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Crop Protectants and Fertilizers 2016 Season Katherine Benedict Cavendish Agri Services March 19, 2016

• Who/Where • Services • Fertilizer • New(ish) crop protectants • Crop protectants

Cavendish Agri Services • Atlantic Provinces and Maine • NS: Truro and Kentville; • NB: Salisbury Team: Terry Prescott Megan McCully Katherine Benedict(me)

Services

Services: Spreading • Fertilizer, Gypsum Spreading – Maps, Variable Rate capabilities – Flotation Tires – 5 mph – Fertilizer • 60ft Spread • 2-3 tonnes – Gypsum • 40- 50ft Spread • 5 tonnes

Services: Field • Mapping, Prescription/VRA files • Scouting: Insect and Disease Monitoring • Tissue and Soil Sampling, Bud counting • Field Trials • Field Manager Pro

Fertilizers

Granular Fertilizer -Prices are variable -Depending on the mix -Around last year prices Foliar Fertilizer - Nutriag- Program developed for wild blueberry on farm -Eco Plus- on farm testing and comparison

New Crop Protectants

Syngenta Proposed Programme Crop Cycle Target Disease Fungicide Septoria Bravo ZN +Quilt Sprout Year Valdensinia Rust Aprovia Monilinia #1 Quilt Monilinia #1 Quilt Crop Year Botrytis # 1 Switch Botrytis # 1 Switch

Syngenta: Quilt • Registration : Sprout and Crop • Controls: Monilinia, Anthracnose, Rust • Suppresses: Septoria, Valdensinia • 400ml /ac • PHI:30 days • Max App: 2 all except anthracnose 3

Syngenta: Aprovia • Registration : Sprout • Controls: Rust • Suppression: Valdensinia • 202-304 mL/ac at first sign of disease;10-14 days later • PHI:365 days • Max app:2 * The MRL’s are not in place in all regions.

Bayer CropScience • 4 new products and/or registrations on the market: – Option : grasses broadleaf – Ignite: burn down – Sivanto*: sucking insects (aphids,leafhoppers, maggots – Luna Tranquility*: powedry mildew; Botrytis * The MRL’s are not in place in all regions for the Sivanto or Luna so they need to check with your processor or buyer.

Bayer: Option • Post- emergence control of broadleaf and grass weeds (suppression on fescue) • 1 jug will do 10 ac (630ml/ac + 1L/ac UAN) • Rainfast: 2 hours • Apply at 1-6 leaves, May-June • 1-3 days for it to work • Sprout year only

Bayer: Ignite • Non selective herbicide (burndown) • 1-2 L/ac, 10L jug • Rainfast: 4 hours • Dormant application • After leaf drop in the fall or mowing in the fall • Before blueberry sprout emergence in the spring * No green blueberry tissue should be present at time of application

Bayer: Ignite • Controls annual grass, broadleaf weeds and suppresses perennial weeds • Labelled for tank mix – Sinbar (1.71-2.28 lb/ac) – Velpar DF (1.34-2.23 lb/ac) – Chateau in the fall – Recommended to add the tank mix partner first

Bayer: Sivanto The MRL’s are not in place in all regions • Controls many sucking bugs Aphids, Leafhoppers and Maggots • Fast knockdown and residual activity • phi: 3 days • Aphids:200-300 ml/ac; • Maggot 300-400ml/ac

Bayer: Luna Tranquility The MRL’s are not in place in all regions • Broad Spectrum fungicide • New registration for Powdery Mildew and Botrytis • phi: 1 • Rate: 480 ml/ac

Chemical Costs

Cost of production in lbs/ac of berries • Assuming a $0.50 /lb payout for wild blueberries and the SRP for crop protectants • Cost of chemical at the at the recommended rate. • Converted to lbs/ac of blueberries required to cover just the cost of the spray material.

