Earn Toward Your Equipment: Yield Innovations' 2027 Soybean In-Furrow Program

A complete soybean starter system that supports early-season growth while helping growers offset equipment costs for 2027. What if your soybean starter program could do more than support your crop? What if it could also help pay for the equipment you use to apply it?

For the 2027 growing season, Yield Innovations is offering a Soybean In-Furrow Equipment Program that combines four complementary crop technologies with an equipment allowance based on enrolled acres.

The idea is simple: Invest in your soybean acres, support your crop from day one, and earn money toward your equipment along the way.

4 Products.

1 Complete Soybean Starter System.

A strong soybean crop starts below the surface. Healthy roots, available nutrients, and an active soil environment all play a role in helping plants establish themselves and reach their yield potential.

Yield Innovations' soybean in-furrow system brings together four products designed to work alongside one another at planting.

1. Root Armor — Defend (6 oz./A.)

Root Armor helps protect soybean roots against Rhizoctonia and Fusarium root rots while providing season-long soybean cyst nematode suppression.

In replicated trials across seven locations in 2023, Root Armor delivered an average yield increase of 1.8 bushels per acre. Additional observations have documented larger root systems, which can help support nutrient and water uptake throughout the growing season.

2. JumpStart SB — Stimulate (12.8 oz./A.)

JumpStart SB combines an amino-acid-derived polymer, biostimulants, and organic-acid extracts to influence the rhizosphere, the area of soil surrounding plant roots.

By supporting the environment where roots interact with soil nutrients and biology, JumpStart SB helps create favorable conditions for early crop development.

Third-party replicated Midwest trials reported an average yield increase of 4.3 bushels per acre.

3. SugarKick — Feed (1 pt./A.)

Beneficial soil biology needs a food source to thrive.

SugarKick combines cane sugar and Ecklonia maxima seaweed to provide a food source for soil microbial populations, including the biology associated with Root Armor..

Together, these products are designed to support biological activity in the root zone.

4. HumiBond — Hold + Deliver (1 qt./A.)

Having nutrients in the soil is one thing. Keeping them available where roots can access them is another.

HumiBond combines Humika and NanoBond technologies to help hold nutrients in the root zone and improve nutrient delivery into the plant.

The Humika component has demonstrated a historical soybean yield increase averaging 7.06 bushels per acre.

One Application at Planting

Rather than requiring four separate trips across the field, all four products are designed to be mixed in 5–6 gallons of water per acre and applied in-furrow at planting.

Each product serves a different purpose, working together to protect roots, stimulate the root environment, feed beneficial biology, and improve nutrient efficiency.

Note: The yield results referenced above come from separate datasets and should not be added together to estimate total program performance. Actual results will vary depending on growing conditions and management practices.

Earn Up to $7.50 Per Acre Toward Your Equipment

Beyond the agronomic benefits, the 2027 program offers an opportunity to offset equipment costs through an allowance tied to enrolled soybean acres.

Growers can choose between two equipment program options:

Under the three-year agreement, the equipment allowance is payable in November 2027, subject to program terms.

What Could That Mean for Your Operation?

For a grower enrolling 500 acres, the equipment allowance could total:

• 1-Year Agreement: $1,000
• 3-Year Agreement: $3,750 total equipment allowance

For example, 1,000 qualifying acres could generate a $7,500 total equipment allowance under the three-year program, subject to eligibility and program terms.

The more eligible acres enrolled, the greater the potential equipment allowance!

What About the Return on Investment?

Of course, an equipment allowance is only part of the equation. Growers also need to consider the cost of their crop inputs and the potential return in the field.

According to Yield Innovations, the complete soybean in-furrow program has an estimated breakeven of roughly 3.5 bushels per acre at a soybean price of $12.00 per bushel.

That gives growers a useful starting point when evaluating whether the program makes sense for their operation.

While no input program can guarantee a yield increase, the combination of root protection, biological support, and improved nutrient efficiency offers several ways to support crop performance.

The equipment allowance provides an additional financial consideration when evaluating the overall investment.

Start Planning for the 2027 Growing Season

The best time to evaluate your soybean starter program is before the planter enters the field.

Whether you're looking to improve early-season root development, get more value from your fertility program, or offset equipment costs, Yield Innovations' 2027 Soybean In-Furrow Equipment Program is worth a closer look.

Interested in learning more?

Contact the Red Cedar Agronomy team to discuss the program, review equipment allowance options, and determine whether the soybean in-furrow system is a good fit for your acres!