Testing Fungicides ‘From The Ground Up’ with Farmer-Led Science in Action
November 9, 2025Ed Mershon has been in the farming business for several decades, and the farm has served him well. Despite the success of his production business, Ed believes farming is all about learning, adapting, and leading. That encouraged him to join four other grain farmers to participate in the From the Ground Up (FTGUp) Project, experimenting with alternative fungicides. “We’re testing out how fungicide helps corn and soybeans. We are trying to see if there’s an economic benefit to putting fungicide on them,” Ed explains. FTGUp is a farmer-led project in Ohio and Missouri, working to improve the real-world, on-farm performance…
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