Better Farm Crops Lawn Systems

Stop Guessing Your Way Through Lawn Care

Whether you care for your own lawn, want to start a weed and feed business, or already serve customers, Better Farm Crops helps you build a practical lawn program around products, training, soil information, timing, and application planning.

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Choose Your Path

Where Are You Starting?

The right next step depends on whether you are caring for your own lawn, exploring lawn care as a business, or already serving customers.

Business Starter Path

Start a Lawn Business Without Overbuilding It

Learn the product system, understand your numbers, choose practical equipment, and build a repeatable process before you try to scale.

  • Learn the AgroVantage® lawn product system
  • Understand soil testing and application planning
  • Set up a practical startup path
  • Build better first quotes
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Operator Improvement Path

Tighten Up the Route You Already Have

Review fertility, adjuvants, timing, cost per application, and customer communication before making bigger program changes.

  • Review fertility and adjuvant decisions
  • Improve consistency and communication
  • Evaluate cost per application
  • Pilot changes before broader rollout
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DIY Lawn Care Path

Get Better Guidance Than the Big-Box Aisle

For homeowners, acreage owners, churches, schools, and property managers who want practical product guidance instead of guessing.

  • Product selection guidance
  • Soil-informed recommendations
  • Application timing support
  • Basic spray math and planning help
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The Core System

Products, Training, Planning, and Support

The Conklin® AgroVantage® lawn care materials focus on an organized system: liquid fertility, adjuvants, soil testing, training, and support for new and existing lawn care operators.

This site is built to help people choose the right next step — not just read a product list.

Training

Learn product basics, application timing, soil testing, customer communication, and responsible business practices.

Planning

Build application plans around soil information, product fit, rates, carrier volume, timing, and real-world conditions.

Tools

Use quoting tools, application summaries, training resources, and practical support to move from interest to action.

Important: Better Farm Crops provides product information, training, and planning tools. Recommendations are based on available information and standard practices. Results may vary based on weather, soil conditions, application timing, product selection, equipment, licensing, and management practices.

AgroVantage® Lawn Products

A Product System Built Around Liquid Lawn Applications

Conklin® AgroVantage® lawn care products include Feast® liquid fertilizers, secondary and micronutrients, adjuvants, and biological products that can be used as part of a practical lawn application plan.

Fertility

Feast® Lawn & Turf Fertilizers

Liquid turf fertility options designed for lawn and turf application plans, including nitrogen and potassium/sulfur support.

Nutrients

Secondary & Micronutrients

Feast® chelated and complexed nutrients that can help address nutrient availability considerations in the lawn system.

Spray Support

Adjuvants

AgroVantage® products such as WEX®, RainFast®, Bulls Eye®, and Kombind® can support spray uniformity, coverage, drift management, buffering, and compatibility.

Soil, Seed & Biology Support

Soil, Seed & Biology Support

Amplify® supports germination and seedling vigor. Soil/Foliar X-Cyto®, Intensify®, and Syntose FA® help support plant growth response, nutrient uptake, and soil biology.

Product Quality Matters

Better Lawn Programs Start With Better Inputs

A lawn program is only as strong as what goes into it. Feast® fertilizer quality, low-biuret nitrogen, and American manufacturing give homeowners and lawn care operators a better story than “we spray what everybody else sprays.”

Professional Training

Conklin® Lawn Pro Training Is Part of the System

Lawn care is easier to build when you are not guessing. Conklin® Lawn Pro Training gives account holders and guests a structured way to learn AgroVantage® lawn products, soil testing, fertilizer efficiency, nitrogen management, and surfactant selection.

Better Farm Crops can help you understand upcoming training options and how training fits your lawn care path.

Ask About Lawn Pro Training

Training topics include:

  • Taking guesswork out of a fertilizer program
  • Using soil testing to guide decisions
  • Understanding fertilizer efficiencies
  • Nitrogen management basics
  • Surfactant and adjuvant selection
  • Application timing and customer communication
Eligible Conklin® account holders may qualify for product discounts after successful completion of approved training. Dates, registration options, and discount eligibility are subject to current Conklin® program rules.

Start a Lawn Business

Start Simple. Plan Carefully. Grow from There.

A successful lawn care business is built on more than a sprayer and a customer list. Before you start chasing lawns, you need to understand the products, the pricing, the records, the licensing, and the customer communication that go with the work.

Start simple. Serve a manageable area. Quote the work carefully. Keep good records. Communicate clearly. Build a process you can repeat. That is how a small lawn service becomes a real business instead of an expensive experiment.

A practical startup path

Plan

Plan your business

Define your goals, service area, customer type, pricing approach, and growth expectations.

