Friday Crop Report on a Thursday.

[Guest]

Just curious about adding AMS to ALL spray water. I add with glyphosate because of our hard water, and any chem which calls for it on the label. Any science behind that for other chemicals?

AMS is a tank scrubber ,always a danger of pulling some group 2 outta some where in system
Happens around here with Viper/AMS too often

[blackpowder]

Only funged peas, barley and some wheat this year. Just stopped all expenses.
We use well water. Testing recommendations are find a different supply lol.
I'm not a chemist. Told to add AMS before chem so chem doesn't bind to water. High sodium and total dissolved solids.
Gonna plumb totes with dedicated pump and push straight into hotline bypassing the handler.
We have a resistant wild oats problem to various products. Thinking years of so so efficacy a contributor. Scetchy desiccation as well. Good to know about the tank scrubbing.
There are other products but cost 2.5x more.

[biglentil]

I did half a section of durum at flower as a test, 1 tank caramba rest an Adama fungi forgot the name. Only yield difference on the section was what was lost to sprayer tracks.

Canola zero acres of fungi.

[LEP]

Just curious about adding AMS to ALL spray water. I add with glyphosate because of our hard water, and any chem which calls for it on the label. Any science behind that for other chemicals?

Be careful. Get a water sample and check with someone who knows what they are talking about. Every area has different water conditions and issues. There is even a difference between water sources in the same area.

Generally some of the granular chemicals don't like acidic water which is what most water conditioners do. So dyodd.

[biglentil]

Say you are applying fungi on wheat at heading. Fungicide $20, airplane $12, wheat $10/bus. Need 3.2 bushels to break even. Now lets say you have a year it does nothing. Now you need 6.4 bushels the following year to break even. Not hard to get upside down on ROI of fungicides imo. Do most guys even leave check strips?

[furrowtickler]

Don’t need fungicides with zero subsoil and 3.5 in rain . Ever

[FarmJunkie]

Every area is different but I can honestly say on this farm it pays every year on cereals. Worst case scenario is a break even. Canola not so much. Has to be real wet to get a ROI. Just puts more hours on the sprayer.

[1ABFRMR]

Say you are applying fungi on wheat at heading. Fungicide $20, airplane $12, wheat $10/bus. Need 3.2 bushels to break even. Now lets say you have a year it does nothing. Now you need 6.4 bushels the following year to break even. Not hard to get upside down on ROI of fungicides imo. Do most guys even leave check strips?

left check strip on canola. 7 bpa less on checkstrip . left checkstrip on wheat a few years ago. 20 bpa less on checkstrip

[AlbertaFarmer5]

left check strip on canola. 7 bpa less on checkstrip . left checkstrip on wheat a few years ago. 20 bpa less on checkstrip

What area are you in?

[1ABFRMR]

What area are you in?

hour and half south east of Edmonton