K&S Seed Company and Luther Farms use Heads Up to control white mold and SDS Kathi Luther’s passion for farming and love for the land started when she was a young girl helping her father on the family farm. Fast forward 40 years, and she and her husband, Steve, have their own farming operation, Luther...Read More
If you’re constantly battling white mold and SDS in your soybeans, plan a winter meeting with a member of the Heads Up team. We can come talk about SDS, white mold, or simply ways to push soybean yield goals in 2025. Whether it’s an in-person or virtual setting, the Heads Up team is hitting the...Read More
Systemic Acquired Resistance – A Novel Mode of Action to Unlock Your Seeds Full Genetic Potential Fungicides by definition are chemical agents that kill a fungus or inhibit the growth of a fungus. Fungicide seed treatments are disease pathogen inhibitors that are commonly used to protect your seed from seed and soil borne fungal diseases....Read More
As we wind down from Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois, it’s hard to believe it’s already September. Soybeans are maturing and filling nicely in many areas; we can officially report one of our trial collaborators south of Fargo has begun harvesting black beans on August 31st, so it’s safe to say harvest is here!...Read More
White mold — a crop disease caused by the fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum — is nothing new to Kevin Pribyl, a soybean grower in Denmark, Wisconsin. In fact, the disease is a severe problem in central to northeast Wisconsin near Lake Michigan. The moist, cool environment is perfect for white mold growth. Kevin’s farm is in...Read More
Year in and year out, growers in South Dakota battle severe white mold outbreaks in their soybean fields. And on a larger scale, white mold and sudden death syndrome (SDS) affect between 40 to 50 million acres across the north-central region of the United States. White mold — developed from the fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum —...Read More
