Release 10x more nutrients from crop residue
Stalk residue retains valuable nutrients, but they are locked up and inaccessible by growing crops. Once soil microorganisms break down the residue, critical nutrients are released to the soil and available to the growing crop. This is a natural process that occurs slowly, usually taking three years to break down corn stalks. When a microbial package is applied, the process of stalk degradation is accelerated, releasing nutrients for next year’s crop.
The best ally in the residue battle is right beneath our feet – the soil! A healthy soil has an abundance of beneficial microorganisms (microbes) that are ready to degrade the residue crops have left behind. Years of tillage, along with fertilizer and chemical applications, may have diminished natural microbe populations in soils.
To reverse the effects of these practices and supplement growers’ microbial populations, The Andersons has launched Bio Reverse®, a new microbial product. Bio Reverse is a robust microbial package designed to significantly reduce residue stubble prior to the next cropping season. The unique, tough and stable formulation has been designed to compost and break down residue to improve seed-to-soil contact, help reduce planter or tire damage from tough crop stalks and reverse nutrient tie-up in crop residue to provide more available nutrients prior to next season’s planting. Bio Reverse helps build a healthy soil biome for continued season-long composting.
Bio Reverse was applied to wheat straw stubble and the nutrient value of rainwater was collected. The Bio Reverse treatment had significant residue breakdown, releasing ten times more nutrients compared to the untreated check.
Bio Reverse may be applied with fall herbicides, mixed with liquid fertilizers, impregnated on dry fertilizers, included in pivot irrigation, or sprayed with any other carriers that may be applied in the spring or fall.
The corn stalks on the right were treated with 1 pt/acre of Bio Reverse in the fall post-harvest. The stalks treated with Bio Reverse had more residue breakdown compared to the untreated check on the left the following spring.
HOW DO I LEARN MORE?
Read through our Bio Reverse Frequently Asked Questions or Contact a Territory Manager from The Andersons to learn more about Bio Reverse.