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Rotation Option After Spring Wheat Opens Door To Profit Potential
The March 2026 Prospective Plantings Report from U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) estimates planted area for all wheat will be down 3% from 2025. If this estimate comes to fruition, it will reflect the lowest all-wheat-planted area since records began in 1919.
“After the 2025 harvest, large grain stocks drove wheat prices to their lowest level since 2020,” said Andrew Swanson, assistant professor of agricultural economics and Extension specialist, Montana State University. “USDA is projecting higher abandonment rates and lower yields as a result of the ongoing drought. The low acres and projected yields are pushing wheat futures prices to their highest levels in almost three years.”
As climate and global economic factors continue to impact world commodity markets, cereal farmers must plan ahead to the crop they intend to plant next. Maintaining rotational flexibility to other crops should always be a key consideration when choosing a herbicide to protect spring wheat.
“It’s wise to have several options when rotating from a crop such as wheat,” said Grant Harms, market development specialist, Corteva Agriscience. “Rotational flexibility can have a direct influence on a farming operation’s economic sustainability moving from one growing season into the next.”
Since 2025, more farmers who grow spring or winter wheat, durum and/or barley are taking control of tough weeds with Tolvera® herbicide, which brings an active ingredient new to the cereals market: tolpyralate. In addition to the robust weed and grass control it delivers to protect high-valued wheat, Tolvera offers farmers the benefit of rotational options.
As the 2026 spring wheat crop begins progressing through its early season growth cycle, farmers will implement weed control programs to protect it from broadleaf and grass weeds that threaten plant health and reduce developing yield potential.
“Effective weed control is essential at this stage of spring wheat development,” Harms said. “Wheat farmers should take advantage of Tolvera herbicide for field-tested grass and broadleaf weed control and the range of economically important crops it offers from a rotational perspective.”
In addition to tolpyralate, Tolvera® herbicide features bromoxynil, a photosynthesis II inhibitor, Group 6 herbicide. These two active ingredients combine to offer a much-needed weed control solution that cereal farmers can use to strengthen resistance management stewardship and extend the life of other herbicides in their weed control program.
Rotating to Sugar Beets
“With a nine-month plant-back to most major crops, Tolvera herbicide gives cereal farmers the freedom to rotate to a range of crops, which may expand their potential for profit,” Harms said. “After harvesting spring or winter wheat, durum and/or barley, farmers can have the flexibility to plant lentils, peas, potatoes, soybeans, canola and sugar beets.”
“For years, sugar beet growers have been battling a problematic foliar disease: Cercospora leaf spot (CLS). In a 2024 survey from the Beet Sugar Development Foundation, the disease would have translated to an economic loss that production year of more than $900 million if left unmanaged,” said Colleen Kent, specialty crops portfolio marketing lead, Corteva Agriscience. “Extensive lab and in-field testing confirm the efficacy of Verpixo fungicide with Adavelt active against CLS, which can cause up to 30% annual yield loss.”
Because of selection pressure, or when repeated use of the same chemistries contributes to the development of resistance, current fungicides, as well as a novel genetic trait introduced a few years ago offering tolerance to CLS, are now much less effective.
“It’s critically important for growers to manage existing fungicides that are beginning to face resistance and losing efficacy,” Kent said. “Verpixo fungicide with Adavelt active has no known resistance. Because of the application flexibility and tank-mix compatibility, it gives sugar beet farmers more time to manage this disease across the growing season.”
The natural origin and favorable environmental characteristics of Verpixo™ fungicide with Adavelt™ active also support a healthy agricultural ecosystem, so beneficial insects can flourish as part of an Integrated Pest Management program.
To learn more about Tolvera herbicide, other herbicides or the complete portfolio of Corteva Agriscience crop protection solutions, visit Corteva.us/Solutions. To learn more about Verpixo fungicide, visit Corteva.us/Verpixo or talk with your local Corteva Agriscience sales representative.
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