1. Winter Meeting 2014 Bil Schrader – Asmus Farm Supply
Consulting Clients with Sustainable Recommendations
To Maximize Production

2. What is the correct approach to 2015?
Stephanie Smith
10/31/14, 8:22 AM
2015 isn't about cutting back on all inputs, its about finding those that best optimize your yield potential. #agronomy

3. 2015 outlook
Looking at a very different financial outlook for farming.
Insurance will not be as lucrative.
It will be important to raise the most bushels as efficiently as possible.

4. How can we help? Rely on our old friend ROI.
Use strong recommendations that work.
First to the Field project.
We want you to be successful and profitable!

5. Conventional Corn Program
No Glyphosate
Verdict oz/acre
Follow with
AMS lbs/acre
Atrazine 4L 1 pint/acre
Armezon 1 oz/acre
Persist Ultra (MSO) 1 pint/acre

6. RR Corn Program #1 Verdict 10-12 oz/acre Follow with
Transport Ultra 2 quart/100 gal. water
Atrazine 4L 1 pint/acre
Halex pints/acre

7. RR Corn Program #2 Verdict 10-12 oz/acre Follow with AMS 3 lbs/acre
Atrazine 4L 1 pint/acre
Armezon ¾ oz/acre
Roundup PowerMax 32 oz/acre
Persist Ultra (MSO) 1 pint/acre

8. RR Corn Program #3 Harness or Surpass ½ to ¾ rate Follow with
Transport Ultra 1 quart/100 gal. water
Atrazine 4L 1 pint/acre
Halex pints/acre

9. “One Pass” Programs not Preferred
May not be as effective
Timing is crucial
Weed completion could cause yield loss
Weather cooperation?

10. RR One-pass Program #1 Corvus 5.6 oz/acre Atrazine 1 pt/acre
(Harness or Surpass)

11. RR One-pass Program #2 Transport Ultra 1 quart/100 gal. water
Halex pt/acre
Atrazine pt/acre

12. RR Soybean Program #1 Pre followed by Post Program Verdict 5 oz/acre
Outlook oz/acre
Follow by
Flexstar GT 3 pints/acre
Fusilade 4 oz/acre
Persist Ultra (MSO) pints/acre
AMS lbs/acre

13. RR Soybean Program #2 Pre followed by Post Program
Authority Assist 6-8 oz/acre
Follow by
Flexstar GT 3 pints/acre
Fusilade 4 oz/acre
Persist Ultra (MSO) pints/acre
AMS lbs/acre

14. Fungicide Program Corn Tassel Headline AMP 10 oz/acre
Fastac oz/acre
Protyx 1 pint/100 gal water
Soybeans R3
Priaxor 4 oz/acre
Protyx 1 pint/100 gal water

15. BASF Iowa Plant Health Data 2014
Northern Iowa
Plant Health Data 2014
Increases in Bushels per Acre versus Untreated
BASF Iowa Plant Health Data 2014
Increases in bushels per acre 11 9 8 8 14 8 7 9 10
Decorah 12 9 10 11 7 22
Spencer 9 18 7 16 19 8 15 18 12 18
Mason City 6 11 10 7 22 37 11 2 25 8 5 17 26 25 13
Cherokee 18 8
Fort Dodge 8 5 11
Soybeans R3: 19 trials averaged +8.8 bu/a
Corn VT: 23 trials averaged bu/a
Corn Pre-Tassel: 5 trials averaged +9.4 bu/a
Des Moines
Soybeans R3
Council Bluffs
Corn Tassel
Corn Pre Tassel

16. Southern Minnesota Fungicide Trials
Soybeans R3 : Avg +5.1 bushels
Headline AMP VT : Avg bushels
Priaxor Pre-Tassel : Avg +6.4 bushels

17. Seed Treatment
Bil Schrader

18. Seed Treatment
Fungicide/Insecticide with Exalibre SA was 1.6 bu/A better than Fungicide/Insecticide alone in 2013.
Fungicide/Insecticide with Exalibre SA was 1.5 bu/A better than Fungicide/Insecticide alone in 2014.
Fungicide/Insecticide alone was 3.3 bu/A better than untreated beans in
Exalibre SA is our preferred product because of its triple strained inoculant blend along with trichoderma bio-fungicide which provides season long protection of roots from diseases like SDS. 

19. Scrutiny of Neonicinitoids
EPA released in October review of neonics
Findings stated little financial benefit to farmers
Increased risk to bee health
Open comment period until December 22nd
treatments-soybean-production
Stewardship Importance
Minimize talc dust-off essential
Polymer coatings
Canada already has restricted use and considering ban

20. Fluency Agent from Bayer
Wax-based seed lubricant talc substitute for air assist planters
Reduces the amount overall dust-off by 90%
Low use rate 1/8 of a cup/bag-important to be on rate
4.4 lb pail with scoop treats 250 bags of seed
Very good feedback from growers especially on larger air planters
Cost estimated at of about $.30/bag of seed corn or beans

22. Cover Crops
Bil Schrader

25. Advantages of Cover Crops
20 BPA from prevent plant to regular rotation?????

26. Plant Nutrition
Cody Wirtjes

27. Rake PN Site Construction completed in Spring of 2014 Specs
20,000 square feet
4 bays for loading/unloading
560,000 gallon heated fertilizer storage total capacity
398,000 gallons of storage currently
36,000 gallons of heated chemical storage
1.5 million gallon exterior 32% storage
24 hours loading bay with credentials

29. Rake PN Site Speed 600-800 GPM pump rate of 32% UAN
GPM pump rate for other fertilizer blends
Loading speeds of two trucks every fifteen minutes
Blending capabilities
Capable of splash blending from all interior/exterior tanks
Water treatment and adjuvant injection
Injection of additives, stabilizers and biologicals possible
Chemical injection possible

