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Field-Tested Biologicals: 2026 Trial Observations

As growers look for new ways to enhance plant health and performance throughout the season, the biological crop input market has grown in popularity, particularly for row crops. ...

Oct 19, 2026

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3 Steps to a Successful Fall Burndown Application

If conditions in your area allow you to make a fall burndown application, it can make the spring a little easier from a weed management perspective. Applying in the fall allows you to t...

Oct 06, 2026

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Man unloading WinField United Class Act® NG® adjuvant from truck

Branded vs. Generic Adjuvants: How to Optimize Spray Performance and Protect Your ROI Potential

When input budgets get tight, it is easy to look at the price tag on a jug of adjuvant and wonder whether a lower-cost generic product will do the job just as well as a premium-branded ...

Aug 25, 2026

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Making the Perfect Pass: Lessons from Our Drone Workshop

The use of drones in row crop agriculture is growing rapidly. It’s estimated that thousands of spray drones entered the U.S. agriculture market last year alone. Yet education on h...

Aug 11, 2026

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Make the Most of Your Fungicide Application

If I had a crystal ball, I could tell you how heavy disease pressure will be in the future. But since I don’t, my best advice is to use data and your trusted advisors to determine...

Jun 11, 2026

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3 Must-Knows for Drone Applications

Every pesticide application worth making is worth doing correctly. Drones have proven to be a helpful innovation for efficient crop protection applications, but many precise factors nee...

May 19, 2026

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Help Inputs Work Harder

To maximize profitability potential, every dollar spent on crop protection products must deliver the best possible return on investment. That’s where adjuvants come in. They&rsquo...

May 04, 2026

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5 Tips for Managing Early-Season Plant Stress

Planting is just around the corner. Every decision you make, including your seed purchase and the ground conditions you place it in, can affect the number on the yield monitor at harves...

Mar 04, 2026

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Drone shot of a grower applying a pre-emergence herbicide

Take Care of Early Spring Weeds Before Planting

If you deal with winter or spring annual weeds in your fields, it's important to consider including a spring burndown herbicide application. Winter annuals, including marestail, chi...

Feb 24, 2026

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Spraying fungicide on mid-season corn field

Look to Fungicides to Help Manage Disease in High-Value Hybrids

In 2025, moisture was extremely prevalent in some areas, and with it, disease pressure. Across the lower corn belt from St. Louis to central Ohio, heavy rains came in the early season, ...

Dec 16, 2025

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6 Disease Management Tips for Corn and Soybeans

With the strong disease pressures we saw in 2025, it’s a good idea to consider now how you’ll handle those potential threats in the upcoming season. Your crops (and your wal...

Nov 25, 2025

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Why Seed Treatments Are Critical For Crop Success

Your crop has its maximum potential before the seed ever hits the soil. Every day after planting, biotic and abiotic stresses can chip away at that seed’s yield potential. That&rs...

Oct 28, 2025

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Oct 10, 2025

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2024 Fuel Your Community Recipients Announced

Ag Partners continues its tradition of community support through the fourth annual installment of the Fuel Your Community Program.

Oct 10, 2025

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What You Need to Know About the EPA Herbicide Strategy

On August 20, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final Herbicide Strategy, calling it an “unprecedented step” toward protecting more than 900 ...

Sep 08, 2025

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A container of SuperLock™ adjuvant sits on the tailgate of a pickup truck

Introducing a Simplified Way to Boost Herbicide Performance

Today’s agronomic landscape demands more from every application. Weed pressures are increasing with more than 250 weed species now resistant to at least one herbicide mode or site...

Sep 01, 2025

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Managing Southern Rust in Corn

Last season, southern rust was easy to find in cornfields across much of the Midwest. Unfortunately for farmers, all the elements of the disease triangle aligned in 2025. There were ple...

Aug 14, 2025

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Plan Ahead with Proven Adjuvants in 2026

Weed competition can be one of the costliest threats to your crop’s performance. Based on what you’ve observed in your fields this season, you may be considering a different...

Aug 07, 2025

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Tips For Managing Drought-Stressed Fields

You can purchase the right equipment, seed and inputs to set your season up for success, but you can’t control the weather. Navigating the challenges of Mother Nature is one of tr...

May 23, 2025

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Agronomist analyzing mid-season corn plant.

Maximize Plant Health at Key Growth Stages

Plant health is a lofty term that gets tossed around a lot in agronomic conversations; however, when you have a clear definition and actionable strategies, maximizing plant health becom...

Mar 31, 2025