The Power of Sugar-Based Nutrition

From residue breakdown to reproductive growth, energy drives everything in your crop system. Sugar-based nutrition helps power soil biology and supports the plant during key growth stages, making it a simple addition that can deliver meaningful results in the field.

Feeding Your Microbes

Healthy soils start with active biology. Sugars derived from cane molasses act as a carbon-rich food source for soil microorganisms, energizing microbial populations and increasing biological activity. This boost leads to improved nutrient cycling, faster residue breakdown, and more nutrients becoming plant-available—supporting long-term soil health and overall system efficiency.

Fueling Your Crops

When crops face stress or high energy demand, they need readily available fuel. Sugar isn’t just for microbes—it’s also direct energy for the plant. Cane molasses supplies easily accessible carbohydrates that help crops maintain metabolic processes during critical growth stages, without pulling from the plant’s own carbohydrate reserves.

Sugar Creek Ag’s sugar-based products are flexible and can be added to starter applications, liquid nitrogen, or foliar programs—alone or alongside other nutrients.

Sweet ‘n’ Loam

Sweet ‘n’ Loam feeds both the plant and the soil with sugar derived from cane molasses.

4-0-3 with sulfur
35% sugar (3.9 pounds of actual sugar per gallon)
Supports microbial activity, nutrient uptake, and residue breakdown
Flexible use in starter, liquid nitrogen, or foliar applications

Learn more about Sweet ‘n’ Loam

Shug Nitro

Shug Nitro combines sugar with nitrogen to help support plant energy while improving nutrient efficiency.

12-0-2 with sulfur
25% sugar (2.8 pounds of actual sugar per gallon)
Ideal for pairing with other nutrient applications
Helps drive nutrient uptake and plant performance

Learn more about Shug Nitro

If you have questions about how to incorporate sugar into your program—or which product fits best for your operation—reach out to your Sugar Creek Ag team. We’re happy to help you fine-tune a plan that feeds your microbes and fuels your crop all season long.

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Setting Up Grass Hay & Pasture for Success at Green-Up

By Sugar Creek Ag • January 29, 2026

When it comes to grass hay and pasture production, early-season management sets the tone for the entire year. What happens at green-up influences stand density, forage response, nutrient efficiency, and ultimately how much you can get out of every acre. Building a strong forage program isn’t about chasing a single pass or product. It’s about supporting soil function, nutrient availability, and plant health from the start. If soil conditions or nutrient availability limit growth at green-up, those challenges can carry through the rest of the season and impact both yield and forage quality. That’s why many hay and pasture growers focus on programs that support early nutrient efficiency and soil function — not fertilizer alone. In many hay and pasture systems, early fertility focuses heavily on nitrogen to drive growth. While nitrogen can increase biomass, it doesn’t always improve forage quality or feed value. Bigger plants don’t automatically mean better hay. In some cases, bulk without balance can lead to more waste and less efficient utilization.

“My pH is good. Why do I need calcium?”

By Sugar Creek Ag • January 28, 2026

A crop may still require calcium even when soil pH is within the optimal range because soil pH alone does not indicate how much calcium is actually available to plants or how effectively it is taken up. While pH reflects soil acidity or alkalinity, it does not measure exchangeable calcium levels.

Tobacco Growers Meeting

By Sugar Creek Ag • November 27, 2025

Tobacco growers, you're invited to join Southern States and Sugar Creek Ag on December 9th, 2025 , for an in-depth meeting focused on foliar nutrition, humic products, and practical in-season strategies to strengthen crop performance. Hosted at Palace Pointe in Roxboro, NC , this meeting will bring together growers from across the region to talk through real field challenges, field-proven solutions, and key timing considerations for the upcoming season. Growers will hear the latest updates from Sugar Creek Ag’s team, including: Field-tested insights on foliar timing How humic products support root health and nutrient uptake In-season solutions that stabilize performance when the soil can’t keep up Additional Southern States agronomy topics relevant to Carolina tobacco acres Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2025 Time: 5:00 PM Location: Palace Pointe, 5050 Durham Rd, Roxboro, NC