Ted and his wife, Denise, an
Elementary Principal at Shelby-
Rising City School, have three kids.
Ted Glock said rural America has
to figure out how to adapt, and added
that adapting to change isn’t always
easy.
In fact, it’s rarely, if ever, easy.
“It’s impressive sitting in board
meetings for Servi-Tech and hearing
about the brilliant minds who work
“Servi-Tech knew what they were
doing,” he said.
Eugene said he appreciates Servi-
Tech because as a conservationist,
he’s concerned about water quality.
“If you overuse fertilizer or
pesticides, they either go down
to the ground water or wash into
rivers and streams. And eventually,
they cause some problems,” Eugene
Glock said. “Using Servi-Tech’s
“Find people that you trust that give you
good advice. That works for farming and
it works for life.”
- Ted Glock
for the company, the things we
accomplish and the people who do
them,” Ted Glock said.
“The board talks a lot about how
we’ll replace the knowledge at Servi-
Tech as it starts to retire,” he said.
“We’ve got a lot of young employees
who are smart and dedicated. As long
as the board does our job in making
the company direction known to
management so it continues to
thrive, I hope we can keep all the
good minds that we’ve got.”
Saving time and money
Eugene and Ted Glock said
Servi-Tech has helped them save
money in fertilizer, herbicides,
pesticides, water, and irrigation fuel.
They also use ProfilerPlus, a
soil moisture monitoring system
through Servi-Tech Expanded
Premium Services (STEPS), as well
as CropView, an aerial imagery
program also offered through STEPS.
Eugene Glock said from a hill on
their property, they can see seven
different pivots. He said it took time
and willpower to not go start his
pivot when the others were running
after they hired Servi-Tech.
recommendations, you don’t
overapply anything. When you have
other decisions to make on the farm,
it’s really nice to have someone who’s
an expert.”
Eugene said that before Servi-Tech,
farmers often sprayed for bugs if
they saw their neighbors spraying for
bugs.
“Servi-Tech checks to see if it will
pay to spray them. Many times, we’ve
found there’s not an economic level
to treat,” Eugene Glock said.
Ryan Meister, director of Servi-
Tech Expanded Premium Services,
worked with the Glocks for several
years, scouting their corn and
soybeans.
“Ted and Eugene are always willing
to explore new technology that can
make their farm more productive
and efficient with the inputs that they
apply,” Meister said. “They were one
of the first adopters of grid sampling
and have routinely grid sampled their
fields to manage fertility levels.”
He added: “They are very good
stewards of the land.”
Steve Kramer, a Technical Support
Agronomist, signed the Glocks up
originally for Servi-Tech. Eugene
Glock won 80 acres of grid sampling
more than 20 years ago through
Servi-Tech.
Steve Kramer grid sampled their
fields, and the Glocks have grid
sampled ever since.
“They’re good customers and
good friends,” Kramer said. “They’re
good farmers and they know their
agronomy. We have a great working
relationship.”
History
Eugene’s other piece of advice for
young farmers is to get involved.
— See Glocks, page 14
Ted Glock said the best Servi-Tech report came in
around 1998 after a wind storm blew a bunch of tree
branches in the bean field.
The report said” Large patches of deciduous forest
in the beans. Recommend applying six medium-sized
men, two chainsaws and a loader. If you can’t get
a loader, substitute four extra guys and three more
chainsaws.
Ted Glock said: “It was wonderful.”
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