[Scene opens with shot of soybean field with text overlaid “Trends in soybean weed control”. Guitar music plays in the background. Scene switches to Shawn Brenneman (Agronomic Sales Representative at Syngenta) and Tony Balkwill (Independent Agronomy Specialist from NirthField Advanced Agronomy) standing in front of a soybean field, speaking to the camera.]
SHAWN: Pleased to be here today with Tony Balkwill from Nithfield Agronomy and Research. And today we're gonna talk a little bit about some of the issues that growers are having out in the field and some of the trends that might be up-and-coming here in the future. Could I just get your thoughts on some of the emerging trends you've seen, maybe specifically from a weed management side but some of the things that your customers are currently struggling with?
TONY: I think the one of the biggest trends we've seen over the past three or four seasons, if not longer, is the switch to planter systems and wider rows. And with that has come along some challenges with weed control. Kind of re-looking at residual systems and programs simply because you're trying to capture that canopy timing and it is not the same program that you would use in a conventional system to set up your herbicide program. SHAWN: So in the past where a lot of growers maybe were on those narrow rows and they were really relying on that canopy to help suppress weed development. Now with the planter system’s wider rows we're seeing more weeds probably emerge. 
TONY: Yes.
SHAWN: That canopy is taking time to close in.
[Scene switches to a shot of soybean plant canopy before going back to Tony and Shawn standing in front of the field speaking to the camera.]
TONY: So the challenge is always weed-free at canopy or you look behind us in a 30 inch system we've got a full canopy, you can almost not really even tell it's 30 inches. When you go back weeks and a month ago, you definitely have that potential for escapes within the system. So it starts with definitely a residual foundation early on. This field was sprayed with Boundary initially and then it's a timing game where you're trying not to spray too early. Believe it or not. Where you need to spray in an efficiency, where you've sprayed and you've caused that weed control with canopy closure at the same time. 
SHAWN: Right that makes perfect sense. So do you see more growers then starting to adopt, getting away from that one or two pass of glyphosate, and really trying to look at more sustainable long term farming systems, adopting residual, plus contact herbicide programs, to end their bean management systems? 
TONY: Yeah as beans have become more of an intense higher managed crop we've taken a look at fungicides and fertility and and wider rows and better planting equipment and stuff. And it's just followed suit that growers are are starting to pay more attention to that and invest more. Weed free periods and critical timing has been a lot more of a foundation for success in wide rows and it needs to be kind of a base if you're going to succeed in wide row systems like this. So I'm thinking back to ten years ago, a lot of the customers I used to work with, it was a one pass, two pass glyphosate system. And if one litre didn't work, let's just bump it up and go litre and a half. And if that didn't work, two litres. What are you seeing, though, with the glyphosate resistance with the changes and shifts and weeds out there? Are the customers or the farm customers you're working with really getting the fact that they need to change up their management systems? 
TONY: Yeah, I think the key, the take home, is glyphosate, no herbicide program should be built around glyphosate. It's a great tool to use within seasons, within the technology that we've invested in within plants and varieties and hybrids. And that's kind of where it ends and starts in a way. If you're building around a multi rotation herbicide program with residuals, glyphosate is simply a small tool in the toolbox. But there's a lot more other things in that toolbox that need to be looked at first. And those multiple modes of actions, rotation of chemistries, rotation of chemistries within crops if you're having a bigger picture of a corn, soybean, wheat rotation. It needs to be planned years before for the year you're planting.
[Scene switches to shot of soybean field. Guitar music plays in the background. Scene switches to a white screen. Text reads: “For more information, visit syngenta.ca or contact our Customer Interaction Centre at 1-87-Syngenta (1-877-964-3682).”]