Check

Understand licensing and records

Review local and state requirements for fertilizer, pesticide, business licensing, insurance, and application records.

Start

Start with practical equipment

Choose equipment that fits your customer base, budget, and local requirements, then upgrade as the business grows.

Serve

Measure, quote, and communicate

Measure lawns carefully, document the application plan, communicate clearly, and keep organized customer records.

Startup Notes

A simple launch is better than an overbuilt launch

  • Learn the product system before you sell it
  • Use a quoting process you can repeat
  • Document what you apply and when
  • Build consistency before chasing scale

You do not need to overbuild on day one. The goal is a clear, repeatable process.

Planning Example

Know your numbers before you start

A lawn business needs to account for materials, labor, travel time, equipment, overhead, licensing, insurance, weather delays, and follow-up.

Measure actual lawn size
Price materials, labor, and overhead
Track customers, applications, and payments

Examples are for planning only. Actual revenue and profit depend on customer count, pricing, expenses, market demand, weather, licensing, and individual effort.

Improve My Operation

Already Spraying Lawns? Improve What You Already Built.

You do not have to replace your whole program to make progress. Sometimes the best next step is reviewing your fertility approach, surfactant choices, carrier volume, application timing, customer communication, and quote structure.

Better Farm Crops can help you look for practical improvements without creating chaos in the route you already have.

Review My Current Program

This is a planning conversation — not a blanket offer of free product.

Test the Fit Before You Change the Route

Before changing an entire customer base, start small. A simple side-by-side comparison can help you evaluate product fit, application timing, labor, customer response, and overall practicality.

Simple Comparison Plan

  • Choose a few lawns or properties
  • Document your current approach
  • Apply the comparison plan consistently
  • Track observations over time
  • Compare cost, labor, and customer response

What to Review

  • Product mix
  • Carrier volume
  • Surfactant selection
  • Route efficiency
  • Customer follow-up

Product purchase, pricing, and application decisions are discussed case by case. Testing does not guarantee a specific result.

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Product guidance for people who want to care for their own lawn without guessing.

DIY Lawn Care

DIY Lawn Care With Better Product Guidance

DIY lawn care can get confusing fast. Fertilizer numbers, weed control timing, soil conditions, rates, and application equipment all matter. Better Farm Crops helps you think through the process before you apply product.

For property owners who want to care for their own lawn, the goal is to build a practical application plan using product information, timing guidance, and soil-informed recommendations instead of guessing.

  • Product selection
  • Application timing
  • Soil test information
  • Nutrient needs
  • Weed control options
  • Basic spray math
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Apps, Training & Resources

Practical Tools to Support Lawn and Application Decisions

Better Farm Crops is developing practical tools for quoting, spray math, field boundaries, and soil sampling. We also help operators connect with Conklin Lawn Pro Training, where they can learn the AgroVantage® lawn system from experienced lawn care providers, make industry contacts, and build confidence before growing too fast.

Current resource

Conklin® Lawn Pro Training

Learn the AgroVantage® lawn system, including product basics, soil testing, fertilizer efficiency, nitrogen management, surfactant selection, and application planning.

In testing

BFC Lawn Quote App

Build lawn application estimates using product, labor, overhead, and pricing inputs so new and existing operators can quote more consistently.

In testing

Sprayer Math App

Support practical sprayer setup decisions with calculations for ground speed, application rate, spray tip output, pump requirements, boom width, useful field conversions, and adjustments for heavier-than-water products such as liquid fertilizer.

In testing

Boundary & Soil Sampling App

The Boundary & Soil Sampling App is being developed to help users map field or lawn boundaries, organize sampling points, and support soil testing workflows. Planned features include composite, zone, and grid sampling options, along with support for advanced GPS receivers where higher accuracy is needed.

Note: App availability, training dates, and resource access may change as tools move from development to testing to release.

Get Started

Tell Us Where You Are Starting

Choose the path that best fits your situation, and we will help point you toward the right next step.

What happens next

  • We review your situation and goals
  • We point you toward the most useful next step
  • We follow up with practical information or questions

Common reasons people reach out

  • DIY lawn product guidance
  • Starting a lawn weed & feed business
  • Improving an existing route
  • Lawn Pro Training questions

Request Information

A few details help us understand whether you are caring for your own lawn, starting a lawn business, or improving an existing route.

Get pointed in the right direction

  • Tell us whether you are DIY, starting a business, or improving an operation
  • Share the main help you need right now
  • We will follow up with the most useful next step
Get Practical Lawn Guidance

Better Farm Crops provides product information, training, and planning tools. Final recommendations depend on your situation, products, timing, equipment, and local requirements.