Tyler’s Take: Protecting a Winning Crop

You’re standing in the middle of your field, and it’s one of the best crops you’ve had in a long time. All the early mornings, long days, and careful planning have paid off. Now it’s about protecting what you’ve built — making sure disease or bad weather doesn’t undo months of work.

That’s where fungicide comes into play. A timely application helps protect both the yield and quality of your crop from disease and environmental stress. When the conditions line up — warm days, high humidity, dense canopy — things can change fast. The goal is to stay ahead of it, not chase it.

Timing Makes the Difference

Around here, timing is everything. Some years we get lucky with the weather, and other times we don’t — but having a plan in place makes all the difference.

Our Grow Team keeps a close eye on staging and weather patterns throughout the season. When we start seeing conditions that could lead to higher moisture or disease pressure, we work with each grower to find the right solution. For some, that means lining up their own sprayer and timing the pass perfectly. For others, it means working with our local aerial sprayer to get it done efficiently before conditions shift.

No two farms are the same, and that’s one of the things I appreciate most about this job — finding what fits each operation best.

Tyler’s Private Label Product Recommendation

Jury is a great option at an affordable price. Offering fusarium and leaf protection in wheat and barley with an added punch of peptides. Peptides are key signalling compounds in plants, essential for water, nutrient and phytohormone management. During stress (heat, moisture, nutrient), plants halt growth to produce more peptides. Myr2425 in Jury supplements these peptides, supporting growth during the critical transition from vegetative to reproductive stages, enhancing nutrient efficiency.