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In this January edition
- An exciting 2024 ahead
- Inatreq™ stewardship support offer now live for 2024 and reminder about sprayer winter maintenance resources
- Kinsidro Grow+: Corteva's sustainably sourced biostimulant
- Use Arylex™ active this spring for broad leaved weed control
- Other news and useful updates
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Growing together in 2024
We hope your 2024 has got off to a positive start.
2023 was an unforgettable year of progress for Corteva Agriscience, made possible by the incredible effort and commitment of over 21,000 colleagues worldwide.
We continue to serve farmers and invest in innovation, expanding our portfolio, including our biologicals range, for continued success. As always, we remain committed to providing you with the support and solutions you need!
This is our first Arable Update for 2024, and just one of the ways we are able to keep you up to date with timely in-season advice. Are you receiving the right communications from us? Take a moment to review your preferences here. And don’t forget, we post frequently on our social media channels, so you’ll want to make sure you’re following @CortevaUK on Facebook and X.
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Lastly, please remember your feedback is vital in our journey to improve our service and communications. You are welcome to reach out to us through our Hotline, by sending us an email enquiry, or connect with one of our colleagues local to you, by clicking here.
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Corteva UK and Ireland team.
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Inatreq™ active: 2024 best practice sprayer hygiene and maintenance, application advice and £200 stewardship support offer
The 2023 AHDB fungicide performance trials have shown that Univoq™ fungicide continues to be one of the leading treatments against Septoria and rusts. The trials, which entered their 30th year, monitor the performance of different fungicides, both as straights and as coformulations, to help guide product choice for farmers and agronomists.
Containing the Inatreq™ active molecule and the patented i-Q4™ formulation, Univoq has a unique site of action, meaning there is no cross resistance to any other chemistry used on farms today.
Fungicides faced a tough Septoria test in 2023 with a relatively wet March and cool April driving early disease. The AHDB results demonstrate just how reliable the performance of Univoq is across seasons with varying characteristics.
For farmers and sprayer operators wanting to utilise the unique benefits of Corteva products containing Inatreq active this year, new best practice application advice and resources are now available to help optimise field operations.
Our Inatreq Stewardship Support Offer is running again this year offering farmers and spray contractors a goodwill gesture of £200 towards the cost of sprayer parts purchased in conjunction with Corteva products containing Inatreq fungicide. The Stewardship Support Offer portal for 2024 is now live to submit:
- Proof of purchase of 20-litres of Corteva product containing Inatreq™ active fungicide (these are Univoq™, Peacoq™, Inconiq™, Questar™, Aquino™, Apaveq™, Poquet™ or Peqtiga™); and
- Proof of purchase of any nozzle anti-drip diaphragms or pistons, pump diaphragms or a Ramsay box seal in alignment with the Corteva application advice.
The Offer is limited to the first 2,000 successful claims made before the closing date of 31st August 2024.
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Kinsidro Grow+: Corteva's sustainably sourced biostimulant
Whilst crops drilled before the weather conditions deteriorated in autumn 2023 come into the spring stressed, cereal crops drilled in the new year will suffer from winter stress. Recently drilled crops will be significantly backwards coming into the season, suffering from poor tillering and increased susceptibility to disease.
Mitigating abiotic stress in cereal crops coming out of winter and into spring is crucial.
Products containing humic substances are widely acknowledged to play a role in abiotic stress mitigation. However, many humic based products are derived from compounds extracted from open cast mining. These products are usually applied at high use rates (20-50kg/ha) but have variable humic acid and low fulvic acid content.
Derived from sustainable Nordic pine forests, Kinsidro® Grow+ is a humic substance-based biostimulant from Corteva's developing biologicals portfolio. The patented sustainable extraction method yields a consistently high quality product with high fulvic acid concentration. Both humic and fulvic acids in Kinsidro Grow+ are chelated with essential macro and micronutrients. Superior to mining-derived products, Kinsidro Grow+ is highly concentrated with a conveniently low application rate of 0.15kg/ha.
