Advance your crop with PCT | Sunrise® AdjuTec adjuvant line of products. PCT | Sunrise AdjuTec adjuvants help your crop protection products for corn, soybeans and wheat be more effective throughout application and the growing season. Advance with these AdjuTec adjuvants products:
AMS Gold Plus: a water conditioning agent combined with ammonium sulfate and surfactant.
AMS Tru: a spray adjuvant with AMS specifically designed for glufosinate herbicide programs.
COC-HL II: highly concentrated blend of emulsifiers and paraffin oil.
DRT Plus: deposition aid/drift control agent that improves the droplet spectrum of spray solutions without altering the viscosity of the solution.
Last Shot® II: a deposition aid formulated with an AMS-Free water conditioner that significantly improves uniform coverage, adhesion and penetration of the active ingredients through waxy or weather-hardened cuticles in adverse conditions early or late in the season for select herbicides.
MSO-HL II: highly concentrated blend of emulsifiers and methylated seed oil.
NIS 90/10: nonionic spray adjuvant.
Zephyr II: an NPE-free oil emulsion deposition and drift management agent specifically designed to suppress off-target drift and increase contact activity and penetration of spray applications. Can be used for ground and/or air application.
Zephyr Prime: a low-use replacement for oil adjuvants and surfactants.
The AdjuTec adjuvant product line up provides the widest range of applications and effective control across various environmental conditions. They prevent drift and promote compatibility with nutritional products. Advance with AdjuTec adjuvants products. Contact a PCT | Sunrise representative for more information on advancing your crop protection.
Get a Biological Boost with BioBuildGet a Biological Boost with BioBuild. Our BioBuild® Family of products uses multiple modes of action and bacteria strains to promote plant growth and reduce stress. Beneficial microbes, biologicals and organic acids help plants break dormancy, deal with environmental challenges and ensure sound nutrition throughout the growing season.
BioCape: microbial inoculant plus an enzyme for dry fertilizer impregnation aimed at improving nutrient uptake and microbial soil health.
BioComplete II: a blend of over two dozen various strains of beneficial microbes that enhance plant health and vigor. This product is designed to increase flower production, healthier and more vigorous root systems along with phosphate solubilization and nitrogen fixation.
BioSpray II:a specifically designed bio-stimulant technology containing a beneficial microbial team for producers who do not have in-furrow delivery capability.
C-Green Amino+ II: a seaweed extract fortified with organic acids in combination with N-amino acids + a soil penetrating agent to help any plant mitigate stress.
Digester: a highly concentrated blend of beneficial microorganisms specifically formulated to reduce recent crop residue.
N198 w/MIC Nitrogen Management Aid: a select group of concentrated beneficial microbes with an organic food source applied as a nitrogen management aid coupled with the micronutrients boron, copper, zinc, manganese and molybdenum for enhanced early growth, vigor and to develop a larger root mass in a corn crop.
Nourish 10S: combination of sulfonated humic and fulvic acids.
Soy BioST+R: combines a select group of concentrated beneficial microbes with an organic food source applied as a seed treatment inoculant.
SUN-5: a 5% fulvic acid plant nutritional product.
Biozolve: a blend of over two dozen “beneficial” strains of microorganisms with an affinity for organic solids.
Manure MGR: comprised of over 25 strains of microorganisms that thrive by degrading livestock manure in waste pits and lagoons. It’s 100% natural and safe to use.
BioBuild® products are safe and easy to use. Application timing, rates and restrictions vary with each product. Contact a PCT | Sunrise representative for more information about giving your crops a biological boost with our BioBuild family of products.
Why Do We Have So Much Vomitoxin In Corn?Welcome back to another PCT Short. I’m Jonah Johnson. Across Ohio, we’ve been seeing quite a prevalence of ear molds this year two of the molds specifically that we’ve seen more prevalence of is Gibberella Ear Mold and then Fusarium Ear Mold. Both of these cause mycotoxins and we need to manage those appropriately once we’ve harvested those and take notes of where you may have these ear mold, especially if you have a high prevalence of those in your field.
First of all, Gibberella Ear Mold, it’s an ear mold that also causes Fusarium Head Scab in wheat or cause mycotoxins there as well. This is why we do not recommend having wheat planted after corn or vice versa. It’s typically a pinkish mold that forms on the tip of the ear. If you have hybrids that have tight husks, a lot of upright ears, a lot of water vector that it likes cool and humid conditions.
It is vectored through the silk channels typically. Thinking back to your weather conditions during pollination in early grain fill, that’s what could have vectored that disease. Now, on the flip side, Fusarium ear molds we’re seeing more of this year. This is typically vectored in any time you have insect feeding that penetrates through that husk covering on the ear, it can get in the tips of that.
It also can be vectored through the silk channels down the tip of the ear. But a lot of times when you see that, you’ll see in the images that you’ll have erratic expressions of those kernels looking pinkish white, and then you’ll get a fluffy mold at the tip of the ear as well. And so both these, again, can cause mycotoxins.
Once you harvest those, you want to get that grain dried down to 15% or a little less and cool down as fast as you can. And if preferably if you have hot spots in your fields and you have a lot of that grain, you want to try to isolate that in the bin. But if that’s not possible, get that grain condition quickly and then to keep that that disease from festering inside your bin.
For more on ear molds or any of the topics we discussed today, feel free to inquire here.
Stay Ahead of Weather Stress and Yield Loss With the Right Crop NutrientsFarmers trying to push corn and soybean yields to the max should consider the impact of crop stress and develop a plan to minimize its effects. In the spring, cool, wet weather limits germination, plant stands and can lead to poor nodulation in soybeans. During growth, prolonged periods of heat can lead to moisture loss in the soil causing stress to the crop. In fact, just four consecutive days of hot, dry weather could reduce corn yields by 5-10%.
By the time farmers spot leaf rolling in their corn crop or flipped leaves in their soybeans, it could be too late to reverse the damage.
One way to stay ahead of unpredictable weather and stress is with PCT | Sunrise® BioBuild™ C-Green. C-Green is a rich mix of naturally occurring growth stimulators – including seaweed extract, organic acids and trace minerals – that encourage development of large, vigorous root systems. This helps ensures proper nutrient uptake during early-season growth.
Later in the season, it also benefits crops during critical reproduction stages by promoting lateral branching, flower formation, flower retention and pod development in soybeans. In corn, C-Green stimulates pollen shed, tube formation and while keeping silk tubes viable. Ensuring plants are in peak health during this time can translate to more bushels at harvest.
For best results, C-Green can be used in-furrow as an on-seed starter, 2×2 and/or applied as a foliar during V3-R1 (corn) and V3- R2 (soybeans) at least two weeks prior to a stress event. Since Mother Nature is unpredictable, using it as a preventative provides a low cost “insurance policy” to keep crops healthy and on track for high yield potential.
Learn more about C-Green and how it can work for your operation. Contact our PCT | Sunrise team with questions.
By: Vince Willman, Northern Team Technical Lead
