Crop Talk Winter 2016

WHAT’S NEW WITH BAYER PRODUCTS

EverGol harnesses the power of penflufen

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he next level of seed treatment protection can be found in the power of the EverGol® active.

Penflufen is Bayer’s first fungicidal active ingredient engineered specifically for the seed treatment market.

Penflufen is a unique Group 7 chemistry that protects your crop from disease early in the season to help your plants develop stronger roots and allow better nutrient uptake, which enables better vigour and a healthier emergence.

You can find EverGol in Trilex® EverGol for pulses, Prosper® EverGol for canola, and EverGol Energy for soybeans.

Protect against pea leaf weevil For protection against insects, add Stress Shield® to your Trilex EverGol

Add Stress Shield to EverGol Energy for improved insect protection, along with contact and systematic disease protection in your soybean crop seed treatment. Stress Shield curtails the negative effects of plant stresses by supplying a supplemental energy pool for internal repair, and also helps protect your seed from pests such as pea leaf weevil. Stress Shield can last on the seed for up to three weeks, and remain on the plant for an additional three weeks, throughout the pea leaf weevil

larva stage. Stress Shield keeps pea leaf weevils from feeding on your crop, while also preventing the adult weevils from laying eggs.

Keep flea beetles off seedlings Flea beetles can cause a lot of damage in a very short period of time. Prosper® EverGol can protect your crop from that damage. Flea beetles locate and defoliate seedlings, and feed directly on the stems of the plant shortly following emergence for significant early season crop damage.

This insect has cost North American growers 10 per cent of their annual yield potential, with an estimated $300 million in damage each year.* Prosper® EverGol stops flea beetles before they can steal your yield.

* Source: Knodel, J.J. and D.L. Olson, D.L., 2002. Crucifer flea beetle: biology and integrated pest management in canola. North Dakota State Univ. Coop. Ext. Serv. Publ. E1234. North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND.

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WHAT’S NEW WITH BAYER PRODUCTS

Raxil® PRO Shield controls disease and insects for healthier plants

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Support for healthier plants Stress Shield’s active ingredient helps support plant health by fighting off external stressors in the first few weeks following seeding, resulting in better root systems for more robust growth. It redirects energy stores to help protect and initiate repairs caused by that stress.

Raxil PRO Shield’s formulation also offers complete systemic and contact control of all seed treatment fungicides, for full spectrum disease protection.

Its single-rate, micro-dispersion formulation means an easy-to-apply product with more thorough coverage.

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ake three top performing fungicides and add in an insecticide with proven plant health benefits and you have the ingredients for a high performing crop.

Raxil PRO Shield fungicides include prothioconozole for protection against fusarium, true loose smut and a wide variety of additional seed- and soil-borne diseases through both contact and systemic activity.

Over the past decade, wireworms have increased in number and the geographic area in which they are found is spreading. Living deep in the soil, wireworms will hollow out a seed before it can germinate, and will feed at the base of the seedling, which may cause uneven crop establishment, bald patches in the field, thin plant stands and even plant death. The addition of Stress Shield® in Raxil PRO Shield prevents wireworms from feeding on your crop and provides additional plant health benefits.

Through both contact and ingestion, Stress Shield stuns the wireworms, placing them in a coma-like state to prevent them from feeding on the plant. The effects last throughout the lifecycle of the wireworm, until they are no longer a problem for your crop.

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Treated seed pays off

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or a crop with a strong emergence, solid plant stands and higher plant counts, be sure to use treated seed.

Seed- and soil-borne diseases are a reality across the prairies and throughout different crops. Treating seed today is a simple, effective way to make sure you are getting the most out of your crop from the very beginning through to harvest.

Bayer’s SeedGrowth™ Specialists can help you mitigate any concerns you may have with treating your seed. Below are some common questions and their responses: Q: Are seed treatments messy?

A: Seed treatment packaging today is in a closed system for greatly reduced mess.

Q: Are they hard to clean up?

