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[RFD IL Radio] Improving Soybean Performance with Spring Applications
May 1, 2017 — Posted By Agricen

RFD IL.pngWhat can Midwest growers do to ensure they will get good performance from their soybeans? Scott Lay recently discussed this issue with RFD IL Radio Network, including how a spring application of Loveland’s Extract PBA biocatalyst can help optimize soybean yield potential.

RFD: How do we get the best performance out of soybeans? The product that we’re talking about is Extract. First things first, Scott, what is Extract?

Scott Lay: Extract is a fertilizer biocatalyst that we are positioning in soybeans, and it is unique to Nutrien Ag Solutions/Loveland Products. Extract is designed to help speed up nutrient mineralization and free up additional fertility for the growing crop so it can realize its full yield potential.

RFD: Interesting that it’s a fertilizer biocatalyst, but it’s not applied with fertilizer. How does that work?

Scott: It is often applied with liquid fertilizers, particularly in corn and wheat. But in this instance, we are applying it with soybean herbicides. This is simply because across Illinois and the greater part of the Midwest, fertilizing for a soybean crop isn’t an established practice. The presence of Extract allows growers to mineralize more nutrients, pulling in more of the nutrients from the soil that already exist there.

RFD: So Extract is in a liquid form?

Scott: It is in a liquid form, so it’s very easy to use, and it can be tank-mixed with virtually any combination of herbicides and/or liquid fertilizers.

RFD: So if I’m about to perform my burndown as I anticipate planting, I can tank mix it and be off and running?

Scott: That’s correct. It’s best use in terms of timing in soybeans is early season, either prior to planting the crop or, in some instances, immediately after planting the crop, but prior to emergence.

RFD: Sometimes just getting soybeans to emerge can be a challenge, so I assume this helps with that?

Scott: Very much so, and I think you hit it right on the head. Soybeans are a little more of a fragile crop relative to corn, particularly early season. Getting that even and consistent emergence–that early season vigor and plant health–is very critical, not just in terms of establishing stand count, but also in allowing each and every plant to realize more of its yield potential come September and October.

RFD: I was looking at some notes here about Extract delivering nutrients to the plant when yield is determined. 

Scott: Soybeans are a complex biological bean. While early season emergence is critical, nutrient availability is key in terms of determining the yield of that soybean crop. Ninety percent of all nutrients consumed in a soybean plant are taken up from bloom through physiological maturity. When we utilize Extract, we've found that there are more nutrients in a plant-available form throughout the season, including into that July/August timeframe when most nutrients are consumed.

RFD: So we put it in now, and later we have those nutrients available. The nutrients are already in that soil, so it’s just a matter of getting them into that crop?

Scott: That’s very true. Step one, of course, is applying nutrients. Certainly a number of dollars are expended in that effort. But that’s not always a guarantee that the nutrients find themselves in a plant-available form that the crop can utilize. Extract, while it’s not magic, simply accelerates that process of releasing nutrients that are otherwise bound up by metals and calcium, and perhaps limited by pH or weather. It helps make the plant more efficient in its end result.

RFD: You have done trials?

Scott: We have a lot of trials. Over the last several years, a number of land grant institutions across the Midwest, other third-parties and our folks at Nutrien Ag Solutions Services have conducted probably in the range of 100 to 150 trials so far. We’ve seen some very consistent results when we’ve used Extract.

RFD:  What about return on investment? Would this lead to an increased yield bump? Because it is still an input, so we would need to cover that input.

Scott: Well said, it's absolutely an input. We recognize that the name of the game is return on investment. What we’ve found across our trials and from in-field use is that the positive yield result has averaged right at about 4.5 bushels per acre of increased soybean yield. It’s a very consistent return on investment given the minimal cost for Extract. In relative terms, it costs about 1.2 bushels of increased yield to pay for the Extract application.

RFD: Where does one find Extract?

Scott: You can find the product at any Nutrien Ag Solutions retail store across the Midwest, and our local sales representatives and agronomists would be happy to have a discussion about Extract and how it may potentially fit into a particular farmer’s operation.

Listen to the Interview.

You can also download the Extract soybean study to see how Extract performs in soybean trials across the Midwest.

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[Ohio AgNet] Improve Soybean Yield by Addressing Nutrient Availability
April 24, 2017 — Posted By Agricen

Ohio AgNet.jpgTy Higgins of Ohio AgNet sat down with Scott Lay to discuss soybean nutrient needs and how Extract PBA can increase nutrient release to help improve soybean fertility.

AgNet: Typically, it’s not practical to spend similar money on fertilizing soybeans as it is on fertilizing corn. But this year, there might be a change of thought in that area.

Scott Lay: One thing we like to talk about as it relates to yield in soybeans is identifying limiting factors. Often, that limiting factor for soybeans is the availability of nutrients.

More often than not, a lot more effort related to fertility is focused on corn, which certainly makes good sense. But we can’t forget about that soybean crop and its nutrient needs that exist throughout the season. So we’re always trying to find ways to optimize nutrient availability to the growing crop throughout the season, so that we’re able to impact yield.