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Kinsidro Grow+ optimises nutrient availability for metabolic and physiological processes during early plant growth. In activating enzymes that produce antioxidants, Kinsidro Grow+ is able to neutralise excess reactive oxygen species produced in winter stressed plants that will cause cell damage, death, and reduced plant growth.
Polyphenols are important molecules produced by a plant and are responsible for disease resistance, amongst many other functions. Kinsidro Grow+ helps stimulate the production of phenolic compounds, improving disease and pest tolerance in plants. Thus, Kinsidro Grow+ can be an important tank mix partner with a T0 or early T1 fungicide application to help optimize disease control.
Agronomic response on cereal crop from a February application. Visual results in the field; left image: 3 weeks after application, right image: 5 weeks after application.
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Kinsidro Grow+ is a straight potassic fertiliser made as a lignin based fulvic acid complex complemented with micronutrients. Kinsidro Grow+ has a biostimulating effect. We recommend applying Kinsidro Grow+ to actively growing plants for use in a wide range of crops including cereals, maize and sugar beet.
You can find our more about Kinsidro Grow+ here.
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The Arylex™ advantage: Getting broad leaved weed control right this spring
As winter gives way to spring, one of the first considerations on arable farmers’ minds is getting back to fieldwork. Planning a robust herbicide programme should be a top priority this spring.
Learnings from the past three years have shown that the window for applications can open as early as February or as late as April. This spring, saturated soils following a very wet winter will delay growers’ ability to get on with the job, which makes preparation – including getting the right chemistry in store and ready to go – all the more important.
In addition, weed pressure will pose a greater threat. This is because the persistent autumn rain will have washed out any residual herbicides from the soil profile. And there will also be spring-germinating weeds to care of, especially where spring cereals are sown. Getting a good grip on the weed burden that is present is an important first step before deciding on herbicide investment.
Corteva’s Arylex™ active molecule has become a mainstay of any spring broadleaf weed herbicide programmes. Arylex’s key point of difference from traditional chemistry is the ability to perform extremely well in cold and fluctuating temperatures. This makes the molecule a great fit for early spring, while sulfonylurea chemistry may struggle to achieve good control of some weed species, especially larger poppies. Trials by Corteva have shown a 1.75t/ha yield benefit in winter wheat by treating crops with Arylex. Continue reading here.
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Other news and useful updates
Ways to earn CPD points
We have several online training courses to support both farmers and agronomists with their continued professional development. Take a look at how you can earn CPD points with Corteva Agriscience here. You can also receive BASIS and/or NRoSO points by signing up to our other e-newsletters here.
Read the latest Corteva Talks e-newsletter
Featuring our Resilient and Ready farmers, opportunities to join the UK and Ireland team, and a review of where you saw us in 2023. Find out more here.
Brome Questionnaire and 2023 Farmer Survey
Thank you to everyone who shared their thoughts and submitted their feedback in our recent Brome Questionnaire and Farmer Survey; your insights are invaluable to us. Keep an eye on social media and our website for updates on the key findings.
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Subscribing to Corteva Agriscience Arable Update gives eligibility for 2 CP BASIS points and/or 2 NRoSO points annually. Sign up to this e-newsletter to receive the points.
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USE PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS SAFELY. Always read the label and product information before use. For further information including warning phrases and symbols refer to label. Corteva Agriscience UK Limited, CPC2 Capital Park, Fulbourn, Cambridge CB21 5XE. Tel: 01462 457272. ®, ™ Trademarks of Corteva Agriscience and its affiliated companies. All other brand names are trademarks of other manufacturers for which proprietary rights may exist. All manufacturers tradenames and trademarks are duly acknowledged. Inatreq™ active contains fenpicoxamid. Univoq™ contains fenpicoxamid and prothioconazole. Kinsidro Grow+ is an organo-mineral fertiliser with micronutrients and fulvic acids (with potassium). Arylex™ active contains halauxifen-methyl.
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