- Syngenta Crop Protection and Pioneer Hi-Bred announced an agreement to promote glyphosate-based Touchdown® herbicides, Quilt® fungicide, and Pioneer® brand corn hybrids and soybean varieties for the 2008 growing season. The program applies to Touchdown Total and Touchdown HiTech non-selective herbicides, as well as Quilt fungicide for corn. All three Syngenta products are eligible for financing through the TruChoice® Opportunity Program from Pioneer. In addition, growers planting Pioneer seed products and using these Syngenta products will be eligible for financial incentives. Growers using Quilt fungicide and either Touchdown Total or Touchdown HiTech on their Pioneer corn acres are eligible for a Corn Offer on these products. Pioneer soybean customers using either Touchdown product can receive a Soybean Protection Offer in case of replant or crop loss due to weather.
- The European Commission announced it has granted full food, feed, processing and import approval of grain corn and derived products containing the HERCULEX® RW Rootworm Protection trait, as well as the stack of HERCULEX I Insect Protection and Roundup Ready® Corn 2 (RR2), into the European Union (EU). HERCULEX® Insect Protection was developed through a research collaboration between Dow AgroSciences LLC and Pioneer Hi-Bred. HERCULEX® I Insect Protection provides the broadest above-ground, in-plant insect protection available today against pests like European and southwestern corn borer, western bean cutworm, black cutworm and fall armyworm.
- Hereford enthusiasm and numbers continued to climb at the Keystone International Livestock Exposition (KILE) in Harrisburg, Pa., as exhibitors competed for top honors at the first National Hereford Show of the season. A record-breaking 202 head of Herefords were showcased on Oct. 5, up 33 head from last year and 66 from 2005. Mark Ebling, Cleburne, Texas, judged the event. Four L Hereford Farm, Atwood, Tenn., dominated the bull show taking home grand and reserve honors. View complete results of the KILE National Hereford Show here.
- The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association has formed The Poultry & Egg Institute, a new initiative within the association that will focus its efforts on developing and implementing industry-specific education and training programs to help companies identify and reduce poultry industry property loss and enhance employee safety and retention. With industry input, the department also will identify and maintain informational resources that address key industry issues.
