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2014 PFR Partners<br />

BECK’S 360 Y-Drop Placement Study<br />

Y-Drop is a versatile system that can be installed on almost any spray machine and has<br />

the ability to precision-place any liquid product within 2-3” of a crop row. Its unique<br />

design allows the grower to apply liquid products within the row at any time throughout<br />

the season. In this study, we installed the Y-Drop system on New Holland SP275F highclearance<br />

units. Factor ® , a nitrogen stabilizer from Rosen’s, Inc., was used as a<br />

volatilization inhibitor to help protect nitrogen that was applied on the soil surface. This<br />

stabilizer protects from volatilization for up to 14 days until rain occurs and incorporates<br />

nitrogen into the soil profile.<br />

The protocol used for the Y-Drop system compared a grower’s normal sidedress<br />

program to Y-Drop applications near the V10 growth stage. This also allowed us to<br />

evaluate the overall Y-Drop system as a comparison to (or even replacement for)<br />

typical sidedress equipment.<br />

360 Y-Drop is a trademark of 360 Yield Center, LLC; Factor ® is a registered trademark of Midtech R&D, Inc. and distributed by Rosen’s, Inc.<br />

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