0% Financing Eases Investing in Pasture Management

INDIANAPOLIS, May 1, 2020 — Farmers and ranchers now can access 0% financing on select herbicides to improve pastures through a program offered by Corteva Agriscience and Rabo AgriFinance.*

Eligible products are new DuraCor^® herbicide, plus PastureGard^® HL and Remedy^® Ultra herbicides. The minimum purchase to qualify is $1,000, and invoices must be dated between May 1 and July 31, 2020. 

“COVID-19 has affected everyone, and it’s severely disrupted cattle markets for producers,” said Jillian Schmiedt, Range & Pasture Category Lead at Corteva Agriscience.

“Our goal is to help producers grow more grass and reduce feed costs while improving cash flow,” Schmiedt said. “This program lets ranchers treat now for better grazing all summer and delay payment until fall when many producers market calves. We all hope for some recovery by then.”

Interested producers can talk to their local retailer or learn more at Financing.RangeAndPasture.com and apply at Grower.RaboAg.com or call 888-395-8505.

Pasture management benefits bottom line

Years of data demonstrate pasture weed control will on average yield 1 to 1.5 pounds of grass for every pound of weeds controlled.

Once producers control weeds, they can use the grass response in a number of ways to improve the bottom line:

•     Increase carrying capacity and reduce land cost per animal unit.

•     Maintain stocking rate but graze longer so less hay is required.

•     Harvest more high-quality hay to feed or sell.

•     Keep extra grass as a drought reserve.

•     Reduce overgrazing and raise residual grass height to improve the growth rate of grasses so they recover faster. Taller residual height also reduces ingestion of internal parasites in cattle.

Now’s the time to make it easier

The financing program is the first of its kind for Corteva AgriScience^™ Range & Pasture herbicides. As the effects of COVID-19 on cattle producers became clearer, the company looked for ways it could help.

Corteva Agriscience has served the beef cattle business for 70 years, tracing its Range & Pasture herbicide history back through Dow AgroSciences and The Dow Chemical Company to the development of 2,4-D in the 1940s. Many of the company’s Range & Pasture Specialists, like their customers, own cows and manage pastures.

“We felt like our community needed help,” said Damon Palmer, Pasture and Land Management Business Leader for Corteva Agriscience. “Cattle producers have survived tough times before, and we looked to the wisdom of the industry.

“One piece of that is you can’t starve a cow into the profit column. She needs adequate nutrition to stay in condition to raise a calf and rebreed.

“A second is you don’t eat the seed corn or seed wheat — you try not to sacrifice the future to satisfy the immediate need. At times like this, that’s not easy, but you don’t want to cut a practice that will make or save you substantial money.

“A third is grass is the lowest-cost way to feed a cow. For many producers, the lowest-cost feed they can buy is the grass response from pasture weed control. Especially at this time, we wanted to make it easier for producers to grow more grass, improve productivity, save on interest and be more cost-efficient.”

More resources

Want to read more on the subject of growing more grass? Check out these articles:

•     Grow more grass with weed control — 2X to 3X

•     Profit per acre matters, not just return per cow

•     Weeds cost you more than you might think

Herbicides qualifying for 0% financing

Corteva Agriscience^™ brand products offer superior control of broadleaf weeds, brush and mixed-species complexes to restore productivity.

New DuraCor^® herbicide — extensive weed control

• Powered by Rinskor^® active, the first new active ingredient for broadleaf weed control in pastures and rangeland in more than a decade
• Controls more than 140 annual, biennial and perennial broadleaf weed species while maintaining exceptional grass safety
• Delivers extended control of broadleaf weeds — including tough species, such as Canada thistle, musk thistle, annual marshelder and wild carrot
• Easily mixes with liquid UAN even at near-freezing temperatures. In states where dry fertilizer impregnation is permitted, the low use rate results in better flowing, less tacky prills.

PastureGard^® HL herbicide — brush and broadleaf weed control in a single product

• No soil residual activity, so it’s the ideal product to use when composting manure from animals grazing treated grass or hay.
• Excellent on many woody species, including blackberry, locust, Osage orange (hedge, bois d’arc), sericea lespedeza, sweetgum and many others.
• Can be tank-mixed with DuraCor to broaden the control spectrum and incorporate soil residual activity where desired, such as in fence lines or areas where grazing or feeding treated hay is not a concern.

Remedy^® Ultra herbicide — flexible long-lasting brush control

• Flexible treatment options — use as an in-season foliar spray or in low-volume basal and basal cut-stump treatments year-round.
• Controls more than 35 brush species down to the roots.

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About Corteva Agriscience

Corteva Agriscience is a publicly traded, global pure-play agriculture company that provides farmers around the world with the most complete portfolio in the industry - including a balanced and diverse mix of seed, crop protection and digital solutions focused on maximizing productivity to enhance yield and profitability. With some of the most recognized brands in agriculture and an industry-leading product and technology pipeline well positioned to drive growth, the company is committed to working with stakeholders throughout the food system as it fulfills its promise to enrich the lives of those who produce and those who consume, ensuring progress for generations to come. Corteva Agriscience became an independent public company on June 1, 2019, and was previously the Agriculture Division of DowDuPont. More information can be found at www.corteva.com.

*Credit is subject to Rabo AgriFinance approval, terms and conditions.

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DuraCor^™ has no grazing or haying restrictions for any class of livestock, including lactating dairy cows, horses (including lactating mares) and meat animals prior to slaughter. Label precautions apply to forage treated with DuraCor and to manure and urine from animals that have consumed treated forage. DuraCor is not registered for sale or use in all states. Contact your state pesticide regulatory agency to determine if a product is registered for sale or use in your state. Consult the label for full details. Rinskor^™ is a registered active ingredient. State restrictions on the sale and use of Remedy^® Ultra apply. Consult the label before purchase or use for full details. Always read and follow label directions.