Herbicide Strategies, Red Crown Rot, & Crop Damage Stories

What have we learned from the 2025 answer plots?  While Jeff is probably off doing his hair, host Sal Sama is joined in the podcast room by the fan favorite, Glenn Longabaugh.  Glenn is famous for being the Technical Agronomist for Premier Companies, and he’s also an amateur investigator for crop damage caused by animals.  

Glenn will share about the success they’ve had with this year’s answer plot participation and the information he’s been able to share with area growers regarding getting more from your crop protection spend, nutrition, and ag technology.  Glenn will also share why he feels growers should frontload their herbicide applications to help get control of weeds and the work he and his team have done on red crown rot which is a soil borne pathogen.  “We are well respected at Premier amongst the basic manufacturers for being able to make these kinds of trials and help collect data on this sort of thing, and it should tell our growers that we’re in a leadership position, that we’re actively looking for solutions for their problems…”