Farmers are facing challenges with bird damage affecting their cornfields and loss of newly planted corn seed. As an agricultural chemical distributor, your product choices could help farmers get the most out of their investments in corn seed and land. Corn growers can stand to maximize profits when they use the corn seed treatment Avipel.
Avipel is produced using an organic plant-based chemical. When farmers apply Avipel on their corn seed, they will reap the benefits of having larger corn crop yields on their farms.
Thousands of corn farmers and growers across the United States face major concerns over how bird damage can cause significantly decreased corn crop yields. When birds feed on their newly planted corn seed, farmers’ hurt financially.
Corn farmers look to you, an expert agricultural chemical distributor of effective products, for key guidance on corn seed treatment options.
Avipel has been shown to prevent many bird species—blackbirds, boat-tailed grackles, crows, European starlings, grackles, pheasants, red-wing blackbirds, ring-neck pheasants, sandhill cranes, starlings and turkeys—from eating corn seeds.
Avipel’s liquid seed treatment is labeled for field and sweet corn use. Avipel use allows for corn seed to be treated in advance of a busy planting season.
Avipel’s hopper box (dry) seed treatment for corn is designed for field and sweet corn use. It can permit treating seed just before planting.
Avipels has earned a sterling reputation among agricultural chemical distributors, retailers and corn growers throughout America. This natural bird repellent has been shown to be effective in protecting corn seed from birds. It is also nonsystemic to corn, nonlethal to birds and nontoxic to plants and fish.
Endorsed by the International Crane Foundation, Avipel causes no groundwater contamination. This means that farmers’ aquifers and wells remain safe, heightening their confidence in Avipel as a solution. Avipel also has been shown to cause no side effects that could be costly.
Avipel’s active ingredient is 9,10-anthraquinone (AQ). This is a natural organic chemical found in many species such as greater plantains and sennas.
Avipel triggers a reaction in birds’ guts when birds consume treated corn seeds without causing any harm. Birds that have eaten Avipel-treated seeds and their flocks very quickly learn to avoid these seeds and start to look for other food sources. Cornfields with seeds treated with Avipel will be able to remain fully protected.
Avipel is effective during an approximately 30-day period in which seed kernel remnants remain as a food source.
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Avipel is produced by Arkion Life Sciences, which has researched and developed bird repellency products for more than a decade. The USDA and other organizations have conducted studies of Avipel. These studies have shown Avipel to efficiently protect corn seed.
Avipel is sold by local agriculture retailers and corn seed suppliers. Contact your local Avipel representative to learn more about purchasing Avipel so you can start protecting your corn crop with the ultimate bird repellent.
Agricultural chemical distributors wanting to learn more about Avipel may review application guides, independent research studies, USDA labels specific to states and more information.