Articles tagged under: Wilbur-Ellis

Getting a Head-Start on Next Year’s Crop

Published November 13, 2024

Due to low grain markets, crop input decisions for 2025 are under scrutiny. Wilbur-Ellis Field Agronomist Kelsey Schneider is encouraging farmers not to skip normal fertility practices. "Fertility is so important for finishing out grain fill, for standability," said Schneider.…
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Adding Adjuvants to Maximize Yields

Published July 26, 2024

Adjuvants can be added to fungicides to help the fungicide reach more surface area on the plant, and in turn infiltrate better. Choosing the right adjuvant for our operation is vital to the economic benefits that they can provide. “The…
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Wilbur-Ellis Introduces FORTUS Soybeans

Published July 25, 2024

Wilbur-Ellis is introducing FORTUS brand soybeans for the 2025 planting season. These varieties have the Enlist E3 trait. Five varieties in the Group 0 to Group 2 maturity were available for this growing season with demonstration plots at Ayr and…
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Managing Resistance

Published September 11, 2023

As the soybean crop matures, a flush of weeds that had been hiding under the canopy appears. Wilbur Ellis District Manager Chris Wharam the resistant weeds can be prolific seed producers. There are numerous tools available to the farmer to…
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Evaluating New Products and Technologies

Published August 16, 2023

Thousands of new products are introduced every year in agriculture. In an interview with the Red River Farm Network, Wilbur Ellis Director of Agronomic Solutions Darin Ebeling said a lot of the new products are in the biological space. In the…
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New Fungicide to Control Common Corn Diseases

Published July 6, 2023

Wilbur-Ellis Agribusiness and Plant Health Care have a new distribution agreement to support the sales of OBRONA. The foliar fungicide was recently approved by the EPA. Wilbur-Ellis will offer the product for control of tar spot, common rust, Gray leaf…
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Start Clean, Stay Clean

Published November 7, 2022

That’s the message from Wilbur-Ellis agronomy manager Kevin Erikson. The use of a pre-emergence herbicide is seen as an important tool against weed resistance."The weed that doesn't come out of the ground is the easiest to kill because once waterhemp…
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