More Doesn’t Equal More: Maximizing Crop Input Efficiency with BW Fusion
In an era where agricultural budgets are increasingly constrained, growers continue to face mounting pressure to optimize crop input expenditures without compromising performance.
With input costs steadily rising and market uncertainties looming, every dollar spent must deliver tangible returns. There are hundreds of products these days promising yield boosts and a positive return on investment. But when it comes to crop inputs, even with proven results, more doesn’t always equal more.
“Whether it’s trying to stimulate a plant or add more nitrogen or more fertilizer, it doesn’t generally mean we’re going to have more yield at the end of the day,” Sean Nettleton, BW Fusion technical agronomist, says.
Growers can no longer afford to rely on blanket applications of fertilizers, pesticides and other inputs or assume that individual product performance simply equals larger results.
Instead, it’s crucial to find a trusted advisor who can help determine which product combinations, application rates, methods and timing lead to optimal results for the specific needs of your fields.
This is where BW Fusion steps in, revolutionizing agronomic decision-making by streamlining product selection. Rather than offering a generic recommendation for all growers, we provide solutions that are tailored to your field’s unique requirements.
HOW IT’S MADE: CREATING YOUR FORMULA
At BW Fusion, we understand that our products are only as good as the data that backs them. By using Agronomy 365’s industry-leading soil and tissue analyses, we’re able to accurately assess soil health and nutrient needs and monitor how our biology transforms fields.
The same applies to your acres. Rather than taking a guess at your field fertility, skip to the facts to maximize your MPGA.
“If we know what’s going on in your fields, in your plants, then it’s much easier for us to build you a program that fits the needs of what you’re experiencing,” Sean says.
A comprehensive soil analysis through Agronomy 365’s BaselineRx program provides our agronomists the best insights into your fields, helping them formulate the best blend for you.
Rather than dividing your field into zones based solely on location, BaselineRx takes multiple factors into consideration, including soil color, texture, water flow and more, and divides your fields into approximately five zones based on this assessment.
“There are a lot of zone sampling programs out there,” Jason Schley, BW Fusion president of agronomy, shares. “What’s unique about Agronomy 365’s BaselineRx is we’re not just looking at the chemical properties of your soil, but we’re also looking at the physical presence and the biological activity and giving you an overall vision of what that soil is going to release within your field.”
This comprehensive approach provides more accurate insights into your field and allows for more effective custom solutions. Better data, better blends, better results.
Watch this video to see the difference between traditional grid sampling and BaselineRx’s custom zone creation.
“Grid sampling is a step in the right direction, it’s the right concept, but a poor execution of variable rate management,” Mason Claude, BW Fusion technical agronomist, shares. “Everybody who has been to a university soil health workshop has been taught that you’re supposed to just get an average of the square. So, you’re essentially getting three or four different zones within one sample, and you’re using that to make a management decision across three or four different zones that need to be treated three or four different ways.”
Once you receive your custom nutrient prescription from BaselineRx, our agronomists can help you fulfill those nutrient needs with your personal MPGA.
“To me, BaselineRx is the first step—the foundational step—in making a good fertility program,” Jason Schley, BW Fusion president of agronomy, says.
WATCH THE MAGIC HAPPEN
After you receive your Most Powerful Gallon in Agriculture™, you can use Agronomy 365’s in-season soil and tissue sample analysis program to see how your unique formula transforms your field fertility and crop performance.
“I'm a believer that Agronomy 365 is going to change the way we look at spending fertility dollars,” Sean says. “And I don't mean it's going to change tomorrow or the next day. But I think over the next several years, we have the potential to change the way we look at fertilizer dollars and the response that we get from those. And I think that is going to be huge, because ‘dollars in’ is not ‘dollars out’ when it comes to fertilizer dollars. You don't always get back what you put in.”
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I'm a believer that Agronomy 365 is going to change the way we look at spending fertility dollars. And I don't mean it's going to change tomorrow or the next day. But I think over the next several years, we have the potential to change the way we look at fertilizer dollars and the response that we get from those. And I think that is going to be huge, because ‘dollars in’ is not ‘dollars out’ when it comes to fertilizer dollars. You don't always get back what you put in.
