While the cost of applying fungicides is known, their application introduces two uncertainties: 1) the yield response from using fungicides, and 2) the additional drying cost associated with higher moisture due to fungicide use.
Corn is all over the board in terms of growth and development, ranging from V6 to R2; Late-planted fields are usually at greater risk for foliar disease development, and reports coming in indicate that gray leaf spot is already present on the lower leaves in some areas.
Record-high 2008 corn and soybean prices arguably meant that a fungicide application — or any other input that nudged up yields — paid for itself and then some.
But whether fungicides continue to be a tool that can be used profitably on a yearly basis as commodity prices settle is up for debate.
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