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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).

Comments on Tools for New Citrus Trees

See comments by a UF/IFAS entomologist Lauren Diepenbrock on the pros and cons of tools for new citrus trees. UF/IFAS entomologist Lauren Diepenbrock shared the pros and cons of tools for new citrus trees during a presentation at the recent Citrus & Specialty Crop Expo in August. She discussed insecticides, reflective metalized mulch, red-dyed kaolin, and individual protective covers (IPCs). See excepts from a Citrus [...]

Details of USDA’s Crop Insurance Option for Tropical Storms

See the details of the USDA’s crop insurance option for tropical storms that have been named storms. The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) rolled out their new Tropical Storm Option for its Hurricane Insurance Protection-Wind Index (HIP-WI) Endorsement earlier in 2023, according to a Growing Produce article. According to the article, the RMA added “the Tropical Storm Option to this endorsement to cover named tropical [...]

Attend the 2023 UF/IFAS North Central Florida Turfgrass Field Day

Make it to the 2023 UF/IFAS North Central Florida Turfgrass Field Day on October 4th in Citra, Florida. The UF/IFAS Turf Team is hosting the 2023 UF/IFAS North Central Florida Turfgrass Field Day at the UF/IFAS Plant Science Research and Education Unit in early October. Attendees will “hear about the latest turfgrass research coming out of the UF/IFAS Turfgrass Team” and have the opportunity to [...]

UF/IFAS Needs Input at Variety Displays

Mark your calendars now to participate in upcoming UF/IFAS variety displays created by citrus breeding teams. UF/IFAS citrus breeding teams need input for their upcoming variety displays, which are “opportunities for interested parties to sample fruit from new and recent selections,” according to a Citrus Industry article. The article maintains that “Shoppers in produce departments represent a diverse audience, which echoes the need for a [...]

Options to Help Citrus Trees Recover From Hurricane Damage

The UF/IFAS Tip of the Week article shared tips to help citrus trees recover from hurricane damage, such as from Hurricane Ian. UF/IFAS researchers report that Florida citrus trees damaged by Hurricane Ian have been slow to recover. In a recent UF/IFAS Tip of the Week article, researchers maintained that “Using a measure of health of the leaves that are on the tree, tree health [...]

Benefits of New Bentgrasses Approved by A-LIST

See the benefits of new bentgrasses approved by the Alliance for Low Input Sustainable Turf, of A-LIST, for golf courses. Bentgrasses are typically used in Florida golf courses to overseed bermuda-based greens in winter. GolfCourseIndustry.com shared a story of Lake Wales Country Club reseeding with T-1 bentgrass in 2015. Recently, Turf Magazine shared in an article that the Alliance for Low Input Sustainable Turf (A-LIST) [...]