Bio-Mulch™ Eliminate Your Crop Residue Problems Turn Years Into Months

Bio-Mulch accelerates crop residue break down and increases nutrient OCT cycling and nutrient availability in the soil. Bio-Mulch is specifically 1 designed to reduce crop residue build-up on the soil surface resulting in improved planting, seed placement and germination. NOV How Does Bio-Mulch Work? 2 Bio-Mulch is a unique blend of nutrients and fermentation enzymes designed to increase existing local populations of cellulose digesting DEC microbes. By increasing digesting microbe populations naturally, 3 Bio-Mulch accelerates cellular structure break down in stubble, stalks, cobs, roots and other organic debris. JAN Bio-Mulch is the answer to no-till and minimum-till problems: 4 Bio-Mulch minimizes crop residue build-up improving the FEB efficacy of these tillage methods. 5 • Reduced crop residue lessens the risk of nutrient tie up, which is important to the growing crop. MAR • Less residue improves herbicide activity. 6 • Reduced crop residue permits better seed germination leading to optimum plant population and higher yields. APR • Less crop residue allows soils to warm and dry earlier, 7 enhancing seed-bed preparation and earlier planting. • Bio-Mulch leaves just the right amount of crop residue on the soil MAY surface for effective protection against water and wind erosion. 8 Science-Driven Nutrition SM The Issue: pathogens and over-wintering insects that recommended for any field situation Prior to the widespread adoption of are difficult to reach with pesticides and where crop residue management is reduced tillage practices, crop residue was may survive to attack the spring seedlings. needed. Bio-Mulch can also be used to turned under to accelerate decomposition accelerate the breakdown of cover crops and availability of nutrients for next University agronomist’s caution against after burn-down or applied with discing. year’s crop. Now much of the residue manually removing too much stover after remains on top of the soil increasing harvest because of long-term “adverse Bio-Mulch can be applied in the spring the decomposition time and in essence consequences to the soil’s level of pre-plant during field prep-work and delaying the availability of the nutrients organic matter or physical and chemical when spreading ground fertilizers. locked-up in the residue. The move properties and to successive crop yields.” If applying during the spring, avoid towards higher plant populations has (See “Removing Crop Residue Removes application 2-3 weeks before or after a only compounded the residue issue and Nutrients,” University of Illinois pre-emergent herbicide application. Bio- created logistical, planting and in some September 2010.) Mulch may reduce the persistence and/or cases germination issues for more and performance of pre-emergence herbicides. Striking the right balance is the key to more farmers. In addition, genetic insect managing crop residue, maximizing Bio-Mulch can also be applied at or resistance built into corn varieties has nutrient cycling and availability and immediately after harvest to encourage increased decomposition time. Corn root maximizing yields year over year. crop residue breakdown. Shredding, balls below the surface are also more Bio-Mulch™ is the answer to residue chopping, discing or other mechanical durable. While the debris from reduced management and plant issues. methods used to reduce crop residue tillage does help conserve topsoil and piece size and incorporate into the soil moisture, there are limits to the benefits. The Solution - Bio-Mulch: will help accelerate the crop cycling Sometimes negative consequences occur. Bio-Mulch should be applied at a rate process and improve the performance Residue may hold in too much moisture, of 1-2 quarts per acre. For application of Bio-Mulch. especially in advance of an unusually convenience, Bio-Mulch can be applied wet spring. Residue can also harbor more with additional nitrogen. Bio-Mulch is

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