High Cost Conventional Soy
Recommendation Objective:
Build the fungal component of soil biology to get to a higher level of plant beneficial function. Diversify and increase the microbial community to reduce, control and eliminate invasive weeds. Increase germination, control/suppress insects. Eliminate fusarium and other soil borne diseases. Increase nutrient efficiency, opening up key nutrient pathways. Improve plant stress, drought, and heat resistance. Increase protein content (from increase of N in the Amino Acid) and improve protein synthesis efficiency. Increase yield. Neutralize and quiet the effects of aluminum and chloride. Use of Organic herbicides, carbon based fertilizers.
Earlier and more uniform harvest. Reduce, eliminate compaction, improve Oxygen into the microbial living ecosystem. Increase rows, kernels. Reduce incidence of premature senescence due to nutrient status and balance of plant growth hormones cytokinins/auxins. Eliminate non beneficial pests, soil borne disease, because of the chitinase enzyme in crustaceans. Increase root size from feeding plant growth hormones, cytokinins, auxins. Improve carbon/water cycling, decreasing weed germination. Available/organic form of calcium. No Glyphosate use. Non GMO varieties.
Increase carbon, increase ROI. Reduce or eliminate use of Chloride fertilizers. Eliminate uses of fungicides, insecticides and chemical seed treatments. Reduce herbicide by 30%. Buffer herbicides using boron max or a humic, fulvic product. Enhancement of pH gradients using aqueous is important to drive uptake of essential ions and solutes.  Improve weed control, herbicide efficacy, and crop debris break down.
Crop: Soy
Recommendation Year:Â 2023
Total Acres:Â 1
Yield Goal: 70+
Attached PDFs
Phase 1 / Field Operation / Post harvest or early spring
Humic Acid: Long chains of carbon, expands nutrient stability, increase water holding capacity, mitigate chemical toxins
Good for 5 years
Product Name
Seed Treatment
Application Rate
Unit
Cost Per Acre
Humic Acid
70
lb
$45.50
Ammonium Sulfate
60
lb
$39.00
Total = ​
$84.50
Phase 2 / Field Operation / Seed Treatment when loading into the planter
Mycorrhizae increases the water use efficiency, stress tolerance and phosphate fertilizer efficiency. Improves carbon cycling, air to the microbes, decrease compaction
Product Name
Seed Treatment
Application Rate
Unit
Cost Per Acre
Metagro 5x+
8
oz
$5.63
Mycorrhizae
4
oz
$2.50
Total =
$8.13
Phase 3 / Field Operation / Planting
Sea Phos is a Fungi dominant food source. It stimulates beneficial bacteria, provides organic form of Ca, Phos, Omega's for energy to the microbial community, stimulate auxin and cytokinins, provides chitinase, fungicidal, insecticidal properties.
Mfood is unique in that it is designed to stimulate beneficial microbial growth by providing all of the food, nutrients, vitamins, enzymes and elements that are required as building blocks for increased microbial metabolism and reproduction.
Product Name
Seed Treatment
Application Rate
Unit
Cost Per Acre
Sea Phos
Tank Mix
1
gal
$9.50
Metagro 5x+
Tank Mix
0.5
gal
$22.00
Metagro Mfood
Dry Wettable Powder
0.5
lb
$5.50
Envita
Dry Wettable Powder
3.2
oz
$14.95
Crab Boost
Dry Wettable Powder
2
gal
$26.80
Total =
$78.75
Phase 4 / Field Operation / Herbicide Application
Growthful increases dispersion and maximizes transport/solubility of resident nutrients and cationic exchange.
Product Name
Seed Treatment
Application Rate
Unit
Cost Per Acre
Herbicide
Tank Mix
$25.00
Boron Max
Tank Mix
4
oz
$8.83
Growthful
Tank Mix
12
oz
$1.17
Total =
$35.00
Phase 5 / Field Operation / Foliar V-3-V-5, Fertigation
Use twin jet 30-70 tips, 50 PSI, 40 mesh pump screen, larger orifice in valve body.
Sea Crop contains 92 minerals extracted from a the ocean, with chloride removed. It's instrumental in balancing the nutrient profile of the soil microbiome, this helps suppress diseases, balancing nutrients.
Potassium Acetate is the most efficient form of potassium.
Growthful increases dispersion and maximizes transport/solubility of resident nutrients and cationic exchange.
Product Name
Seed Treatment
Application Rate
Unit
Cost Per Acre
Crab Boost
Tank Mix
4
gal
$53.60
Metagro 5x+
Tank Mix
0.25
gal
$11.00
Metagro Mfood
Tank Mix
0.5
lb
$5.50
Sea Crop
Tank Mix
0.5
gal
$7.70
Potassium Acetate
Tank Mix
0.5
gal
$4.25
Growthful
Tank Mix
12
oz
$1.17
Total =
$83.22
Phase 6 / Field Operation / Foliar V4-R1
Use twin jet 30-70 tips, 50 PSI, 40 mesh pump screen, larger orifice in valve body.
Product Name
Seed Treatment
Application Rate
Unit
Cost Per Acre
Crab Boost
Tank Mix
4
gal
$53.60
Metagro 5x+
Tank Mix
0.25
gal
$11.00
Metagro Mfood
Tank Mix
0.5
lb
$5.50
Sea Crop
Tank Mix
0.5
gal
$7.70
Potassium Acetate
Tank Mix
0.5
gal
$4.25
Growthful
Tank Mix
12
oz
$1.17
Total =
$83.22
Phase 6 / Field Operation / Foliar V4-R17
Use twin jet 30-70 tips, 50 PSI, 40 mesh pump screen, larger orifice in valve body.
Product Name
Seed Treatment
Application Rate
Unit
Cost Per Acre
Crab Boost
Tank Mix
4
gal
$53.60
Sea Crop
Tank Mix
0.5
gal
$7.70
Potassium Acetate
Tank Mix
0.5
gal
$4.25
Total =
$83.22
Summary
Product Name
Application Rate
Unit/Acre
Unit Purchased
Cost/Unit
Cost Per Acre
Total Needed
Seed
170000
0.85
200000
$70.00
$59.50
0.85 bag
Metagro 5x+
8
oz
Seed Treatment
$90.00
$5.63
8oz
Mycorrhizae
4
oz
$44.00
$1.38
4oz
Metagro 5x+
1
gal
$44.00
$44.00
1 gal
Envita
3.2
oz
$598.00
$14.95
3.2oz
Growthful
36
oz
$12.50
$3.52
36oz
Mfood
1
lb
$11.00
$11.00
1lb
Sea Phos
1
gal
$9.50
$9.50
1 gal
Oceanic
8
gal
$8.50
$68.00
8 gal
Sea Crop
1
gal
$15.40
$15.40
1 gal
Nitrogen
0
lb
$1.00
0lb
Potassium Acetate
1
gal
$8.50
$8.50
1 gal
Boron Max
4
oz
$282.50
$8.84
4oz
Herbicide
Humic Acid
70
lb
$45.50
70lb
Crab Boost
10
gal
$13.40
$134.00
10 gal
Ammonium Sulfate
60
lb
$0.65
$39.00
60lb
Total =
$438.37
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