b'Polysulphate PremiumTaurus Agricultural Marketing Incwww.taurus.agLaunched in Canada: January 2023Polysulphate is an innovative fertilizer choice derived from a natural mineral that is unprocessed and registered organic around the world. This mineral contains sulphated sulfur, potassium, magnesium, calcium, chloride, boron and zinc which release slowly over 55-60 days in an agricultural application.Polysulphate provides some of the highest nutrient usage efficiency for those nutrients, tremendous safety if applied at or with seed and has proven to create increases in nitrogen use efficiency, yield and quality of grains and tubers. Specifically on potatoes it has researched out to reduce incidence of acrylamides by reducingVelum Rise Fungicide/Nematicide sucrose and glucose in the finished tuber. This also increasesBayer Crop Science storability and improves fry colour, says Craig Davidson, presidentwww.cropscience.bayer.ca/products/nematicides/of Taurus Agricultural Marketing. velum-risePolysulphate offers: Launched in Canada: November 2023 for the 2024 - Balanced supply of key nutrients. growing season.- Slow-Release: steady supply throughout the growth period. -Low Chloride Content: a safer choice for chloride-sensitiveVelum Rise fungicide/nematicide is a new co-formulation of crops. penflufen and fluopyram designed for in-furrow application - Soil Health: contributes to soil conditioning, improving soilsin potatoes. The innovative co-formulation of group 7 active physical properties and water retention capacity.ingredients delivers systemic and preventative protection against- Environmental Sustainability: mined from natural sources,diseases caused by soil borne Rhizoctionia solani as well as lower carbon footprint in its production and application thansuppression of black dot, early blight and nematodes. synthetic fertilizer, and its composition reduces nutrient runoffThe product provides solutions to many of the early season or leaching. challenges growers face each year, says David Sevcik, Bayers -Economic Benefit: reduces the need for multiple separateCanadian product manager for fruit and vegetables. fertilizers, delivers nutrients efficiently, offers improved cropVelum Rise introduces penflufen to the current Velum yield and quality potential. formulation as an in-furrow option to add control of soil-borne Applying Polysulphate at 350 lb/A in addition to the growerRhizoctonia solani. Penflufen provides superior control in standard practice of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium increasedcomparison to many of the current offerings available in the the total tuber yield by 16 cwt/A over the grower standard practicemarketplace. Since Velum Rise contains both fluopyram and alone and resulted in the lightest fry color among all evaluatedpenflufen, not only will it control soil borne Rhizoctonia solani treatments, according to the companys trials. but will retain the current disease spectrum of Velum Prime which includes suppression of early blight, black dot and plant pathogenic nematodes. Black dot and plant pathogenic nematodes are causal agents of the potato early dying (PED) complex. Velum Rise also delivers added convenience with this unique co-formulation all in one jug.With potato growers looking for new solutions to control soil-borne diseases caused by Rhizoctonia solani and increasing awareness of yield-robbing diseases like black dot, there is strong market potential across Canada, says Sevcik, noting also that research trials showed that Velum Rise helped increase marketable yield compared to untreated checks. SPUDSMART.COMSpring 202417'