- Even amid the ups and downs of corn production in 2008, Halex GT corn herbicide from Syngenta delivered impressive weed control results versus glyphosate –in 2008 trials it controlled 98 percent of lambsquarters, 98 percent of velvetleaf, 97 percent of common ragweed, 99 percent of waterhemp and 97 percent of Palmer amaranth.
- Tom LeBeau has been selected as the new Certified Hereford Beef LLC chief operating officer.
- New Holland Agriculture has appointed GT Group as its new distributor in Georgia. The contract hand-over ceremony between GT Group and New Holland Agriculture will take place during a two-day event from March 26 to 27 in Tbilisi, Georgia’s capital.
- Nitamin Steady Delivery plant nutrition technology was tested in soil and foliar applications. Soil-applied Nitamin Nfusion fertilizer shows a 29 bu/A yield increase and better N efficiency. Nitamin 30L fertilizer in foliar applications increased yields by up to 28 bu/A in a Missouri study.