HortCast episode 11 - listen now

In this episode Craig White, Market Development Agronomist discusses Holistic Crop Management including the role of soil health and Biologics including Serenade® SOIL ACTIV with Darren Long from MG Farms, producing top class potatoes at Sheffield in Tasmania, and Damien Odgers, horticulture Business Development Manager from Bayer Crop Science.

Darren and Damien explain the important role that Serenade® SOIL ACTIV is providing in-field by increasing harvestable potato yield, tuber class and tuber uniformity leading to better pack out assisting with the grading and handling process, ensuring sustainable resource use and reduced wastage of potatoes. Darren explains his journey in growing top-quality produce with a “no book-ends” approach, and working with open minded agronomists to achieve the best outcomes and continue challenging the system,

Serenade SOIL ACTIV is a new soil optimised addition to the Serenade family, formulated to achieve superior colonisation of plant roots and improved assimilation of soil resources, to take crop production to the next level. Featuring a concentrated formulation of the Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain QST 713, for use as a soil ameliorant, Serenade SOIL ACTIV is organically certified (ACO and OMRI). The carefully selected and pure strain of beneficial bacteria in Serenade SOIL ACTIV has proven to increase nutrient availability and uptake, resulting in increased root and plant growth, across multiple field trials in Australia and around the world.

More information about Serenade Soil Activ can be found here.

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