You’ve heard the saying, ‘there’s an app for that’ and there usually is. Here’s a look at a few innovative apps farmers can use to assist with crop management.
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This app is your go-to decision making tool for Corteva’s expanded portfolio of crop protection products. It’s a quick access, easy and user-friendly guide that assists in choosing the right products as well as the right order to tank-mix them.
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Testimonial
"There’s so much information in [the app]. And I like its ease of use – I can go on and make recommendations quick and easy.” ~ Derek Hill, Lenos Custom Farming
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The soybean white mould forecaster is designed to help farmers predict the need for a fungicide application and assist farmers in making early season management decisions for controlling the disease.
The app, which is free to download and use, was developed with support from the Wisconsin Soybean Association and Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board. It was programmed by personnel in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Nutrient and Pest Management Program. Sporecaster uses university research to help growers (Canadian and U.S.) predict the best timing for white mould treatment during the flowering period.
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The corn tar spot disease forecaster app helps farmers make management decisions for tar spot in corn by creating models to forecast disease risk within a field.
The app and Tarspotter risk models were developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Farmers can easily input site-specific information about their corn field into this free app, which combines the farmer specific information with the research-based models to predict the best timing for tar spot treatment.
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