It’s always interesting getting a perspective from your audience. For BASF today that was a group of cotton consultants like Ray Young on the right. Ray’s from northeast Louisiana. Next to him is Boyd Kidwell, Quarry Integrated Communications.
I talked to Ray after the BASF Cotton Consultants Conference and he said that the registration of Headline for cotton was news to him. He says that he’s going to be keeping his eye on how it performs.
Download my interview with Ray Young here: Ray Young Interview (2 min mp3)
You can also listen to the interview with Ray immediately here: basf-beltwide-08-young.mp3
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Scott Asher is a BASF Diversified Regional Manager. He spoke today at their Cotton Consultants Conference and provided some technical information about the product.
One of the experts on the program at the BASF Cotton Consultants Conference is Amber Shirley, BASF Technical Marketing Manager. Amber says that having Headline, a foliar fungicide, available for the first time means that cotton growers now have the full range of plant protection products available to them that other commodity growers have.
Kicking off the BASF Cotton Consultants Conference is Dr. Gary Fellows, BASF Technical Market Manager. Dr. Fellows started things off by announcing that Headline fungicide is now registered for cotton. He says that 4 years worth of field trials are showing great results.
What better way to kick things off at the Beltwide Cotton Conferences than having lunch with your sponsor?
Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner appointed 35 producer members and one public member to serve on the 
Missouri Governor Matt Blunt addressed a big crowd in St. Louis today at his annual ag conference.
New technology and a “parabone” design allow producers to cut their milking time in half. The governor is calling for $200,000 to help producers make needed renovations in the first year. The grant will require producers to share 50 percent of costs and will be awarded up to $10,000 per grant.
The Farm Legacy Exchange Program is a collaborative effort among the Missouri Department of Agriculture, the Missouri Farm Bureau, University of Missouri-Extension, Farm Credit Services, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the International Farm Transition Network. 
The farm media is here in St. Louis at the Missouri Governor’s Conference on Agriculture.
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