In a demonstration conducted by Crop Production Services (CPS) in Galesburg, Illinois, Extract PBA was sprayed in fall 2017 on a corn field post-harvest. In spring of 2018, stalks were pulled and split to examine the differences in residue breakdown between treated and untreated parts of the field. As seen in the photo, the Extract-treated stalks were in a more advanced stage of decomposition than untreated stalks by early spring.
Extract PBA was sprayed on Nov. 29, 2017. This photo shows corn stalks from treated and untreated parts of the field that were pulled and split on March 23, 2018.
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Illinois,
Crop Residue,
Corn,
Extract PBA
With current crop prices, growers really need to keep a tight focus on nutrient efficiency this season. An application of Extract PBA can help by powerfully releasing nutrients from residue for use by the coming crop.
In this side by side trial conducted in Fairbury, Illinois, one half of the harvested corn field was sprayed with Extract PBA in late September and the other was left untreated. There was very little moisture in the first 6 weeks after application, and photos were taken approximately 8 weeks after application.
As the photo shows, decay on the treated stalks was well advanced compared to the untreated check after only 8 weeks.
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Illinois,
Crop Residue,
Extract PBA
It’s fall fertilizer season, and many tons of dry fertilizer going out to the field from CPS locations will include the fertilizer biocatalyst Titan PBA.
Growers who use Titan PBA with their phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) fertilizers in the fall get excellent fertilizer efficiency and great results, as these corn and wheat studies show.
Don’t forget the Titan PBA in your dry fertilizer blend this season!
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Ohio,
Wheat,
Illinois,
Arkansas,
Dry Fertilizer,
Corn,
Titan
By Stephen Sexton, Director of Technical Sales, Agricen
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Illinois,
Crop Residue,
Corn,
Accomplish LM
Our partners at Crop Production Services work to get Titan PBA applied to the dry fertilizer that they spread, and for good reason: Titan PBA makes good fertilizers even better. Take a look at the yields from these soybean and corn field trials from 2013.
This soybean trial, conducted in Central Iowa, showed an 11.1 bushel per acre increase when Titan PBA was added to the grower’s standard P & K blend.
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Soybeans,
Ohio,
Illinois,
Dry Fertilizer,
Iowa,
Corn,
Titan
By Stephen Sexton, Director of Technical Sales (@AgricenLifer), Agricen
Yellow seedlings are a familiar sight for many corn growers. On continuous corn acres, the carbon-to-nitrogen ratio can be more than double the optimal ratio* for crop residue decomposition due to the buildup of organic matter from multiple years of corn-on-corn rotations. Even if a grower has applied nitrogen during the previous fall or around spring planting, soil microbes can out-compete seedling corn plants for nitrogen when excess carbon is present. The microbes use the nitrogen as a food source, immobilizing it as they work to degrade crop residues; the seedling corn plants, meanwhile, turn yellow due to a lack of available nitrogen.
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Illinois,
Michigan,
Crop Residue,
Corn,
Indiana,
Accomplish LM
Reducing a fertilizer’s leachable nitrates allows the fertilizer to act more efficiently. It also helps protect our water resources.
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Topics:
Sustainability,
SoilBuilder,
Illinois,
Corn,
Water Management
