Transcript Energize Your Crops

Energize Your Crops
• Rudy Allen, CPAg-CCA
Ag Tech Services, LLC
Mount Vernon, Washington
32 years in the agricultural retail business from
in field sales to co-op General Manager.
Associated with BHN for the last seven years.
Why Chose BHN Products?
• Good Agronomics: The products are
designed to work with the plant and not
against it.
• Repeatable Quality: If it works once, it will
work again.
• Manageable Rates: It does not take
gallons per acre to make things work.
Horizontal Integration
( Working Together)
• Soil Complexity: Interactions with soil
types and nutrient levels is an on-going
process.
• Plant Complexity: If you think soils are
complex, try figuring out a plant under
stress!
• Biological Complexity: PGPR’s and how
they fit.
One Crop at a Time
Silage Corn
• The plant on the right
has 1-19-0,
SuperPhos, and
PGPR Galaxy in
furrow at planting.
• 29.5 tons per acre
with a value of $1,083
per acre.
Green Peas
• Plant on the left has
two quarts 1-19-0 with
one ounce of PGPR
Galaxy in furrow at
planting.
• County average was
2 tons per acre. This
field went 2.7 tons for
an additional $280
per acre.
Spinach Grown for Seed
• The plant on the right has
2 quarts of SuperPhos, 1
quart of Z-Max, and 1
ounce of Galaxy banded
over the row after
planting.
• Variety average was
1,600 lb per acre and we
got 2,720 lb per acre.
$582 per acre increase.
Peas Grown for Seed
• Treatment was 2
quarts of 1-19-0 and 1
ounce of PGPR
Galaxy in furrow on
the seed at planting.
• Average yield is 1,200
pounds per acre. We
got 2,800 pounds per
acre and 90% germ.
An increase of $1,600
per acre.
Zap Trial on Red Onions
• The three plants on
the right were from an
area treated with 2.75
gallons of Zap per
acre. Application was
at the 3-5 leaf stage
and watered in.
• Yield was twice the
untreated check.
Full Program on Potatoes
• Top slide is yellow
potatoes with BHN
planter, SuperPhos,
and PGPR.
• Bottom slide is a “just
like” program.
Crop-Gard on Silage Corn
• Crop-Gard was
applied at 1.5 quarts
per acre broadcast.
Crop-Gard (cont.)
• This was 7 days after
application.
• The rule is “Apply
Crop-Gard and go
fishing for 3 days.”
• When they come
back, they have a
new crop.
• This field went 32 ton
per acre.
Magic, Smoke and Mirrors
or Just Good Agronomics?
• Its All In The Roots: If you take care of the
roots, they will take care of the plant.
• Plant Hormones: Hormones that drive
yield are produced in the root and shoot of
the plant.
• IAA and Cytokinin: IAA keeps the root
developing and Cytokinin triggers seed
shoot development.
Hormone Balance for Optimum
Plant Growth
Plant Hormone Balance and Cycles
STAGE I:
STAGE II:
STAGE III:
STAGE IV:
Germination &
Establishment
Vegetative
Growth
Flowering &
Reproduction
Fruit Sizing &
Maturity
Cytokinin
Auxin
GA
Ethylene
ABA
Hormone Levels
Senescence
Key Nutrient
Hormone
Co-factors:
Cell
Sizing
Cell
Maturity
Cell Initiation
[ Cell Division ]
Ca, Fe, Mg, Mn,
N, P, Zn
B, Ca, Cu, Fe, K,
Mg, Mn, Zn,
amine N
B, Ca, Cu, K, Mg,
Mo, amine N
B, Cu, K, Mg,
Mn, Mo, P
amine N
Any imbalance in these hormone cycles at any time can irreversibly reduce genetic expression
How Does
Horizontal Integration Work?
• Soil Products
– Lase, Blend, Kleenstart: All work to amend the
soil, aid in friability, and reduction of salt. They
also increase soil biological activity.
– PGPR Galaxy/Enhand: Both are plant growth
promoting rhizobacteria whose activity is
enhanced by the presence of Lase, Blend,
and Kleenstart. PGPR also triggers Induced
Systemic Resistance (ISR) in plants.
Horizontal Integration (cont.)
• Foliar Products
– Vitol, Vitol II, Breakout: All contain naturally
occurring plant health properties that aid in
the overall health of the plant.
– PGPR Stealth: Foliar applied plant growth
promoting rhizobacteria that also triggers the
plants immune system known as Systemic
Acquired Resistance (SAR).
Vitol vs. Actagro Foloplex 6-23-6
on Red Potatoes
• Foloplex applied at 1 gallon per acre with
3 applications during the bulking period.
– 27.75 ton per acre
– A’s 66% B’s 22% C’s 12%
– Gross value per acre $19,587
Vitol vs. Actagro (cont.)
• Vitol applied at 1 quart per acre with 3
applications during the bulking period
– 29.0 ton per acre
– A’s 65% B’s 19% C’s 16%
– Gross value per acre $20,923
– Difference of $1,336 per acre
How Did 3 Quarts
Out Perform 3 Gallons?
• Solution pH: Foloplex is 6.6 while Vitol is
2.3. Trying to get a phosphorus molecule
with a neutral pH into a plant is like
pushing an elephant through a window.
• Stress Reduction: Vitol reduces stress
and enhances tuber set and bulking better
than Foloplex.
Challenges for the Future
• Education
– Even more than the farmers, we need to get
the dealers to “buy” into the program.
– Look at the number of sales people the typical
dealer has.
– Dealer meetings with good independent data.
Challenges (cont.)
• Marketing
– Make it as easy as possible for customers to
buy from us.
– Keep the quality at its present high state.
– Local advertising featuring specific product for
specific crops.
• Vitol: potatoes, onions
• Breakout: soybeans, peas, bush beans, small fruit,
tree fruit.
Questions?
• Thank you to the following:
– Lyndon, Eldon, Mike S., Mike B., Stuart and
the rest of the BHN staff.
– Rudy Allen, CPAg/CCA
– Ag Tech Services, LLC
– [email protected]
– www.agtechservicesllc.com
– Ask about “The Growing Edge”