Yield success for this grower near Macon, Mississippi started in the fall of last year when he applied 1 gallon per acre of Extract PBA (with 1 gallon/acre of UAN 32 +15 gallons/acre of water) on cotton residue from his 2019 crop.

The grower planted corn in the spring of 2020. Where Extract PBA had been used, he realized a yield increase of +11.47 bushels per acre compared to the check, for a net ROI of $33.88 per acre with his Extract PBA application.

Already a busy period, harvest is also the time for growers to begin planning for next season's crop. Fall planning can be critical to having a less stressful planting season in the spring. Incorporating Titan XC and Extract PBA into fall plans is one way that growers can set themselves up for success in the season ahead.

Agricen's Stephen Sexton breaks down the benefits of these biocatalyst products and explains where they fit into fall programs.

Luke Bryan makes a valid point when he sings, “ rain makes corn,” but do you know what can help make even more corn? Extract PBA.

With uncertainties in the market, the ability to increase corn yields in a cost-efficient way is more important than ever. Extract PBA in a broadcast application with a corn pre-emerge herbicide, fall burndown herbicide or liquid UAN can provide numerous benefits including:

• Accelerated mineralization and release of nutrients in the soil

• Improved plant vigor
  
  
• Increased plant performance and yield

Our latest webinar, "Sidedressing Nitrogen for Maximum Yields," is now available to watch online. 

During this on-demand webinar, you will:

• Learn how to improve the efficiency and efficacy of sidedress nitrogen applications  

• Understand how incorporating biocatalyst technology into a sidedress application can help maximize crop yield potential by ensuring that applied nitrogen is available during peak crop demand

• See how Extract PBA and NexBlu perform when used in a sidedress program

Our latest webinar, "Maximizing Corn Yields with Extract PBA," is now available to watch online. 

During this on-demand webinar, you will:

• Learn about the benefits of using Extract PBA in a broadcast application with a corn pre-emerge herbicide or liquid UAN  

• Hear how Extract PBA can increase nutrient release in the soil to help maximize corn yields, including in continuous corn and corn/soybean rotation practices

• Understand why you should consider using Extract PBA as a management tool for fallow syndrome on prevent plant acres

Our latest webinar, "Opportunities to Influence Early Season Crop Health," is now available to watch online. 

During the on-demand crop health webinar, you will learn:

• What steps you can take to optimize early season crop health

• How Accomplish LM, Extract PBA and Titan XC can fit into your growing program this spring to maximize yield outcomes this season 

You'll see how each technology works to increase nutrient availability and uptake for improved plant health early in the growing season, which can translate into better crop health and higher yields at the end of the season.

Nutrien Ag Solutions’ Gregg Schmitz has witnessed transformational changes in agriculture–from the birth of modern crop protection to the growth of today's market for ag biostimulants and biologicals, even leading some of the early, pivotal field trials that brought Accomplish technology to Nutrien's row crop customers.

We recently spoke with Gregg about his take on this biocatalyst technology, and why growers who aren't already using Accomplish LM, Titan XC or Extract will want to consider adopting this biochemistry in their fields in 2020.

Our webinar, "How to Reduce the Risk of Fallow Syndrome on Prevent Plant Acres," is now available to watch online.

During the on-demand webinar, you'll learn:

• What fallow syndrome is

• How fallow syndrome can impact yield opportunities

• How Extract PBA can help address the risk of fallow syndrome on prevent plant acres

Every year, growers across the country compete in the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) Corn Yield Contest and attempt to push their corn yields as far as they can go. We want to congratulate all of the 2019 winners, with special recognition to the 6 national and 17 state winners who used Accomplish LM, Extract PBA or Titan XC technology on their winning acres!

Although animal manures can be a rich source of nutrients for crops, the nutrients found in them–whether from swine, beef cattle, dairy cows or poultry–are not always in a form that is readily available for crop uptake.

Phosphorus is a good example. With its negative charge, phosphorus easily binds to positively charged micronutrients, such as those found in animal rations or dairy cow footbath solutions. Once bound, it remains in a form that is unavailable to the plant until transformed through natural processes (e.g., weather, soil microbes) or agronomic management. As a result, growers who have been applying animal manures may see high levels of unavailable phosphorus on their soil tests (indicated by a high Bray P2 value), but a deficit of plant-available phosphorus (low/lagging Bray P1).

Extract PBA, which helps to convert P2 to P1, is one of the agronomic tools available to help growers be more efficient with their nutrient applications by making phosphorus and other nutrients found in manures, crops residues and the soil more readily available for crop uptake.