NCIAFARM - 1/25/2026 13:10

I ran a trial and Maneuver stood out. Next year it'll be 100% of my corn, but not on soybeans. I may try a strip in on soybeans again but I didn't see a response in 2025. On corn I could see it right to the line. I know another guy that applied it to a manure field and his results were more drastic than what I saw. I have a few manure fields so I may leave an untreated strip. I didn't see any benefit from the CRW biological, but I may not have had rootworm pressure.

I decided that since Maneuver has a lot of strains (more than 10), it benefits my variable soils with variable bugs better.... not sure if that is factual but I feel better about it. I plan to throw it in with my pre herbicide. I'm thinking of running some N rate strip trials, its supposed to have a few N-Fixing strains... But I'm hesitant on if that result would be consistent.

Per some of the other posters - I agree in knowing what is in the jug. Not sure why some try to be sneaky about it. I do believe that some strains do a good job in releasing N from OM and make P more available. I don't think the cations (K, Mg, Ca) play into this conversation as some claim but I am not a microbiologist.

I think many farmers tried Prove-N and were disappointed and don't trust biologicals anymore. There is so much in biologicals that people don't know than they do, I think we need to keep trying things.