Farming

Plant biostimulants have gained significant attention in the world of agriculture and in recent years. But what exactly are they, and how can they benefit your crop? Damian Mason is in the Stoller booth at Farm Progress to find out what exactly a biostimulant is and more importantly, what their role is in getting you to the next yield level.

Johnny and Brewer are scouting soybeans and look at the differences they see between intensive management and standard management programs.

Johnny Verell is collaborating with Stoller to enhance the growth of bean plants this season. He discusses the program he is implementing on his soybeans and examines their progress during the R-6.5 stage.

Temple is trying to figure out how to prevent the first set of soybean branches from aborting pods when the plants become dense and crowded.

Modern agriculture has been very good at producing big and thick vegetative plants. Kelly is focusing on producing reproductive plants. He talks about his different perspective.

Kelly, Chad and Mike talk about how they are using PGR's to set a new yield trajectory and filling the gaps in between along the way.

Kelly's blunt assessment of his water is: It Really Sucks. What he did not realize was that it was changing the properties of his soil for the worse. That all changed when he installed his first drip system. He talks with Damian Mason and Kurt Grimm from NutraDrip about how he is slowly reversing the negative effects of his water on the soil.

Kelly is running a nitrogen reduction trial on his corn. Well, its more than reduction, he is growing corn without any additional nitrogen on a few acres. Is it working? Why is he doing this? Damian talks about the economics of big decision making on your farm, specifically as it relates to reducing inputs.

Temple says you are giving that plant a kick in the butt when you apply a PGR, but what happens after is more important.