Active VPR PLUS™

Enhanced Herbicidal Activity & Improved Crop Growth for Optimal Fertility
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VPR PLUS™ is a high-performance foliar nutrition solution engineered to support vegetative growth, photosynthetic efficiency, and nutrient use during critical early crop stages. Designed with balanced nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and a full micronutrient package, VPR PLUS™ fuels biomass development and prepares crops for high-yielding reproductive phases, enhancing your plant fertility.

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GUARANTEED ANALYSIS
Active VPR PLUS
14-10-10
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14%
Total Nitrogen (N)
Builds proteins and chlorophyll. Drives canopy growth, photosynthesis and overall yield potential.
10%
Available Phosphate (P₂O₅)
Powers energy transfer and ATP. Fuels early root growth, vigour, flowering and seed set.
10%
Soluble Potash (K₂O)
Manages water use and stress tolerance. Strengthens stalks, boosts disease resistance and fills grain.
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Plus amino acids and biostimulant actives.

SKUs: 10 L Jug, 500 L Tote, 1000 L Tote

Rates

Apply at the rate of 2.5 L per hectare (1 L per acre) with a minimum of 100 L of water per hectare (40 L / acre) for ground applications and 30 – 60 L of water per 1 hectare (24 L / acre) for aerial applications. Adjust based on crop stage and tissue test results.

Crops

Field Peas and Succulent Peas: apply at the 4-5 leaf stage (herbicide timing). Soybean and other Dry Edible Beans: apply at V1-V2 (first-second trifoliate/herbicide timing) stage.

Directions for Use

Foliar apply from 3-6 leaf stage for cereals and early vegetative stage for broadleaf crops. Best applied with 100 L/ha water volume. Compatible with most herbicides and early fungicide passes.

VPR PLUS VS UAN 2024 06
In this trial, the grower randomly selected plants from both treatments and compared them side by side. The results were hard to ignore. Improved root development, increased biomass, and stronger overall plant vigor demonstrated the impact of balanced nutrition early in the season. No special plant selection, no staged photos, just a real world comparison that revealed what was happening both above and below the soil surface.
Proof from the field · New Era Ag 2020 · Horizon Ag 2021

Two trials answered the only two questions that matter.

Every pulse grower makes one decision before they spray: what activates the herbicide. UAN is the habit. We tested the alternative head to head, two seasons apart, on two farms. New Era proved the crop stays clean. Horizon proved the yield goes up.

Trial One · New Era Ag · Abarth Peas · 2020

Does it protect the crop?

UAN does the activator job. On a sensitive pulse like peas it also does damage, because the same nitrogen salt that lands on the weed lands on the crop. New Era put Viper ADV with VPR Plus against Viper ADV with UAN, same field, same day, same chemistry.

The crop was photographed from early canopy through pod set, 4, 18 and 30 days after spray. It came through untouched.

The takeaway: UAN was doing half a job. It killed the weed and taxed the crop. VPR Plus killed the weed, spared the crop, and added 14-10-10 macro fertility the plant put to work during recovery.
Phytotoxicity · every VPR Plus plot
0/0/0
No yellowing. No necrosis. No setback. Plant vigor rated 10 of 10, pre spray and post spray.
Weed control · matched or out-rated Viper + UAN
CleaversOut-rated
SmartweedMatched
PigweedOut-rated
Volunteer canolaMatched
Trial Two · Horizon Ag · Michael Steckler · 2021

Does it pay?

New Era proved the crop survives the spray. Horizon asked the next question: does the activator choice actually move the harvest? Seven treatments, every one measured against an untreated check.

The result split clean down the middle by activator. Every UAN treatment finished below doing nothing. Every VPR Plus treatment finished above it.

On a stressed pulse, UAN does not just fail to add yield. It subtracts it. Herbicide stress plus salt stress drags the crop below where it would have sat untouched. VPR Plus flips the result, the crop recovers from the herbicide and gains on top.
Chemistry + UAN
-2.0%
Below the untreated check. Nearly a bushel under doing nothing.
Chemistry + VPR Plus
+3.8%
Above the check. Up to +1.7 bu per acre on the top treatment.
nearly 3 bu/acre
the swing between activators · peas · 2021
Peas · Yield Data
Michael Steckler · Horizon Ag · 2021
Bushels per acre at herbicide timing. Sorted worst to best. Dashed line marks the untreated check at 45.2.
Chemistry + UAN
Python A & B · N-Sure · Merge
44.3
-0.9bu/ac
Chemistry + UAN
N-Sure · Viper ADV
44.4
-0.8bu/ac
Chemistry only
Odyssey NXT · Merge
44.5
-0.7bu/ac
Untreated Check
No chemistry
45.2
Check
Chemistry + Active VPR
Viper ADV · N-Sure · Active VPR
46.1
+0.9bu/ac
Chemistry + Active VPR
P A & B · N-Sure · Merge · VPR
46.2
+1.0bu/ac
Chemistry + VPR Plus
Python A & B · Active VPR PLUS
46.9
+1.7bu/ac
Below the check Untreated check Active VPR / VPR Plus Single site, herbicide timing trial.

Two farms. Two seasons. Same answer.

New Era and Horizon were never designed as a pair. They became one. One trial proved VPR Plus keeps the crop clean while it matches the kill. The other proved it turns the activator step from a yield cost into a yield gain. Same role UAN was filling. Done right.

Agronomics
Matched or out-rated the kill on every shared weed. 0/0/0 phyto. Vigor 10 of 10 through pod set.
Economics
From -2.0% with UAN to +3.8% with VPR Plus. A swing of nearly 3 bu/acre on the activator alone.
Logistics
Drops into the tank in place of UAN. Compatible with leading pulse chemistries. 10L, 500L, 1000L.
Replace UAN. Add macro foliar fertility.
Same field, same day, same herbicide. A different outcome on your yield.
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Trial Photos - New Era Phototoxicity

Viper + UAN UAN and VPR VPR Plus

August 28 ALL treatments

Tissue Analysis

Optimize your foliar program with real-time crop insights. Taurus offers tissue analysis services in partnership with Corvian Labs. Ask your Taurus rep how to submit a sample.

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