Meristem Crop Performance’s Post

Transcript

Welcome to the Mayor's 10 Minute. Today we have Shane Brock office this to talk about Max Stacks soybean technology. Shane, this is a brand new technology to meristem in the industry. So walk us through what it really means. Yeah, I mean it's basically in addition to what we already know and love, right Revelation Hopper, throttle soybean plus ether, you know, it's it's technology that we've proven in the market it works. You know our bio caps are delivery system is obviously the industry leader right now. But what's what's new is the fact that we got these new EPA registered biodefense mechanisms. Approved and essentially what we're capable of doing now. Is delivering everything you'd be able to get in a fully loaded seed treatment through our delivery system, the bio capsule and and the hopper throttle pail. So it truly is a revolutionary concept that we feel is going to change American agriculture and how farmers think about treating their soybeans before they plant them and how we deliver this technology. So you know, the, the base components are still there. We're going to be inoculating your soybeans, which we know in a in a lot of markets is a liquid seed treatment process. We've shifted that already to the hopper throttle, the concepts last year, last spring, the very first. Biodefense launch that we got access to and it's it's exclusive to marriage thing is the pre fight. Biology, so pre fight is a broad spectrum. Biofungicide. So you can see it there on the on the. On the screen for those that you are watching live here with us, but briefly is a broad spectrum biofungicide and it basically covers all soybean root diseases except for Phytophthora. It's a little weak on Phytophthora. So what we actually paired it with and we're waiting for EPA approval to add metal axle to it was just a broad spectrum fungicide that's in a lot of liquid markets as well, so. You know, that was kind of the base concept, taking the hopper throttle pail into the biodefense realm, into the liquid seed treatment market. Kind of replacing the liquid seed treater was the pre fight metal axle concept. And then here just in the last few months we got approval on Gardam Born X and Guards C, so 3 brand new biopesticides that we're adding into this concept to build the Max stacks portfolio. So Guard M, you know, we had a lot of. Feedback with the pre fight metalaxyl pale last year. That band would be awesome if we could replace fungicide and insecticide. And so we were waiting for approval on this concept and it is a broad spectrum insecticide for below ground protection on the seed, very powerful technology. Basically it colonizes larvae of insects and and kills them. So it is a is a true biocontrol bio insecticide that lives and grows with the root all season long is actually a fungus that lives and grows with that route and protects that seed so. The second one is born X. So born X is our is our sudden death syndrome, biofungicide. It's got an active ingredient that's really strong and Fusarium species, which is the the causal agent of our sudden death. We know that's an early season infection that kind of lays lays dormant until the end of the year and really overtakes that plan. So if you can stop that infection early, suppress it. You can reduce sudden death syndromes late in the season. The other thing born X is actually pretty strong on his rise octonion. So it's another just kind of broad spectrum biofungicide has multiple multiple controls in there against the diseases that we battle. So that born X along with the pre fight metal axle concept gives us really a triple layer protection against the the seed borne diseases that we that we worry about. And then the third one is Guard C which is the nematicide, right. We know that cyst nematode is the number one disease quote UN quote. When you when you look at land grant university data that's a number one detractor of yield in the US soybean market is actually sis nematode. But Guard sees not specific to sis nematode, root knot nematodes, another one that's a big detractor of yield and Garnsey helps control that as well, but the way that works. It's actually a fungal chitosan, which is really unique technology. Basically it, it spurs the development of an enzyme in the, in the root profile called chitinase. Chitinase is the enzyme that dissolves chitin. And if you know anything, the exoskeletons of of nematodes and they're piercing mouth parts are actually built of the component called kitten. So if you have the enzyme around that dissolves Kiten, you can actually dissolve and reduce their ability to infect and and suck on the root juices that they do. And to track from yield. So it's a really cool brand new technology. But the key with all of this other than the metal axle, which is as broad spectrum fungicide. Is you have to be able to keep this stuff alive. A lot of these new biocontrols at the eBay just to prove they're very sensitive, you, you can't put them in a liquid injection system in the planter and expect them to be alive when they get to the furgo. Definitely wouldn't be able to put them through a liquid seed treater and expect him to be a lie by the time you get to planting. I get that stuff in the furrow. So really the bio capsule through our delivery system will be the primary mode of action. This stuff gets to the farm gate, at least in alive and functional form, which we know is really, that's really what separated meristem in the market. Is that biocapital technology? No one. We can keep biology alive all the way until it gets into the ground and can live and grow with those roots. Saying that, that's super exciting, especially, you know, when I hear about Guard C and think about the environment that I experienced in the past year when we hit that drought condition, you know, those roots get all those sugars and it speeds up the reproductive cycle of cysts. So I expect a higher cyst count. In our geography and continue that that to continue to grow so that that excites me that we can help control that a bit. But when I think about these components. You know, one thing that that comes to mind is. Max tax is providing it an offense and a defense. So explain that a little what you would consider the offense and defense. Yeah. So the, I mean the offensive components of the hopper throttle soybean, which I kind of started with and I started talking, you know, the the terrorism components, we know the root biostimulants in there, the the nutrient unlockers, that group of biology, the 12 pack that's in some of our hopper throttle soybeans. We took some of those components into Max so we can unlock nutrition and and fix atmospheric nitrogen, which we know is important for late season pod fill and drain fill. Those components are still there. So we're really putting these these all these. New defensive components. In conjunction with what we've already known and grown to love and then the hopper throttle soybean. So it's really the pairing of the two. That's really where we get this Maxx concept and you know, the coverage of what we're doing. And you know, when you think about live biology, this is again like I said, this is really what it's separate separated us is delivering these live colony forming units to the seed to know you're getting the active ingredient load that we're we're promising and delivering on our label so. It's very powerful concept when you think about defending against pests and then also adding the top end yield and how you can look at that. And I've taken costs out and manipulating your your inputs to put yourself in the black as a farmer and using these technologies to really put you in the best position if you're profitable and succeed on every acre. So, so just to give a bit of clarity around this, Max Stax is really designed to give a a soybean starter system, but also to completely replace a downstream soybean seed treatment. 100% that that's what it's designed to get your plans off of fast, strong, healthy start, which a lot of people have relied on that liquid seed treater to protect your seeds to do that. We know we've always been able to, you know, give the bio stimulant effect with hyperthyroid soybeans. Now we can do both. We can deliver your seed treatment plus the early season growth and development and set your pants off for on a fast start to success. So not only can we delight deliver more live biology, but we can do just in time treatment, which often makes components much more quality and better. Yeah, that absolutely. And when you think about the logistics of treating seed, you know, a lot of farmers don't want to take delivery of their treated seed knowing that they can't return that or they can't take it to the elevator and dump it in the event something changes crop rotation or, you know, you get knock on wood, prevent plant something like that. You know, this provides a ton of flexibility on logistics and, and literally just planting naked soybeans until right when you're ready to plant, you put the the Max tax concept on there. Treat your seed right as it's going into the planter real time at really at the farm gate. Excellent. With that, Shane, thanks for the Mayor of Summer Minute. Thank you.