30. Value-added PN Programs

31. Nitrogen Stabilizers Instinct II
Nitrapyrin inhibits the nitrosomonas bacteria in the soil
Formulated for UAN solutions as well as manure
Keeps nitrogen available in the root zone
Supports Environmentally Beneficial Farming Practices
6 bu/A advantage for state of Iowa over the last 5 years

32. Nitrogen Stabilizers Nutrisphere Ties up nickel required by Urease
Ties up copper & iron required by nitrosomonas & nitrobacter bacteria
Dual mode action prevents nitrogen loss
Formulated for UAN & Urea
Rate specific makes it cost effective

33. Nitrogen Stabilizers Agrotain Plus Agrotain Ultra Dual formulation
NBPT inhibits urease
Prevents loss from volitization
for up to 14 days
Formulated for UAN as well as Urea
Agrotain Plus
Dual formulation
NBPT inhibits urease
DCD for below ground protection
Formulated to mix into UAN

34. Plant Growth Promotors
Stimulate
Contains Gibberellin, Aukin, Cytokinin
Promotes germination, cell elongation, and cell division
Apply using starter fertilizer or as a seed treatment
Promotes root growth for increased nutrient uptake
Strong yield results from demo plots & certain soil types from FTF trials
Bio-Forge
Antioxidant, controls hormone interactions & increases drought tolerance
Applied in-furrow or as a foilar
Should be used to help mitigate stress for plants

35. Biologicals/Microbials
Accomplish LM
Bio-Chemical
Combination of enzymes, organic acids, and chelators to create nutrient availibility
For use in starter, UAN solutions, manure
Has reputation as solid performer at making nutrients more available
Data has shown 4-6 bu/A increase on corn
Generate
Uses cobalt to jump start microbial activity
Can be applied in-furrow or as a foliar application
It should be used
Small plot data concludes 5 bu/A increase in corn, 3.75 bu/A increase in soybeans

36. New products to consider 2015!
Limus - BASF
Similar to Agrotain Ultra
Two AI’s – NBPT & NPPT
Prevents loss to volatilization
BASF Financing? Availability?
Preserve-N
Liquid DCD (30% AI)
1gal/ton
Below ground protection only (Instinct II)
Sernade Soil - Bayer
Biological Fungicide
Applied with starter or water
Beneficial soil bacterium acts as a protective barrier that grows with the roots
Directly attacks diseases in the soil
Bayer rebate program

37. How to Build a Season-long Rec
Look at Soil tests
Look to Agro-Culture Liquid products
Low Salt
High nutrient efficiency
Plants need N,P,K Sulfur and micros
Plants need available nutrients
Plant needs are met by providing a balanced solution
Spoon feeding with the right nutrients at the right timing

38. Side dress Options Started with x starter….now what?
Side dress! Back to the spoon feeding approach!!
Has added a solid ROI back to our grower base
This fits right in with the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy
We as Agronomist’s/CCA’s need to make better nutrient recommendations and moving nitrogen out to when the plant needs it is a great 1st step!

39. Fertilizer offering Through AFS
Starter Offerings
(Pro-Germinator) (Poly)
2-1-6 (Sure-K)
S (Kalibrate)
(Poly)
S-.5Zn-.05Mn (Quad 5) (Poly)
S-.5Zn (Poly)
S-.5Zn-.05Mn (PhosPlus) (Poly)
S-.1Zn-.05Mn (OptiStart Gold) (Ortho)
(Poly)
(Poly)
(Ortho)
(Ortho)
(Ortho)
with micros (RiseR) (Poly)
More!!!
Micro Nutrient offerings
Carry 5 different Zinc products
Carry all micro-nutrients individually
Carry micro-nutrient packages
Other Liquid Offerings
32%
28%
S (ATS)
0-0-30
0-0-24
S (KTS)
Dry Fertilizer offerings
Urea
Map
Dap
Potash
AMS

40. First to the Field
Anna Balvance

41. AFS Innovation Evaluation Platform
2nd year of existence
Evaluate new products with precision technology to better understand and validate grower value ROI
Requirement of GPS as-applied maps, harvest data and strip trial format to increase replications and data quality
3rd Party Data Analysis by Precision Management

42. Why is FTF Valuable?
Unique platform that exclusively engages innovative growers
Field Visits
In-Season Webinars
Exclusive FTF Weekly Agronomic Updates
Summer Innovation Field Day
Winter Results meeting
Excites manufacturers to partner and bring us innovation
Builds credible data essential in 2015 and beyond

43. Communications
Anna Balvance

44. Website New Website in 2015 January/February ETA
Agronomic Media and Content Focus
Updated Frequently
Suggestions?
Goal to Collaborate and Share content with Opheim Seed

45. Agronomy Update Starting in January Bi-Weekly Out-of-Season
Weekly In-Season
Video/Newsletter Creation
Frequently Asked Agronomy Questions from that week
Crop Conditions in your area
Weather events
Pests present

46. Social Media Relevant 89% of 18-29 year olds are on Social Media
Advantages

47. Twitter Quick Facts 140 character messages (microblogging)
The “Coffee Shop” of the 21st Century
Tailor your twitter to your community, whether that’s.. Ag
Politics
Music
Etc.
The Hashtag (#)- Connecting your tweet to a larger conversation
Examples

48. #pftour14

49. #harvest14

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Encourage your customers to do so as well!
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52. Suggestions?
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What is the best medium?

53. Asmus Farm Supply Consulting Clients with Sustainable Recommendation
To Maximize Production

54. Thanks!