Chandler Co-op News
Make It Stick
Jul 21, 2022
| Chandler Coop
When spraying, don't forget the adjuvant in the tank. MasterLock adjuvants are designed to enhance you fungicide applications through better droplet sticking and spreading.
Practice Makes Profit
Jul 19, 2022
| Chandler Coop
The 2022 Truterra™ summer carbon program is now open through June 30. Earn up to $25 per ton of new carbon stored from implementing new conservation practice changes.*
Take the carbon survey to see if you are eligible and enroll below.
Answer Plot & Answer Tech News
4 Adjuvant Classes Proven to Help Improve Weed Control
Apr 09, 2024
| Answer Plot
Weed competition can be one of the costliest threats to your crop’s performance. Adding adjuvants to your herbicide tank mix is an effective way to help enhance the performance of your spray application and improve weed control. Every product in your budget has to work hard...
Are Plant Growth Regulators Worth the Investment?
Apr 09, 2024
| Answer Plot
Plant growth regulators have been getting more attention from the agricultural community in recent years, but you may be wondering if they live up to the hype. The Answer Plot® program has generated solid research supporting the benefits of applying plant growth regulators (P...
Take Care of Early Spring Weeds Before Planting
Jan 24, 2024
| Answer Plot
If you deal with winter or spring annual weeds in your fields, it's important to consider including a spring burndown herbicide application. Winter annuals, including marestail, resume growing as soon as temperatures get warm. Not only do they steal water and nutrients from t...
3 Tips to Optimize Pre-emergence Weed Control
Jan 03, 2024
| Answer Plot
Drought conditions, expanding herbicide resistance and limited herbicide availability mean you may not have achieved the weed control you expected last season. That could create more challenges for management this year, requiring a proactive plan to limit yield loss. Use these ti...
Use Response-To Fungicide Scores to Make Data-Based Decisions
Nov 28, 2023
| Answer Plot
Whether selecting which hybrids to plant or determining which fields to spray with fungicide, use response-to fungicide (RTF) scores to help inform your decisions. RTF scores can help you make tailored, hybrid-specific choices based on years of reliable yield data.
The V...
3 Tips for Choosing the Right Wheat Seed Treatment
Aug 11, 2023
| Answer Plot
When choosing wheat seed, making sure you have a high-quality seed treatment to protect your investment is an important step in the process. Here are three questions to consider when mapping out your wheat strategy.
1. Who’s Applying The Seed Treatment?
Th...
3 Tips for More Economical Fungicide Applications
Jul 10, 2023
| Answer Plot
When weighing purchase decisions, there are many factors to consider, but when push comes to shove, it’s all about the ROI potential. Here are three steps you can take to make more economical fungicide decisions, regardless of what the season brings.
1. Identify ...
5 Ways to Find Success With Fungicides
Jun 08, 2023
| Answer Plot
It’s time to bust the myth once and for all that fungicides aren’t worth investing in. Research has continually shown yield advantages when a fungicide application is made. In fact, our Answer Plot® trials have consistently shown an average of more than 10 bushel ...
6 Disease Management Tips for Corn and Soybeans
Jun 08, 2023
| Answer Plot
Diseases may already be showing up in your corn and soybean fields, so it’s a good time to be scouting your fields for early signs of trouble. With plenty of the season still left, your crop will benefit from a proactive approach to disease management. Here are six tips to ...
Prevent and Control Herbicide-Resistant Weeds
May 30, 2023
| Answer Plot
If you find your herbicides aren’t performing as well as they used to, you may be battling herbicide-resistant weeds. Once you have resistant weeds, it becomes much more challenging and costly to keep fields clean. With a diversified weed control program, you can level up y...
Why You Should Consider a Pre-Tassel Fungicide Application
May 08, 2023
| Answer Plot
Research shows that fungicide application timing can significantly impact return on investment and, in some situations, two applications can be more profitable than one. So, when should you plan to target your applications, and does a multi-pass fungicide program make economic se...
Maximize Plant Health at Key Growth Stages
Apr 25, 2023
| Answer Plot
Plant health is a lofty term that gets tossed around a lot in agronomic conversations. However, when you have a clear definition and actionable strategies, maximizing plant health becomes a very real and important way to help your crops reach closer to their genetic potential and...