Farming Video | Wet Spring Soybean Stand Check with Spectra In-Furrow

16 May 26

Heath Huisinga checks early soybeans planted into cold, wet conditions with heavy nematode pressure, comparing root growth where Spectra was added in-furrow.

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3 Years - Grower Standard Practice

00:00 All right. Heath Hooseingae out here with Adam from Tidal Grow, and we're going to look at some Spectra in-furrow. 00:00:06 We ran 16 ounces in-furrow. And some of the things that we always struggled with in the past, we got horrible nematode pressure here, 00:00:14 and some of our other treatments, cold wet planting. You can see we got our rubber boots on here. It's wet. 00:00:23 Been really below average on temps and above average on moisture. So we're just looking at our stand here, seeing how it's all coming up, and it 00:00:30 looks really promising. And Adam actually has some roots that he dug up here to look at and just see what we're dealing with here. 00:00:37 So, in my left hand is the grower standard. Right hand is the grower standard plus 16 ounces of Spectra in-furrow. Our initial observations are 00:00:48 just a little bit more root mass, which would be consistent with what we're seeing out of 00:00:53 Spectra. If you look at the cotyledons, we're looking, there's no phyto response, phyto toxicity. Overall, a good-looking 00:01:03 start to a crop for the conditions we've been given. So we're really excited to get the combines rolling. I know it's putting the cart a little ahead of the horse here, but really excited 00:01:13 to see how this yields. I think it could be a great addition to our operation and maybe still get the benefit of early 00:01:20 beans here in Eastern Illinois and not get some of the penalties that come with all the nematicides that we typically have to use. So again, this is Heath Hooseingae with XtremeAg and Adam with 00:01:32 Tidal Grow, and stay 00:01:34.119 --> 00:01:39.539