AgNet: That’s where a product from Loveland Products and Nutrien Ag Solutions comes into play.

Scott: We have a product called Extract that is a fertilizer biocatalyst product with some ammonium thiosulfate. Through several years’ worth of university testing and internal trials across the Midwest, we've found that we’re able to impact early season vigor and emergence and get a more even stand as the crop comes out of the ground, which is certainly important. But as the season goes on, nutrient availability to the plant is oftentimes a limiting factor, one that can be impacted by weather. For example, dryer conditions can impact the ability of the plant to utilize nutrients. The Extract technology helps to mineralize nutrients more effectively, getting more into the plant at the time when yield is determined, later in the growing season.

We have dozens of third-party trials of Extract, as well as real-life farmer split-field type of comparisons. What our research has found is that the average yield response is about 4.3 bushels, and 85 percent of the time we get a net positive yield response.

At the end of the day, I think that’s what anyone is looking for–a consistent technology that performs and that delivers a positive return on investment.

AgNet: And those results don’t discriminate between tillage practices.

Scott: We've found across a wide range of tillage practices–from clean tillage at one end of the spectrum to no-till on the other end–that nutrient availability is compromised regardless of the amount of residue.

In instances where there is more crop residue from the prior year, we have to recognize that there are a lot of nutrients bound up in that stalk residue. The biocatalyst component of Extract helps to accelerate the breakdown of that residue.

You’ve already paid for those nutrients, so it’s a way to help accelerate that breakdown process and get more nitrogen, phosphorus and potash into that growing soybean crop.

Listen to the Interview.

You can also download the Extract soybean study to see how Extract performs in soybean trials across the Midwest.

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[AgWatch Interview] How Spring Soybean Programs Can Benefit Farmers
April 19, 2017 — Posted By Agricen

AgWatch logo.pngAgWatch spoke with Kent Moore, Proprietary Products Manager with Loveland Products and Nutrien Ag Solutions, about upcoming spring soybean programs and how they can benefit soybean farmers.

Kent Moore: "A program that we’re looking at running with many of our growers is a product called Extract from Loveland Products, which we will combine with and put in with our soybean residual products as we burn down in front of soybeans. 

The soybean residual products from Loveland that we’re looking at are Matador and Intimidator, two proven products that are excellent at controlling small seed broadleafs, pigweeds species, and ragweeds. We’re pairing those up with an application of Extract, which is a combination of our unique biochemical fertilizer catalyst and ammonium thiosulfate.

Extract helps enhance and speed up the rate of nutrient mineralization and release in the soil so that more nutrients are available to the plant for uptake this season, which should lead to overall enhanced plant performance and yield."

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Download the Extract PBA soybean bulletin to see how Extract has performed in soybean trials across the Midwest.

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[Video] Make Every Nutrient Count with Extract PBA
March 15, 2017 — Posted By Agricen

For the best soybeans this season, make every nutrient count with Extract PBA. 

Extract PBA combines concentrated biochemistry and a nitrogen source to release the nutrients your beans need all while helping you access the full value of your fertilizer investment. Turn to Extract PBA this spring to feed your soybeans and maximize yield potential.

You can learn more about Extract PBA by contacting your local Crop Production Services retailer, or registering for our upcoming webinar, "A New Perspective on Soybean Yield Improvement."

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How Do IBA, Kinetin & Nutrient Mobilization Impact Crop Performance?
March 6, 2017 — Posted By Agricen
Read this Q&A for a brief introduction to IBA, kinetin and other compounds that aid in plant growth and functioning—and learn how they can help optimize plant performance.

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What are IBA and kinetin, and how do they benefit crops?

IBA (which stands for indolebutyric acid) and kinetin are two different types of plant growth regulators or hormones. IBA is an auxin that is produced in the plant’s leaves and shoots. IBA travels downwards to the roots and stimulates early and improved root growth, which increases plant vigor and the plant’s ability to fight off stress throughout the growing season. Kinetin is a cytokinin that travels up the plant from the root tips, directing many physiological functions of plant growth.

IBA and kinetin (as cytokinin) are the active ingredients in Radiate®, which combines these two plant growth regulators in the optimum ratio to maximize the physiological processes in the plant that drive root and shoot growth. Radiate is designed to help crops develop longer, stronger, healthier roots to improve nutrient uptake. It can be used as a foliar application during the two- to six-leaf growth period (V2-V6) to jumpstart early season root growth and plant vigor, which can lead to gains in crop productivity. 

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What is NutriSync® technology, and why is it important for plant health and performance?  

NutriSync® technology is based on a naturally occurring compound that transports and remobilizes nutrients to areas of peak demand within the plant. By providing better uptake and utilization of important nutrients and delivering them to the new points of growth in the plant, this technology helps to increase overall plant performance. 

NutriSync technology promotes nutrient mobilization to areas of high demand and supports better utilization of nutrients within the plant. These features create healthier plants throughout the growing season, which can lead to higher yields and a better return on investment. 

