THE GREATEST BATTLE IN AG HISTORY
THE TAURUS AG DISCOVERY PLOT CHALLENGE
LOWER SEEDLING MORTALITY, HIGHER FERTILIZER RATES, INCREASED EMERGENCE
Seedling mortality rate is often caused by salt in fertilizer and toxicity to seed. We know higher fertilizer rates are applied to increase yield, but we also know this practice sacrifices emergence. Our seed safety knock-out challenges the accepted seedling mortality rate to show it is possible to increase fertilizer, and increase emergence with seed safe products.
WEIGH-INS
On our Discovery Plots, we applied out-of-this-world quantities, to showcase how seed safe innovations can decrease seed mortality and improve soil biology.
LBS OF PRODUCT APPLIED IN THE SEED ROW
100 lbs • 200 lbs • 300 lbs
THE CHALLENGERS VS THE COMPETITORS
CHALLENGERS |
COMPETITORS |
CRYSTAL GREEN 5-28-0+10Mg |
COMPETITOR 1 14-24-0+10S |
SUL4R-PLUS 0-0-0+21CA+17S |
COMPETITOR 2 8–29–5+10S+10CA |
POLYSULPHATE 0-0-14+12.2Ca+3.6Mg+19.2S |

RINGSIDE - THE PLOT MAP

TREATMENTS BY PLOT
CANOLA
CANOLA PLOT 13 |
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PRODUCT | CHECK |
AMOUNT OF PRODUCT APPLIED |
ALL TREATMENTS INCLUDE 20 LB of P (11-52 MAP) |
TOTAL NUTRIENT VALUE APPLIED | 20 lb of P205 + AMS38+K28 |
CANOLA PLOT 12 |
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PRODUCT | SUL4R-PLUS (0-0-0+21CA+17S) |
AMOUNT OF PRODUCT APPLIED |
300 lbs |
TOTAL NUTRIENT VALUE APPLIED | 20 Lb of P205+S51+Ca63 |
CANOLA PLOT 11 |
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PRODUCT | SUL4R-PLUS (0-0-0+21CA+17S) |
AMOUNT OF PRODUCT APPLIED |
200 lbs |
TOTAL NUTRIENT VALUE APPLIED | 20 Lb of P205+S34+Ca42 |
CANOLA PLOT 10 |
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PRODUCT | SUL4R-PLUS (0-0-0+21CA+17S) |
AMOUNT OF PRODUCT APPLIED |
100 lbs |
TOTAL NUTRIENT VALUE APPLIED | 20 Lb of P205+S17+Ca21 |
CANOLA PLOT 9 |
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PRODUCT | PolySulphate (0-0-14+12.2Ca+3.6Mg+19.2S) |
AMOUNT OF PRODUCT APPLIED |
300 lbs |
TOTAL NUTRIENT VALUE APPLIED | 20 Lb of P205+S57+K42+Ca36 |
CANOLA PLOT 8 |
|
PRODUCT | PolySulphate (0-0-14+12.2Ca+3.6Mg+19.2S) |
AMOUNT OF PRODUCT APPLIED |
200 lbs |
TOTAL NUTRIENT VALUE APPLIED |
20 Lb of P205+ S38+K28+Ca24 |
CANOLA PLOT 7 |
|
PRODUCT | PolySulphate (0-0-14+12.2Ca+3.6Mg+19.2S) |
AMOUNT OF PRODUCT APPLIED |
100 lbs |
TOTAL NUTRIENT VALUE APPLIED | 20 Lb of P205+ S19+K14+Ca12 |
CANOLA PLOT 6 |
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PRODUCT | COMPETITOR 2 (8–29–5+10S+10CA) |
AMOUNT OF PRODUCT APPLIED |
200 lbs |
TOTAL NUTRIENT VALUE APPLIED | 76 Lb of P205 |
CANOLA PLOT 5 |
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PRODUCT | Crystal Green (5-28-0+10Mg) |
AMOUNT OF PRODUCT APPLIED |
300 lbs |
TOTAL NUTRIENT VALUE APPLIED | 103 Lb of P205 |
CANOLA PLOT 4 |
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PRODUCT | Crystal Green (5-28-0+10Mg) |
AMOUNT OF PRODUCT APPLIED |
