00:04 So zinc's important for a couple reasons. One, it's key in defense mechanisms, has a lot of processes that deal with that. 00:11 Also key in the uh, germination process in the young plant's life, helping fight diseases and all that stuff. 00:17 The other reason it's important, there's a relationship to phosphorus and zinc in the plant. So we always want to keep it in a 10 00:23 to one phosphorus zinc relationship. And once that gets outta balance, you can get some issues rise in the plant if you got 00:29 too much one too much. The other, you know, like Kelly's farm here, he's got high phosphorus 00:34 'cause of our, his nutrient management practices. So we're always adding zinc here to keep that balance in, in tact I guess would be the best way to put it. 00:43 And it's not easy sometimes, you know, we apply some zinc to the soil. There's some instances where a soil's got enough zinc, 00:49 it's just tied up in various ways. It's not getting the plant so we still have to either put it with a planter or spray it on. 00:57 So we're always adding it and it's vital in those key timeframes. You know, keeping that defense 01:02 mechanism structure going in the plant. We're actually harvesting a corn plot today that we did a zinc trial on. 01:15 Zinc is actually a candy for the microbial activity in the soils. And the more microbial activity you have, 01:22 the more root mass you get. Uh, it's just a better living environment for your roots and your plants thrive. 01:31 So we put a, a cord of a product down that we're doing some research for in furrow. You gotta make sure it's safe 01:38 and it's not gonna hurt your seed. We're harvesting that trial today early on the root mass. It was amazing when we did the root digs of the quickness 01:48 of the size difference in the roof planted same day, just, just adding the zinc to it Had a lot larger, massive root. 01:57 Now we get to see the yield results of that trial and we just went through a strip of it there a while ago and that's the first time that I've seen 02:05 over 200 bushels in this field. I played college football and it was vitamin C and zinc, you know, 02:15 because the head coach's wife was a nurse. So that's what, you know when we got in the fall, usually flu season 02:20 or whatever to try to stay healthy, eat all the vitamin C you can drink your water and, and make sure you got enough zinc. 02:26 'cause it's the same process in the humans as it is in plant to defect. Make an, keeps your immune system strong. 02:32 So it relates right back to the plants and you know, they need zinc to be, have a strong immune system 02:38 and have strong defense against diseases, pests, all the things they battle during the growing season. You know, I wouldn't equate disease showing 02:46 up as a zinc deficiency. There could be other reasons for that, but I would say that if you don't have enough zinc, 02:52 that's probably another reason why you have disease. You know, I've seen where zinc is high in a plant, but it's got some disease, 02:58 but on the other side of it, it's got other issues. So all things square and your zinc's deficient. Yeah, I mean I'd be concerned about disease pressure 03:04 and all that stuff.