A: Water based micro-dispersion formulations reduce dust for easier application and cleanup.

Q: Do I need special equipment?

A: While pumps and nozzles may need to be re-calibrated, or restrictor plates added, these are easy adjustments and generally no new equipment is necessary.

Q: How hard is it to calculate rates?

A: Calculating rates is simple when you know the flow rate of your chemical, your grain and your seed density.

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Q: How do I keep treated seed away from untreated seed and grain?

A: To avoid cross-contamination, dispose of leftover seed based on local guidelines, and store treated seed separate from other products.

Treating your seed gives high-yielding

crop at harvest. It takes some of the guesswork out of in-season disease possibilities that are often weather dependent. Seed treatments not only tackle seed- and soil-borne disease from the ground up, they also keep pathogens from spreading.

For more information on effectively treating your seed, and on how to contact a Bayer SeedGrowth specialist, visit: cropscience.bayer.ca/SeedGrowth or call 1-888-263-6847

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Know your specific disease threat

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hile disease can rob your crop of its yield potential, not every crop is susceptible to the same diseases, and not every disease has the same affect on different crops. Being aware of your local disease profile and knowing which disease is a threat to your crop will help you choose which seed treatment will work best.

An example of this is rhizoctonia. On peas and canola it can result in major losses, but the strain present in Canada is not a threat to the yield or quality of your wheat crop.

Knowing your risk for disease is also important. While there is a persistent myth that disease requires warm, moist conditions in order to be a threat, some disease such as fusarium flourish in dry, warm weather. Others, such as pythium, take off under wet but cool conditions.

Ask the experts Bayer SeedGrowth™ specialists provide fully integrated seed treatment support, including technical support, testing, training and advice. They will work with you and your retailers to help cut through the clutter so you can choose the seed treatment that is most effective for your crop and your farm.

InVigor Choice: performance you expect with options

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f you are looking for InVigor® yield performance with increased weed control options, look at new InVigor Choice. InVigor Choice allows you to choose the performance of an InVigor hybrid with weed protection that’s right for you. InVigor Choice hybrid has been bred with both industry- leading trait technologies LibertyLink® and Genuity® Roundup Ready®.

With InVigor Choice, you get options

in weed control without having to sacrifice yield, allowing you to maximize your profit potential and minimize your risk. This option will fit well if you are a canola grower struggling with tough weeds such as cleavers and Canada thistle. In addition, if you were unable to complete a pre-season burn-off due to weather, you can now clean up your field with Roundup WeatherMax® after seeding.

Bayer is committed to the sustainability of Canadian agriculture and contributes substantial investments towards the research and development of new InVigor hybrids annually. As the global leader in canola, our goal is to provide growers with the latest innovation and technology to solve their evolving farming challenges, and help realize their opportunities.

InVigor Choice may not fit in every farm rotation.

To find out if InVigor Choice is right for you, please visit: cropscience.bayer.ca/InVigorLR250

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BayerValue helps you save more on high performing Bayer Crop Protection Products Throughout your growing season, taking advantage of Bayer’s complete family of products provides a considerable return on your investment. Start with a minimum 300 acres of InVigor® hybrids for automatic savings on canola, cereal and pulse products. In addition to what you already save with the BayerValue Program, you can also save up to $2 per acre on your Bayer herbicide purchases with the Incredible Bulk Offer. To see how much you can save, check out the BayerValue Calculator at cropscience.bayer.ca For more information, visit cropscience.bayer.ca/BayerValue, call the Bayer Rebate Centre at 1-888-283-6847 or visit your local retailer.

The results are in!

It still pays to spray!

This year’s fungicide results are in. And for the eighth consecutive season, in almost every situation, you will have a positive return on investment following a fungicide application in your cereal crops. New this year are results from trials conducted on pulse crops and a comparison to other pulse fungicides available on the market today. Visit www.itpaystospray.ca for results specific to your location.

Photos: Bayer CropScience, top: weber/leifels , bottom: Torben Åndahl

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