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SOIL NUTRITION

Meristem launches EXCAVATOR® AMS

powered by CYCLESTRIKE™

eristem Crop Performance® an- No-till farmer Nick Fries, of Summit
Mnounced the next formulation View Ag near Norwalk, Wisc., says resi-
improvement of EXCAVATOR® AMS due used to be an every-season struggle.
powered by CYCLESTRIKE™, a power- "But with EXCAVATOR we found a prod-
ful consortium of microbes held in the uct that has helped us manage that over
patented BIO-CAPSULE® LR designed to the past four years." He’s done a lot of tri-
keep biology vigorous until the point of als during that time.
impact.
"Comparing fields we treated to un-
"It’s time to take up to $50 out of your treated, you see a big difference in stand
synthetic fertilizer spend and unlock the count and stand quality of soybeans," he
plant nutrition you already own, " said says. "Not only soybeans, but your corn-
Mitch Eviston, Meristem Founder and on-corn acres." Fries says residue man- with another Meristem innovation: Bi-
CEO, in announcing the new formulation. agement with EXCAVATOR has become oUp™, a solution formulated to neutralize
"And you can do that better than ever a big deal for him in pursuing higher the negative effect chlorine in city water
with EXCAVATOR AMS powered by CY- corn yields. "When we degrade those has on biologicals of any kind.
CLESTRIKE." He says that since Meristem stalks, we can get better seed-to-soil con-
launched EXCAVATOR five years ago, tact to get better emergence and a more "Chlorine is hard on biologicals, and
he’s seen a lot of me-too products enter even stand in our corn-on-corn, and I’m we’ve worked with many farmers who’ve
the market, "and that’s why we’ve pushed also looking for those nutrients to boost confirmed a difference in efficacy when
EXCAVATOR AMS up another notch with the next crop." CYCLESTRIKE, says Fries, they fill their rig from a water source in
CYCLESTRIKE." With it, Eviston says, "you seems to be another step-change in town compared with well water at the
are truly getting it all: a great consortium speedy stalk degradation. farm," he explains. "BioUp is the remedy
of microbes kept vigorous in BIO-CAP- "We used EXCAVATOR AMS with CY- for that and every box of EXCAVATOR
SULE LR plus the best surfactant, water CLESTRIKE in an application in Novem- AMS with CYCLESTRIKE will carry it.
conditioner, and nitrogen to speed de- ber on some acres, and the difference Growers will simply use the kit-provided
composition. This is the very best residue between treated and untreated is night BioUp to treat their water before adding
breakdown product on the market. " and day," he says. "EXCAVATOR is a great other products to the tank."
"One of the things we’re seeing in our product, and as Meristem has improved While Meristem’s "Biology Is Fertility"
research is microbial blends that go after it, so have the results. CYCLESTRIKE is approach is drawing favor from many
residues more effectively," says Connor a simple process: Unscrew your jug cap, who are adopting more regenerative ag-
Sible, Ph.D. at the University of Illinois. screw the CYCLESTRIKE capsule on, riculture concepts at the field level, Evis-
"And combining these biological mixes push a button down and release the mi- ton says the Meristem mission remains
with the nitrogen sulfur sources such as crobes into the EXCAVATOR AMS." clear: "We’re all about helping farmers
AMS tends to be synergistic, and you are Chris Thrasher, Meristem’s Director raise more bushels for less."
getting a one plus one equals three sce- of Innovation and Product Management
nario." says CYCLESTRIKE will be co-packed Circle 41 on enquiry card

RDX-N™ provides game-changing Nitrogen Optimization for Agriculture

decade of painstaking research has cul- tant thing you can do for year-over-year suc-
A minated in the development of RDX-N™, cess in the field.”
revolutionary nitrogen optimization technol- RDX-N™ has a patent-pending combination
ogy from Redox Bio-Nutrients now available to of biostimulants that increase nitrogen optimi-
growers everywhere.
zation, including a 50-percent efficiency gain
RDX-N™ is a stable, botanical extract bios- in synthetic liquid nitrogen applications, while
timulant combined with organic carbon com- maintaining peak production and quality.
pounds that stimulate better nitrogen metabo-
lism in the plant itself. Optimizing nitrogen use “Information from independent researchers,
is essential for peak plant performance, includ- university affiliates, and from growers has con-
ing improving crop quality and increased crop firmed the research we have conducted in our
yields. greenhouse and on the research farm.” said
“I’m extremely excited about what this new Redox Director of Research, Dr. Gifford Gillette.
technology offers,” remarked Redox Owner “Measures of redox potential (i.e., Eh) from
and CEO, Darin Moon. “It’s unlike anything in multiple crops and locations also confirms that
the marketplace and will help growers achieve RDX-N™ plays a major role in achieving plant
plant charge balance, the single most impor- charge balance.” Circle 42 on enquiry card

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