The folks at No-Till Farmer have announced their best performing products of 2007 according to readers.
The readers of No-Till Farmer have weighed in on the products that performed the best in their no-till operations in 2007, citing YieldGard VT Triple insect protection as the “No-Till Product of the Year.”
In addition to the Product of the Year award, no-till products in 10 specific categories were also selected for outstanding performance. Each of the products and their manufacturers were honored during an awards ceremony before an estimated 800 no-tillers at the 16th annual National No-Tillage Conference in Cincinnati on Friday.
Following are the 2007 award winners by category:
- No-Till Product of the Year: YieldGard VT Triple, Monsanto.
- Equipment: Early Riser Planters, Case IH
- Planter/Drill Attachments: Keeton Seed Firmer, Precision Planting
- Strip-Till: Blu-Jet Strip-Till Unit, Thurston Manufacturing
- Spraying: Turbo TeeJet Tips, TeeJet
- Residue Management: The Spreader, The Spreader Inc.
- Fertility: Agrotain, Agrotain International
- Insect Protection: Herculex, Dow AgroSciences/Pioneer Hi-Bred
- Herbicides: Liberty/Liberty Link, Bayer CropScience
- Fungicides: Headline, BASF
- Seed Treatment: Poncho, Bayer CropScience