In another special crossover episode, Kick'n Dirt co-host and Nebraska Product Agronomist Mike Wardyn talks with Outstanding in Your Field's Carl Joern about the ROI of fungicide. With tar spot across the Corn Belt, they talk about an important question for growers: When is it still worth making a fungicide application?
As Carl explains to Pioneer Agronomists Mike Wardyn, Kevin Keller, and Kevin Kowalaski, the goal isn’t simply to spray on a predetermined calendar date. It’s about understanding disease development, the environment and the crop in front of you — and making an application when it has the best chance of protecting yield and delivering a return.
Listen for a conversation about Pioneer’s Fungicide Timing Solution, disease thresholds, fungicide timing, hybrid selection, late-season plant health, and the role weather plays in disease development.
The group also discusses what growers can learn from this year’s tar spot pressure, including how to scout earlier, document disease development, and make management decisions based on the specific hybrid, environment, and crop stage.