Burners

The BigYield Spotlight – Broadcast Burning

Broadcast Burning

Kent Kauffman discusses broadcast burning and the benefits it brings to growers. Listen to Kent Kauffman of the BigYield.us team and Kyle Hill, Ag 1280 Farm Director, each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on Ag 1280 KDKD-AM. The segments air at 7:15 am and again at 12:15 pm. This segment originally aired on May 15, 2017. Audio Transcription Kyle: Time once …

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Control In-Season Weeds with a Burner

In Crop Burning Recommendations

For in-season, organic weed control, use an in-crop burner to apply heat and manage weed populations. The burner generates heat that will vaporize water from weed cells and ultimately cause the weeds to die. When using an in-crop burner, the growth portion of the crop, such as corn or soybeans, should be taller than where the flame is directed. We …

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Use a Burner to Control Spring Weeds

Use a Burner to Control Spring Weeds

Burners use propane-fueled torches to produce extreme heat and control weeds during burndown, pre-emergence or post-emergence. To kill weeds, heat from a burner vaporizes water from weed cells. Without adequate cellular water content, the weeds die. For more information about using a burner to control weeds, call BigYield.us at 844-242-4367.

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Spring Burning Protocol at BigYield.us

Spring Burning Protocol

For crop fields, spring burning can help to reduce weed pressure. Kent Kauffman of BigYield.us discusses recommendations for spring weed burning programs.

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Burning for Field Burndown

Burning for Burndown

“Burndown” now refers to more than using herbicide chemistries to eradicate weeds. In October, our team at The Farm Research Center in Garden City, Mo., introduced a new 30-foot burndown burner that can effectively kill weeds, even those that may have herbicide resistance issues. Plus, the burndown burner may eradicate harmful insects and their eggs. Burners use propane-fueled torches to …

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Broadcast Burning for Weed Control

Broadcast Burning

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Fall Weed Control with Burning

Fall Herbicide Alternative

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Burners Offer Insect Control Advantage

BigYield Burner

Several weeks ago, we shared about our experience with using a row crop burner to address weed pressure at The Farm Research Center in Garden City, Mo. You may recall that burners use a propane torch to create heat. The heat controls pre- and post-emergent weeds and grasses without damaging the crop itself. As a residual benefit to weed control, we’ve noticed …

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Burning for Insect Control

Flaming-for-Insect-Control

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Nighttime Burning at BigYield.us

Night Flaming

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