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2026 Program · Reallocation Analysis

The budget doesn't grow.
It moves.

Jack Hjelmeland runs BetterAcre™'s most complete program on every acre — and still lowers his cost. Same expected yield, a leaner input bill, and a standing investment in soil health.

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“The Proving Ground” — Summer 2026, page 8. Or see the numbers below.

Corn–SoybeanRotation
Southeast MNRegion
395 / 453Corn / soybean acres

Corn — per acre, annual

Conventional plan$347.93
BetterAcre™ plan$309.96

You keep

$37.97

per corn acre — 11% lower input cost

Where the money moved

Nothing was added to the budget. It was reallocated.

Phosphorus and potassium reductions are managed to soil test and confirmed through annual sampling. Herbicide is retained in both plans. The full analysis shows every line item on both sides.

Reallocated out of the conventional plan

  • Dry phosphate & potash (DAP + potash)
  • Fall fertilizer application pass
  • Gypsum
  • Standalone fungicide package
  • Herbicide adjuvants & planter talc
  • Nitrogen right-sized to agronomic optimum

Into the BetterAcre™ program

  • In-furrow biology & soluble nutrition
  • Residue digester
  • Foliar carbon & season-long nutrition
  • Live algae biostimulant
  • Fungicide protection built in

Cost parity is only the entry point. As the biology establishes, Jack builds improved soil structure, natural disease suppression, and greater water-holding capacity — resilience that lowers risk and can widen the savings over time.

The Phase 2 Upside — Years 3 and Beyond

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The complete one-page analysis: both cost tables, the full-rotation math, the reallocation detail, and the Phase 2 outlook — sized to print or forward.

Corn and full corn–soybean rotation, on a same-yield basis
Every line item on both sides of the reallocation
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