Example • Round Up WeatherMax SRP $79.00/10L jug • Rate 400mL/ac • 25 ac out of a jug • $79.00/25ac= $3.16/ac (cost of chemical/ac) • If you are receiving $0.50/lb of berries • $3.16/lb divided by $0.50 = 6.32 lbs • 6.32 lbs of berries/ ac need to be produced to cover the cost of that spray material.

Herbicides Chemical Name Rate /ac Lbs/ac Spartan 16g 62 Ultim 13.4g 26 Sinbar 1kg 282 Callisto 120ml 27 Chateau 170g 135 Velpar 1kg 179 Ignite 1.75L 74 Kerb 2.24L 442 Venture 400ml 38.2 Casoron 70 kg 1190 Poast Ultra/Merge 440ml 85 Option/UAN 624ml/1L 55 Always reference the product label to confirm the application rate for target pest.

Monilinia Fungicides Chemical Name Rate /ac Lbs/ac Mission 120ml 21 Bumper 120ml 21 Quilt 400ml 31 Topas 200ml 31 Fontelis 700ml 103 Proline 168ml 64 Quash 72g 42 Always reference the product label to confirm the application rate for target pest.

Botrytis Fungicides Chemical Name Rate /ac Lbs/ac Switch 350g 157 Elevate 680g 267 Pristine 650g 189 Always reference the product label to confirm the application rate for target pest.

Other Fungicides Chemical Name Target Disease Rate /ac Lbs/ac Allegro Valdensinia 320ml 81 Proline Rust/Septoria/Valdensinia 168ml 63 Pristine Valdensinia/Septoria 650g 189 Quilt Anthracnose/Rust 400ml 31 Aprovia Rust 300ml 83 Bravo Zn Septoria/Rust/Valdensinia 2.9L 61 Always reference the product label to confirm the application rate for target pest.

Insecticides Chemical Name Target Pest Rate /ac Lbs/ac Decis Leaftier/Spanworm 50ml 12 Imidan 70-WP Spanworm/Fruitfly/SWD 640g 65 Delegate Spanworm/Fleabeetle 80g 66 Success Spanworm/Fleabeetle 73ml 102 Assail Spanworm/Fleabeetle/Fruit Fly 64g 103 Malathion 85E Thrips/Fruit Fly/SWD 400ml 25 Sevin XLR Spanworm/Fruitfly 1.6L 82 Entrust Spanworm/Fleabeetle 53g 145 Exirel Fruit Fly/SWD/ Gall Midge 400ml 155 Always reference the product label to confirm the application rate for target pest.

Total Disease Protection (Crop and Sprout) • Monilina Spray (x2) : 50 lbs (c) • Botrytis Spray: 157 lbs (c) • Botrytis/Val/Sept Spray: 189 lbs (c) • Rust Spray: 83 lbs (s) • Septoria Spray: 74 lbs (s) 553 lbs

Total Weed Control • Velpar Spray: 179 lbs • Ultim: 26 lbs • Callisto Spray: 27 lbs • VentureSpray: 96 lbs 328 lbs

Other • Nutriag programme: 55 lbs(c) • Nutriag programme: 30 lbs (s) • Soluble Fertilizer: 19 lbs (s)

Total Required lbs/ac Fungicides and Herbicides • Assuming $0.50/lb of berries • Average production system • Need to produce at least 881 lbs of berries/ac in order to cover the cost of sprays(crop and sprout year) • To add a foliar fertilizer: about 900 lbs

Summary • CAV Spreading and Field Services • Granular fertilizer prices are variable. • Crop Protectant prices slightly up • To cover cost of spray material you will need to produce close to 900 lbs/ac at $0.50/lb

Cavendish Wild Blueberry Grower Meeting April 12, 2016, 9am Parrsboro Legion • Paul Hildebrand, Disease Cycles in Wild Blueberries • Lunch Provided • Many other informative presentations from crop protectant companies • Pesticide points to be determined All are welcome!! RSVP to 902-893-6950