200 lbs |
TOTAL NUTRIENT VALUE APPLIED | 76 Lb of P205 |
CANOLA PLOT 3 |
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PRODUCT | Crystal Green (5-28-0+10Mg) |
AMOUNT OF PRODUCT APPLIED |
100 lbs |
TOTAL NUTRIENT VALUE APPLIED | 48 Lb of P205 |
CANOLA PLOT 2 |
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PRODUCT | Competitor 1 (14-24-0+10S) |
AMOUNT OF PRODUCT APPLIED |
100 lbs |
TOTAL NUTRIENT VALUE APPLIED | 48 Lb of P205 |
CANOLA PLOT 1 |
|
PRODUCT | CHECK |
AMOUNT OF PRODUCT APPLIED |
ALL TREATMENTS INCLUDE 20 LB of P (11-52 MAP) |
TOTAL NUTRIENT VALUE APPLIED | 38 Lb of P205 |
PEAS
PEA PLOT 13 |
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PRODUCT | CHECK |
AMOUNT OF PRODUCT APPLIED |
ALL TREATMENTS INCLUDE 20 LB of P (11-52 MAP) |
TOTAL NUTRIENT VALUE APPLIED | 20 lb of P205 + AMS38+K28 |
PEA PLOT 12 |
|
PRODUCT | SUL4R-PLUS (0-0-0+21CA+17S) |
AMOUNT OF PRODUCT APPLIED |
300 lbs |
TOTAL NUTRIENT VALUE APPLIED | 20 Lb of P205+S51+Ca63 |
PEA PLOT 11 |
|
PRODUCT | SUL4R-PLUS (0-0-0+21CA+17S) |
AMOUNT OF PRODUCT APPLIED |
200 lbs |
TOTAL NUTRIENT VALUE APPLIED | 20 Lb of P205+S34+Ca42 |
PEA PLOT 10 |
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PRODUCT | SUL4R-PLUS (0-0-0+21CA+17S) |
AMOUNT OF PRODUCT APPLIED |
100 lbs |
TOTAL NUTRIENT VALUE APPLIED | 20 Lb of P205+S17+Ca21 |
PEA PLOT 9 |
|
PRODUCT | PolySulphate (0-0-14+12.2Ca+3.6Mg+19.2S) |
AMOUNT OF PRODUCT APPLIED |
300 lbs |
TOTAL NUTRIENT VALUE APPLIED | 20 Lb of P205+S57+K42+Ca36 |
PEA PLOT 8 |
|
PRODUCT | PolySulphate (0-0-14+12.2Ca+3.6Mg+19.2S) |
AMOUNT OF PRODUCT APPLIED |
200 lbs |
TOTAL NUTRIENT VALUE APPLIED | 20 Lb of P205+ S38+K28+Ca24 |
PEA PLOT 7 |
|
PRODUCT | PolySulphate (0-0-14+12.2Ca+3.6Mg+19.2S) |
AMOUNT OF PRODUCT APPLIED |
100 lbs |
TOTAL NUTRIENT VALUE APPLIED | 20 Lb of P205+ S19+K14+Ca12 |
PEA PLOT 6 |
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PRODUCT | COMPETITOR 2 (8–29–5+10S+10CA) |
AMOUNT OF PRODUCT APPLIED |
200 lbs |
TOTAL NUTRIENT VALUE APPLIED | 76 Lb of P205 |
PEA PLOT 5 |
|
PRODUCT | Crystal Green (5-28-0+10Mg) |
AMOUNT OF PRODUCT APPLIED |
300 lbs |
TOTAL NUTRIENT VALUE APPLIED | 103 Lb of P205 |
PEA PLOT 4 |
|
PRODUCT | Crystal Green (5-28-0+10Mg) |
AMOUNT OF PRODUCT APPLIED |
200 lbs |
TOTAL NUTRIENT VALUE APPLIED | 76 Lb of P205 |
PEA PLOT 3 |
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PRODUCT | Crystal Green (5-28-0+10Mg) |
AMOUNT OF PRODUCT APPLIED |
100 lbs |
TOTAL NUTRIENT VALUE APPLIED | 48 Lb of P205 |
PEA PLOT 2 |
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PRODUCT | Competitor 1 (14-24-0+10S) |
AMOUNT OF PRODUCT APPLIED |
100 lbs |
TOTAL NUTRIENT VALUE APPLIED | 48 Lb of P205 |
PEA PLOT 1 |
|
PRODUCT | CHECK |
AMOUNT OF PRODUCT APPLIED |
ALL TREATMENTS INCLUDE 20 LB of P (11-52 MAP) |
TOTAL NUTRIENT VALUE APPLIED | 38 Lb of P205 |
Read What We Learned from the 2020 Taurus Advanced Acre Plot
See you at Ag in Motion 2022.