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Trivapro, the next generation corn, soybean and wheat fungicide from Syngenta, is the hardest-working, longest-lasting fungicide on the market. In fact, Trivapro works ten times harder than competitive brands.

What sets Trivapro apart from the competition?

Trivapro contains Solatenol® fungicide, a breakthrough SDHI that is ten times more powerful than any other SDHI on the market. Combined with proven performers Quadris and Tilt, Trivapro gives growers the powerhouse fungicide they need to help shut down existing disease and prevent future infections. Beyond working harder and longer to deliver a step-change in preventive and curative disease control, Trivapro provides built-in resistance management. With three complementary and non-cross-resistant modes of action (strobilurin, triazole and SDHI), Trivapro provides a revolutionary tool to maximize yield potential and return on investment.

THE HARDEST-WORKING, LONGEST-LASTING FUNGICIDE

• Improved water use efficiency in the plant that slows water loss during dry conditions
• Quicker canopy closure to deprive weeds of sunlight
• Stronger stalks to reduce lodging
• Prolonged grain-fill period by preventing crops from dying down early due to disease or environmental stressors

Trivapro crop enhancement benefits

• Trivapro multitasks with several crop enhancement benefits to help produce higher yields: Experience longer-lasting disease control with Trivapro.
• Trivapro extends residual control of key diseases, stopping the plant from dying early and sacrificing green tissue. By protecting the green leaf tissue of the plant, Trivapro enables plants to continue photosynthesizing longer, allowing the crop to maximize grain-fill and yield.

In recent years, Nitrogen Management has become one of the biggest focus areas in manufacturing, retail, and to growers. Once was a time when we had little control over how and when nitrogen was managed for the corn plant when often, it is the plant’s most limited resource. As farming becomes smarter and the markets tighten, we become more cautious of how we are allocating our resources, specifically the timing in which we apply nitrogen and the tools we use to protect that investment.

Spreading out nitrogen applications has allowed corn plants to utilize their nitrogen when needed. We can    decipher when the corn plant needs its nitrogen most by tissue and soil sampling throughout the growing season, but what we can’t control is the weather and when we can get in the field to spoon-feed the corn. In the last few months, we’ve seen above-average rainfall from both the average and 2016. The major difference in this year’s pattern is when the rainfall occurred. In the midst of planting, the Darlington area saw large amounts and time periods of rain    throughout April and May, causing delayed planting in many surrounding areas and the application of nitrogen deferred.

With the spring we’ve had, there will be many acres that receive the majority of their nitrogen in a topdress or sidedress application. These applications can begin as early as V2 and into VT corn, but the largest portion of nitrogen is taken up by the plant from the V8 to VT time period. Furthermore, it is recommended that if there is no prior nitrogen applied, a V6 or earlier application timing is optimal.

In addition to application timing, another way to protect your spring-applied nitrogen is to use a Nitrogen     Stabilizer. Last issue, Mark Kendall wrote an article describing the different types of Nitrogen Stabilizers and different ways to use them. Using products like N-Serve, Instinct II, and AgroTain have been shown to bump yield, even in     late-season applications. University research tell us that ammonium can convert to nitrate (a less stable form of nitrogen) in as little as two to four weeks in warm, wet growing conditions. If we think about when the corn plant needs its nitrogen most, we could have a one to four week gap between our nitrogen application and when the plant begins rapid uptake of applied nitrogen. A Nitrogen Stabilizer will extend nitrogen’s residual in the soil so it’s still there when the corn plant is ready.

Looking back, this spring has been a struggle across the state of Wisconsin. Rain events have delayed field work, planting, and nitrogen applications but looking forward, the best thing we can do is optimize our applications of nitrogen with proper timing and utilizing tools like Nitrogen Stabilizers to get corn into pollination. Contact your WS Ag Agronomist to see how you can optimize your yield potential this spring.

Abbey Edel, Dow AgroSciences

Well, it’s been quite interesting. I thought we’d have spring in February, then March was even colder than February. All in all, we started out normal between the rainy times and we are still finishing up planting. One thing for sure, crops planted in April or early June really are not that far apart as we’ve had no real accumulation of heat units yet. I did a forecast of crop production costs for    2017-2018. Prices for fertilizer are at 10-15 year lows. With other prices dropping it makes commodity prices easier to deal with.

Once again, the key to  profitability is yield. We need to maximize the yield to get a profit at these commodity price levels. Commodity prices have been on the upswing but make sure you’re ready to protect a profit with your marketing organization. We can also give insight on how to lock in these profits.

Remember last year corn reached a peak in mid-June for about 24 hours, and then the bottom dropped out. We need to be ready to take advantage of what the market gives us. WS Ag can help you have a profitable year by maximizing your yield and helping you have a great growing season. Also, look at your input costs, because they are at historical lows. This will not last as N-P-K are under valued versus the rest of the world, we are on a low-price island especially for nitrogen products.

We at WS Ag have the trained agronomists to help you maximize your yield potential and profits. We can formulate the right plan for your crops this growing season as well and diagnosis problems and solve them with a precision formula. Contact us to have a profitable growing season, no matter what this season presents us.

Kent Ganske