Another bit of evidence of the improved health of plants sprayed with Biobased USA is the plants' strength to withstand
and recover from strong winds.
Early in the morning on July 9, 2008, corn fields in parts of North Carolina were subjected to high down-drift winds
from a violent thunderstorm. The two photos above were taken right after the storm. The farmer was distraught.
He said, "Much of my corn was down, twisted, and a real mess."
But two days later, on July 11, the farmer was pleasantly surprised to see the corn that had been sprayed with Biobased USA had straightened back up.
North Carolina farmers who sprayed their oat and winter wheat crops in the Spring of 2008 with Biobased USA
were equally pleasantly surprised with the plants' resistance to wind. One farmer said, "One night, winds of more
than 40 mph howled outside. I told my wife I was sure we had lost our wheat and oat crops. Normally, winds like that
would cause the grain fields to look like someone had dragged a log through the field, behind a tractor. But next
morning, except for a couple of spots where extra nitrogen had been sprayed, where the spray-rig turned,
99% of the oat crop looked just fine. Several spots of wheat had been laid down, but it popped right back up.
At harvest, we had record yields and test weights on both wheat and oats."
