One of the newer, exciting products we are working with here at Hefty Seed – Princeton is ProveN from Pivot Bio. This product has been getting a lot of attention over the last couple years, and from the results we have seen, it is for good reason. ProveN is a liquid, ready to use microbial product that is applied in-furrow at the time of planting. Once applied, the microbes attach to the corn roots to “spoon feed” nitrogen derived from the atmosphere to the plant throughout t

Last week we completed our 24-row planter challenge for the second straight year. New for this year, we did this challenge on the same planting pass that we did an emergence flag test in the spring to allow us to physically see our emergence and each flag color represented a different 12 hour period. It took 15 GDU from the first plants emergence to the last plants emergence. By doing this we could visually see the rows that had more even emergence. After all the plants had

With harvest in full swing, it will not be long until we start focusing on the 2021 growing season. Inoculant on soybeans is something that is getting attention in the agriculture community recently. As we look more at the importance of soil health and microbial activity in our soils, soybean inoculant is proving to be a winner. We have both a dry inoculant you can apply to your seed at the time of planting, or a liquid inoculant that can be applied with your pop-up at planti

It’s harvest time! Time to get the crop out of the field and in the bin. Right now, is the time to start thinking about next year and how to establish a good stand at planting time.  Many times, our #1 problem establishing even emergence is fighting residue from the season before and even two seasons ago. Consider spraying 1qt of D-Comp, a biological that helps the decomposition of stalks. I like to run it with 2-5 gallon of 32% (or 28%) and 1-3#’s of sugar to feed and keep t