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Hi, I am Stephanie Zellingka with Agro Liquid here with Kevin Matthews and doing a wrap up on our lab from this past season.
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Uh, what we did with Kevin is we looked at corn and soybean trials. We picked three hybrids in corn, three hybrid
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or three varieties in soybeans. And then we added some additional potassium to that for fertility program to see which hybrids in varieties
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responded best to that potassium application. So we actually did our normal grower standard and then we put this on top of it,
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and then we had our checks in between so we could verify whether it was or was not a increase. Now we had a really dry year.
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This was irrigated ground, but we actually struggled to keep up with irrigation. And one thing that we're seeing in the Carolinas and,
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and many other areas is, uh, dry weather potassium deficiency. And, and it seems like, you know, Matt
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and I was talking about it on the plane yesterday. Every, every time we turn around when we add potassium, it seems like we're getting more and more
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and we're really trying to figure out where happy medium. The neat thing was we tried a couple different rates,
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several different varieties, and they all showed a very positive result, but then certain varieties responded.
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I mean, we've seen as much as a eight to 12 bushel increase on certain varieties. I didn't really expect that
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And I didn't really either. And you know, dry weather does play a role in potassium uptake.
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Um, you know, the, the drier the soil, the less water movement, um, that potassium gets trapped in the soil.
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So I think, you know, in those dry conditions we see better response to potassium. Um, I think the, the sea companies,
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they do a good job knowing what varieties need more nitrogen and other ones that lead mm-hmm.
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You know, less nitrogen. I think there is something to this potassium thing that absolutely, you know, some are gonna respond better.
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Um, and trying to get a database of that information is just gonna help growers decide where to spend that potassium dollar.
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And that's one thing we're focusing on is, you know, we actually, after we started seeing the difference in the crop, you know, at through the early growing season,
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we started going in and adding some in our Y drops. 'cause it was like, man, this, this is really standing out. And even at harvest it stood out,
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you know, pri at our field day. Yep. You could walk by and say, well, what's going on right here? This looks different. And, uh, it's pretty interesting.
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It was the high rate. Now the, the three gallons didn't stand out to the visible to the eyes like the five gallon Right.
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Did and I thought that was odd. But that's one of the hardest things is trying to figure out what rate is the one that's got the better RROI for us.
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Yep. And all of these turned out a pretty good ROI, you know, we definitely got our money back from that potassium invested and some additional dollars.
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Corn was a better ROI than what the soybean were. Um, a lot of that's the, the market that we're in now. Yeah. So if we get prices up better, that will look
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Better. Yeah. We'll get better money next year because with the, you know, the fertilized prices has went down a lot, right?
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Yes. Fertilizer. Absolutely. That's what happens this time of year. All I sure do appreciate it though.
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