Taylor Janicek, NACHURS DSM • June 15, 2020
Dicamba Dilemma
“The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision, Wednesday, June 3, 2020, vacating the registrations of three dicamba herbicides, XtendiMax (Bayer), Engenia (BASF), and FeXapan (Corteva). The ruling does not appear to include Syngenta’s Tavium dicamba herbicide.
The ruling has enormous implications for farmers this summer, given that roughly 60 million of dicamba-tolerant cotton and soybeans were slated for 2020 planting, with the expectation that farmers could use dicamba over the top for weed control.” (Unglesbee, 2020)
While the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) has responded that they are disappointed with the ruling and currently assessing all avenues to mitigate the impact of the Court’s decision, farmers are looking towards other active ingredient options to utilize. Residual herbicides applied after planting are important for weed managements tools for early season weed control until crop reaches canopy. Protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) inhibiting herbicides (Group 14) are applied widely for residual weed control in soybean. Once applied, several factors can affect weed control efficacy and crop safety.
NACHURS Finish Line®
can help ease the crop safety concerns while using PPO. This fully packed foliar fertilizer contains NACHURS Bio-K as well as fulvic acid to help “cool down” a cell disruptor (like PPOs) and has the nutrition to aid in quick recovery.
For the conscientious grower who wants to maximize yield potential, NACHURS Finish Line is a micronutrient enriched premium foliar fertilizer that provides nutrients to crops at critical growth stages. Unlike other foliar fertilizers, NACHURS Finish Line is a balanced nutrition package containing organic acids, compatibility agents and is powered by Bio-K®.
- NACHURS Finish Line is a truly unique balanced NPK foliar fertilizer that provides significant ROI on all crops.
- Contains a package of organic acids to enhance nutrient uptake and alleviate chemical burn.
- NACHURS Finish Line contains Bio-K technology, which offers the greatest level of soluble and available potassium and is taken up by the plant faster than other sources of potassium.
- Contains significantly higher levels of micronutrients than competitive products which are necessary for hormone and enzyme activation essential for maximum genetic yield potential.
- Micronutrients are fully chelated to ensure compatibility with pesticides and other fertilizers.
- Compatibility agents make it easier to tank-mix NACHURS Finish Line with other products and aids in nutrient uptake.
- Low use rate makes product convenient to use.
Help your crops reach the winner’s circle with NACHURS Finish Line.
By Steve McQueen, Agronomy Manager, Nachurs Alpine Solutions.
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As I travel across Canada, it has been great to see moisture along much of my path. Greener pastures and ditches in Alberta, lush spring wheat, durum, and lentil crops in Saskatchewan, as well as many triticale, grass, and alfalfa fields, are being cut from British Columbia to Nova Scotia. I do not want to forget those potatoes spread across our country along with many specialty crops. As heat and moisture have brought germination, emergence, and vegetation growth, our crop nutrient management remains a key to success as we monitor the “Points of Influence.” Crop scouting, accompanied by tissue or sap samples, supports crop-based crop protection and foliar nutrient applications. As we have been programmed to concentrate on nitrogen, we are putting a lot of pressure on one nutrient to solve many deficiencies and concerns while ignoring the balance of fertility our crops may be looking for. In this blog post, I will not cover all the nutrient requirements but concentrate a little on magnesium, as I refer to what makes plants green. This spring, a significant amount of discussion surfaced around magnesium, and several growers requested magnesium for their cropping plans. Sometimes, what is new is old; looking back, magnesium has been a big part of many crop plans for decades. In sandy soils, specialty crops, and our high calcitic soils, we are looking to balance our oxygen and moisture space in soil levels. To better understand what we are looking at, I have included a list of what Mg is responsible for as well as soil activity stated: Magnesium Crops require magnesium to capture the sun's energy for growth and production through photosynthesis. Magnesium is an essential component of the chlorophyll molecule, with each molecule containing 6.7 percent magnesium. Magnesium also acts as a phosphorus carrier in plants. Necessary for cell division and protein formation. Phosphorus uptake could not occur without magnesium, and vice versa. Magnesium is essential for phosphate metabolism, plant respiration, and the activation of several enzyme systems.
