It’s pretty obvious farming is a profession that’s not for the faint of heart. Chasing the ever-moving target of healthy crops and high yields is a never-ending battle, especially when dealing with so many unpredictabilities. Even with what you can control, (aka a fertilizer plan that seems rock solid) striping and light green coloration can still pop up. What makes this more frustrating is when your neighbor’s field is the deep, healthy green straight out of a magazine. If you’ve covered your basic N-P-K bases, what could be the missing piece? The potential culprit could be N-P-K’s often forgotten about sidekick- sulfur. More

By: Erin Kolstad, Syngenta | Photography by: Mark Zhu

Like a lion lurking in the grass, bracing to pounce, sudden death syndrome (SDS) could be lying in wait in soybean fields — invisible until it’s too late for growers to defend their yields. This devastating disease infects the plant early, but detecting infection before symptoms typically appear late in the season can be difficult. More