled. UF/IFAS researchers have been conducting research into recommended fertilizer rates since 2022 when state funding allowed the UF/IFAS Nutrient Management Program (NMP) to begin research into recommended nutrient rates for 14 Florida crops, according to a UF/IFAS blog, citrus included. For citrus, growers were concerned that long-established rates did not [...]

Takeaways From National Farm Safety and Health Week

Explore the important takeaways from National Farm Safety and Health Week National Farm Safety and Health Week 2024 is September 15-21st; the annual event has been held the third week of September during harvest season since 1944 to highlight the dangers of the agriculture industry. According to the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety, “The 2022 data for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates [...]

Citrus Nutrient Research for Fruit Size and Quality

Recent citrus nutrient research looked at the effects of potassium, calcium, and boron on fruit size and quality. Citrus greening, also known as HLB, has severely affected citrus in Florida, including fruit size and quality. Research has been on-going to find a way to combat this through nutrients; according to a Citrus Industry article on such research by UF/IFAS, “In the past few years, many [...]