- This time next year, Bayer CropScience plans to introduce corn growers to a new, proprietary safener and two new corn preemergence weed-control products: Balance® FLEXX and Corvus™ herbicides. The new corn herbicides account for two of at least six new product innovations the company expects to bring to market for corn growers in the next three years.
- Missouri’s elected officials are making a historic push to significantly increase the amount of biodiesel sold at fueling stations across Missouri. The Missouri Senate passed SB 759, the statewide biodiesel standard, on Monday, March 10. The bill would require all diesel fuel sold in Missouri to be blended with at least 5 percent biodiesel (B5) by June 1, 2010.
- John Deere Power Systems (JDPS) has announced the technology solutions it will use to meet the stringent Interim Tier 4/Stage III B mobile off-highway emissions regulations for engines 130 kW (174 hp) and above. To achieve compliance with these emissions regulations, John Deere will start with its proven Tier 3 PowerTech™ Plus engine platform, add a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC)/diesel particulate filter (DPF) unit for reducing particulates, and increase the percentage of cooled exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) for NOx control.
