NuWay-K&H AGRONOMY ACCOUNT MANAGERS
The 2024 growing season had some challenges early on. Don’t forget about the drowned-out areas and the decreased weed control. The excessive rain events from last year changed our intended weed control programs.
With this in mind, it is important to plan for 2025. Here’s what we recommend:
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Increase pre-emerge residual rates if your herbicide allows it. For example, increase your corn pre-emerge rates of Harness®/Surpass® from 32 ounces to 40 ounces per acre to increase residual activity.
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Consider changing your pre-emerge residual to a new chemistry that has an effective mode of action on waterhemp.
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Post-emerge programs will require timely applications on 2-3” tall weeds and a possible second post-emerge pass on 30” row soybeans.
Note: The Enlist® soybean herbicide program has the advantage of combining two effective modes of action post emerge with Liberty® and Enlist®. The advantage comes from getting a contact herbicide such as Liberty® working with a systemic herbicide such as Enlist® to battle increased weed pressure and resistant weeds.
Complete your weed control program by enhancing your herbicide’s effectiveness with the best adjuvants to overcome environmental challenges such as drought conditions or high temperatures that can reduce herbicide uptake. Reach out to your account manager to make sure the right adjuvants and rates are being used.
Strip-till update
Last fall, NuWay-K&H Cooperative was busy with strip-till applications on soybean stubble and corn stalk ground. The strips that were made in the fall are setting up for good planting conditions this spring.
Nitrogen (N) management is one thing we will continue to learn more about with strip-till application. Some of the applications last fall had a portion of the total N needs in the form of ESN® urea applied with potash and MAP. ESN® urea is a stabilized polymer-coated urea. The polymer is stable over the winter months and will slowly break down with moisture in the spring.
Most strip-till applications for corn will follow up with some from of spring-applied 32% UAN or urea. NuWay-K&H also has the option of Y-dropping 32% UAN in-season to apply closer to peak N uptake.
We will continue to update our NuWay-K&H customers with our strip-till information as the crop progresses throughout the summer.
Ascend® ST3
Ascend® ST3 is a plant growth regulator soybean seed treatment.
The trend to plant soybeans earlier in less-than-ideal soil temperatures is more common than it used to be. Ascend ST3 helps accelerate early season development, improve germination, and enhance root growth with the addition of a PGR seed treatment.
Ascend ST3 PGR increased soybean yields in conjunction with a fungicide/insecticide seed treatment in high yield environments.
Winfield United Trials 2019, 2020 & 2022, n=26, p-value 0.04
Here’s how Ascend® ST3™ PGR plant growth regulator helps protect your seed investment from early season stress:
- Ascend ST3 PGR is an auxin-dominant three-way PGR mixture, which is important because auxins are critical for early season growth and root initiation.
- Specifically designed for use as a seed treatment, Ascend ST3 PGR is inoculant friendly with a low-use rate for optimal drying and handling.
- The patented ratio of auxin, gibberellic acid and cytokinin in Ascend ST3 PGR helps mitigate early season stress and maximize yield potential by delivering the right amount of PGRs at the right time.
Planting early? Contact your NuWay-K&H agronomy account manager about treating your seed with Ascend ST3.