On this week’s edition of Cover Crop Strategies, brought to you by Verdesian Life Sciences, we’ll hear from APV-America’s Cameron White, Yetter’s Andy Thompson, Unverferth’s Andy Unverferth and Mandako’s Mark Lussier. They’ll showcase their company’s products and talk about the latest trends in the cover crop world.

The new soybean seed treatment pre-mix from Syngenta, CruiserMaxx APX provides the highest level of performance of Pythium and Phytophthora protection. Every seed is granted the same amount of active ingredients to help prevent major seed-borne diseases and early-season insects and give the soybeans every opportunity to thrive.

Ostara's Crystal Green is a new 100% plant-available high-efficiency phosphate fertilizer. The fertilizer only releases nutrients while root growth occurs; the organic acids break down the Crystal Green granule providing immediate phosphates for the plant. Crystal Green reduces soil tie-up, run off and leeching, feeding the nutrients to the crops instead of the soil.

Vice President of Production Strategy Aaron Kelley details the growth that NewLeaf Symbiotics has achieved over the past few years, while expanding their seed treatment product lines. Their new offerings include the biological product line, Terrasym, microbial inoculants which use a pink pigmented facultative methylotrophs (PPFMs) also known as M-trophs, to benefit crops in a multitude of ways from planting to harvest.

Unverferth debuts its brand new Brent Avalanche 98-series dual-auger grain cart at the Farm Progress Show. Andy Unverferth, marketing manager, shows off the metallic black model with a focus on added auger side reach/height and a standard four-way adjustable downspout.

The 360 RAIN system offers a “completely new way to nurture your crop.” The autonomous irrigation and manure application system is designed to follow rows and apply right at the base of the plant throughout the growing season. With a 60-foot boom (24 rows), 360 RAIN applies water through Y-DROP style hoses.

Jason Hardy, New Holland Global Product Manager, gives us an overview of the company's brand new Guardian front boom sprayer, utilizing Raven precision technology. The Guardian's offerings include the Sidewinder Ultra Console, commonly used in the T7, T8 and T9 series tractors, allowing for ease of use, as well as a high clearance allowing for spraying onto late season corn.

President Anthony Montag details the GEN II 2108, the new feature rich metering system, but with a single tank from Montag Manufacturing. Available in either 30 or 50 cubic foot tank capacity the metering system can apply up to 500 lbs. to the acre at 5 mph. while being gentle enough to safely meter cover crop seed.