Our southern agronomists, Will Scott & Dan Mattison, shared these Crop Nutrition & Adjuvant resources w/ me this past week in New Orleans and I thought I would share my notes from our meeting as a resource for growers to bookmark and refer back to from time to time…
Adjuvants by Category
They may have many different functions, but all adjuvants serve one purpose: to enhance the effectiveness and safety of your crop protection. Whether aiding in spray application, supporting better mixing and handling, or minimizing the potential for drift, the Farmers First™ portfolio of quality adjuvants can help deliver a boost to your crop protection program at a great value.
Supports a range of functions including improved spray mixing, product application and crop protection performance. Our products are made in the USA from high-grade ingredients and tested through a rigorous quality assurance process
Crop Oil (Penetrants)
- IN-Plant = Crop Oil Concentrate
- IN-Plant ADV = Low use rate blend of COC and NIS
- IN-Cert MSO = Methylated Seed Oil (Hot Oil)
- IN-Cert HighSurf MSO = MSO with more surfactant qualities
- IN-Cert Organosil MSO = MSO with surfactants and spreaders.
Non Ionic Surfactants (NIS)
- IN-Zorb 90 = Non Ionic Surfactant
- IN-Zorb ADV = Low use rate and APE free NIS
Multifunctional
- Even L Pro = combo NIS, AMS water conditioner, drift reducer
- Tether 24 = combo NIS, Non AMS water conditioner, Humectant, drift reducer, lower use rate. Designed for Enlist, but has broad use options.
- Sizzle = combo NIS, Non AMS water conditioner, drift reducer, crop oil. Works best with burndowns, has some limited in crop use options.
Crop Nutrition
In-Season Options for Foliar Crop Nutrition
Leading up to and through planting, growers work to find a balance with Mother Nature, hoping to capitalize on the optimal conditions needed to get a crop in the ground. Once planting is complete, we become even more at the mercy of those environmental conditions we no longer control, still with hopes of a crop reaching its full genetic yield potential.
Whether it’s the weather, stress from other pesticides or nutrient deficiencies that just don’t show until later, it’s equally as important to understand what factors you are trying to impact in-season as it was before the season began. Click here to learn more…
Have Questions about Crop Nutrition Product Usage?
If so, please visit our Crop Nutrition page and look for the convenient drop down search that asks you for crop, application type, and desired results.
Where to Start w/ Crop Nutrition & Biology
Every season crops are planted with hopes of reaching their full genetic yield potential. Nearly every year, plants struggle to reach this potential due to many external factors outside of a grower’s control.
When selecting what products to use and when to use them, it’s important to understand what factors you are trying to impact. All biological products are rooted in one common purpose: protecting yield potential. Click here to learn more…
Key Products to Consider…
Sizzle
(Activator Adjuvant, Acidifier, Water Conditioner, Drift & Deposition Aid)
combo NIS, Non AMS water conditioner, drift reducer, crop oil. Works best with burndowns, has some limited in crop use options. This is a great product when crops are not up and you are getting weeds out of the way is crucial. This is also a great product for when applications are going out in less than ideal conditions (wind, rain, sun). Sizzle is also a great partner for Glyphosate and also when water quality is hurting our control and efficacy of product.
1 qt/100 gal $1.49/acre
FieldGrip DRA
(Drift Reduction Agent and Deposition Aid)
On average, 1%-10% of our pesticide applications drift. So you pay $15/acre for a pesticide application and $1.5 dollars moves off target or lower rated hit a pest and we don’t kill it. This is also a great product for when applications are going out in less than ideal conditions (wind, rain, sun), also when applications go out during little or high leaf area. This product is also used when spray boom height is a concern. We also recommend using Fieldgrip DRA with fungicide and pesticide applications.
1 qt/100 gal $1.66/acre
Fit-2G
(Compatibility Agent)
Fertilizers and pesticides almost never mix correctly, this product is a game changer! We recommend Fit-2G when UAN or ATS is a pesticide carrier
1 qt/100 gal. $0.46/acre
Clear-UP
(Spray System Cleaner)
This product is to prevent crop damage, pesticide antagonism, and down time from clogged nozzles. We also recommend Clear-UP when spraying auxins, swapping pesticide types, or extended times chemicals are left in the tank and hose. This is a good to have on hand as a preventive and corrective.
16 fl. oz/50 gal $5.27/clean out
Head-OUT
(Anti-Foamer)
This product is used to prevent foam from collecting in the tank and nozzles. We also recommend using Head-OUT when it is bumpy going to and in the field or liquid will slosh around which ultimately can foam and cause spray pattern changes or streaking in the field. This is also a great tank partner for chemicals with low use rates and low GPA apps can be affected.
2 fl. oz/100 gal. $0.11/tank
Catalyst ADV
(Soil Nutrient Source)
This is a mix of enzymes that trigger bacteria already in the soil to break dormancy and replicate faster. Especially useful in high manure scenarios. You have heard that saying it takes a village to raise a kid? Lets wake that village up! This is a great analogy for how Catalyst ADV is used to wake up soil. We recommend anytime In Furrow, banded, 2×2, or sidedress is considered. Catalyst gives bacteria jumpstart or maintenance by giving sugar, carbs, acids. One of our agronomists also used this analogy… if there was a food pyramid for bugs it would look like Catalyst ADV!
16 fl. oz/acre. $6.88/acre
Atarrus
(Protein)
We know that yield is reduced by STRESS! Just like the human body, plants need protein. Think of Atarrus as protein shakes when your muscles hurt from working out. We recommend this product for low yielding areas or fields due to limiting yield factors, dryland, and short plants, yellow plants, heat stress, drought stress.
8 fl.oz qt/acre. $4.36/acre
MegaGro (PrimeR)
MegaGro is a stand alone biostimulant that is a true PGR that will drive more aggressive plant growth and development.
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