With tighter margins and increasing disease pressure, every management decision matters. When is the best time to spray fungicide?
With tighter margins and increasing disease pressure, every management decision matters. When is the best time to spray fungicide?
In this episode of Kick'N Dirt, the team sits down with Corteva research scientist Layton Peddicord to discuss how fungicide timing models are helping growers make more informed, profitable decisions in corn production.
Learn how Pioneer and Corteva are using agronomic data, disease tracking, weather patterns, and field-level management information to predict disease risk and optimize fungicide applications.
In this episode, you'll hear about:
🌽 How fungicide timing models work
🌽 Managing tar spot, gray leaf spot, northern corn leaf blight, and southern rust
🌽 Disease tracker tools available through Granular Insights
🌽 The role of weather, hybrid susceptibility, irrigation, and field history
🌽 Six years of ROI trial results and performance data
🌽 How growers can improve fungicide application timing and return on investment
🌽 Future disease modeling tools for soybeans, including white mold
Find more information about Granular Insights: https://www.corteva.com/us/products-and-solutions/digital-solutions/granular-insights.html