Crop Production – Fungicides
SPODNAM®
Direct Harvest Your Proso Millet with Spodnam®!
Did you know that you can now cost-effectively direct harvest proso millet using Spodnam®? Spodnam® is based on Pinolene, which is a proprietary terpene polymer designed for pod retention in Grains, Brassicas and Legumes. It melds with the natural waxes on pod surfaces and is vapor permeable but water resistant. Spodnam® is exempt from tolerance on all food crops.
You may be asking, does it work? Roy Pfaltzgraff of Haxtun, CO applied Spodnam® and direct harvested 440 acres of the 2018 proso millet crop which compared with swathing resulted in the following:
- Much faster harvest
- Lower dockage
- Higher test weight
- Better residue
- Enabled harvest of both hailed and drought-shorted millet crop
The Pfaltzgraph Bottom Line
| (Per Acre) | 2016 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Cost of Operation | $13 (Swathing) | $5 (Spraying) |
| Chemical Cost | $0 | $14.50 (Spodnam®) |
| Dockage | $7.04 | $0.12 |
| Fall Herbicide Application | $16 | $0 |
| Total Cost | $36.04 | $19.62 |
Now what is your residue worth?
Recommended treatment for Spodnam® for maximum benefit is 1 pint – 1.5 pints ($12 – $18) per acre at a minimum of 20 gallons of water per acre by ground application and at a minimum of 5 gallons of water per acre by aerial application. Spodnam® application timing is the same time as you would swath. Direct harvest should begin within 14 days of the application.
Spodnam® is available for direct harvest of the 2019 proso millet crop.
REAL RESULTS!
Real Results with Spodnam!
The following results were witnessed and reported by John Drake with Farm Service Center… “The following results were gathered on Sept. 3 2019 from the Stum Farming operation near Towner CO. This is the [...]