Simplot Grower Solutions’ new biostimulant for residue breakdown: Evaness

Introduced by Simplot Grower Solutions and Innvictis BioScience, Evaness is a biostimulant formulated with a blend of nutrients and enzymes to increase cellulose-digesting microorganisms accelerating the breakdown of crop residues. 

Benefits include reducing crop residue build-up on the soil surface, resulting in improved planting, seed placement, and germination. Additionally, using Evaness is designed to assist in nutrient cycling and increase the solubility and availability of the nutrients contained in crop residue. 

″The value of nutrients in crop residues significantly impacts a farmer’s return on investment. Evaness has been shown to capture the nutrients in crop residues, thereby enhancing a farmer’s overall profitability,″ says Dr. Ben Lawrence with Simplot Growers Solutions. The product has been tested in multiple geographies and multiple crops. 

Evaness should be applied at a rate of 1-2 quarts per acre, and for best results apply with a nitrogen source.

Lawrence says one study shows corn residue can contain $32/acre in the following crop nutrients: nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and sulfur.

In testing in rice stubble in the southern U.S., showed a great breakdown in the rice stubble in the field and a yield advantage in the soybean crop that followed. 

″We have seen great results following not only corn but using it behind wheat, barley, alfalfa and grass crops to speed up the breakdown and release of nutrients from residues like straw, roots and sod balls associated with these crops″, stated Ty Applegate, Senior Account Manager for Innvictis BioScience. ″If leftover crop residues are an issue or if you just want to speed up the nutrient cycling process in your program, then Evaness would be a great tool to accomplish this.″

Evaness can be applied in the spring pre-plant, but avoid application two to three weeks before or after a pre-emergent herbicide application.