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What synergies could I expect when using Radiate, which contains IBA and kinetin, with the technology found in NutriSync?  

As IBA and kinetin increase root growth and development, the plant’s ability to take up soil nutrients increases. After the nutrients are in the plant, NutriSync technology helps the plant move them to areas of new growth, where demand is highest. By using Radiate and NutriSync products together in the same season, growers can expect better root development, more efficient use of nutrients, stronger overall plant performance and an excellent return on investment. 
Radiate and NutriSync are registered trademarks of Loveland Products, Inc. Radiate is not registered in California, and is not approved or intended to be used or sold in California.

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Pair Up for Maximum Soybean Yield
February 28, 2017 — Posted By Agricen

Pair Up-1.jpgAs farmers make input decisions for the upcoming growing season, they are looking for ways to cost effectively increase soybean yields. By using Extract PBA with a soybean pre-emerge herbicide application like Intimidator®, Matador®, or Matador-S, farmers can release nutrients tied up in the soil or in crop residue to unlock the potential of every acre of soybeans planted this spring. 

Benefits of Intimidator & Matador / Matador-S:

    • Provide broad spectrum weed control (burndown and long-lasting residual)
    • Have a unique formulation: 3 active ingredients to help manage weed resistance

Benefits of Extract:

    • Maximizes nutrient release from crop residues and the soil
    • Extends existing nutrient availability later into the season
    • Optimizes yield potential

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Learn more about the benefits of Extract PBA for your soybeans by downloading an Extract soybean study.

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Extract Powered by Accomplish, Intimidator and Matador are registered trademarks of Loveland Products, Inc.

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Biostimulants & Biofertilizers Are Finding Their Place in the Field
January 24, 2017 — Posted By Agricen

sciences petri dish.jpgBiostimulants and biofertilizers are now joining biopesticides as technologies that have proven themselves in the field. As they continue to deliver benefits to growers and acceptance grows, more and more biological-based products are being introduced from companies of all sizes—including products like Titan XC and Extract. 

Bio-based products are likely to play a growing role as part of a systems approach to managing plants and the soil and microbial communities that surround them, with benefits that may include improvements in nutrient utilization or better plant tolerance of abiotic stresses like heat, cold or drought.

You can read more about the way that biological solutions for agriculture are moving forward in this recent article from Corn & Soybean Digest.

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[Video] Fertilizer Breakdown with Titan XC
January 9, 2017 — Posted By Agricen
Treating dry fertilizer with Titan XC accelerates prill breakdown for rapid nutrient release and improved nutrient uptake by crops. This time-lapse video shows how quickly Titan XC works to break down 9-23-30, 11-52-0 and MESZ fertilizers.

 
Learn more about Titan XC and its agronomic benefits by downloading the Titan XC product booklet. 

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[Trial Data] Extract PBA Brings Big Returns on Two Crops in One Year
December 14, 2016 — Posted By Agricen

In this trial from Attica, Indiana, Extract PBA brought in big returns on two crops in the same year.

Extract PBA was applied in the fall of 2015 on soybean stubble, and winter wheat was planted. At harvest, the crop planted where Extract was applied had an 8 bushel per acre yield advantage.

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In 2016, the grower planted double crop soybeans in the same field, again gaining a yield advantage (5 bushels per acre) where Extract PBA had been applied the previous year. The combined ROI to the grower was $69/acre.  

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One of the major benefits of Extract PBA is that it increases nutrient mineralization in the soil. As seen in this trial, this can potentially have benefits that last more than one year. Plan on using Extract PBA in the fall or spring to maximize nutrient mineralization and help feed your crop.

Learn more by downloading the Extract PBA product booklet.

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More Robust Soybean Plants, Higher Pod Counts with Extract PBA
November 21, 2016 — Posted By Agricen

In Northern Ohio, Nutrien Ag Solutions conducted trials to evaluate the benefits of making a fall residue or spring pre-emerge application of Extract PBA (1 gallon per acre). In these trials, Extract was applied on corn stalks in fields where soybeans would be planted as the next crop. The data shows great potential for a growers' return on investment, with healthier plants and higher pod counts when Extract PBA was used. 

In the trial results shown below, the plants from the treated areas have a more robust structure to support higher yields. Pod clusters are also tighter, with more per node compared to plants from untreated strips in the test plots.

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When the pods were counted from the plants above, there were 16 more pods from the plants grown in the Extract PBA-treated area compared to the untreated controls. 

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Similar results were also seen in a Nutrien Ag Solutions trial conducted in Iowa, where Extract PBA was applied with pre-emerge herbicide. Soybean plants in the Extract PBA-treated areas were greener, more robust and had higher pod counts (shown below) compared to the untreated controls.

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These results are a good demonstration of how powerfully Extract PBA releases nutrients to feed a soybean crop.

Use Extract PBA the the fall or spring for benefits that include:

  • Release of nutrients trapped in residue or bound in soil

  • Extension of existing nutrient availability later into the season

  • Optimization of plantability in the spring

  • More even crop emergence

  • Improved yield potential

Learn more by downloading the Extract PBA product booklet.

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