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53% increase in soybean pod count using Accelerate

12 Aug 2025 · 1 min

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Short video by Cole Meese describing a non-GMO soybean field trial in Central Indiana comparing control plants to plants treated with Accelerate (and also Fotomag and Micropack). Meese reports a 53% increase in pod count and an 85% increase in root mass on the treated side, despite a wet spring and rough start.

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Cole Meese.

Central Indiana.

Non-GMO soybeans.

Accelerate (primary), Fotomag, and Micropack.

53% increase in pod count.

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Hi, everybody. This is Cole Meese here in Central Indiana. I just went down and checked on my non GMO soybean trial where we had some doing a test of Accelerate along with some Fotomag and Micropack. But the main thing that we're probably seeing the difference from is Accelerate here. So here are the plants I picked out. I've got the control over on this side, treated over on that side. You can see there are plenty of pods. I mean, these beans are doing pretty decent, looking pretty good. They had a pretty rough start. It was such a wet spring, they had a hard time getting going. But then you come over here to the treated side and the root mass is quite a bit better. And there are more pods. I'm going to count them in just a minute and we will see what we come up with for pod counts. And I'm also going to weigh the root mass because I can tell that there's a sizable difference in the root mass. So I just got done counting pods and weighing my root masses. And here are my numbers. Kind of blown away by the difference there. 53% increase in pod count and an 85% increase in root mass. I could tell there was a difference, but I didn't expect it to be that much.