Everyone knows that fungicides kill diseases, but the message BASF continues to tell growers is that is does much more. Caren Schmidt, Technical Market Manager in corn fungicides for BASF, spoke with me at their booth during Commodity Classic and she was excited to share the feedback she was receiving from attendees.

“Headline is our foundation fungicide that has been on the market for a number of years. It has been superior in the marketplace in terms of disease control, as well as plant health benefits, including growth efficiency and stress tolerance. Since the introduction of Headline we’ve introduced new innovations that have improved the consistency and performance of Headline. We now have Headline AMP for corn and Priaxor for soybeans.”

Caren, along with many other BASF crop experts, gathered to answer questions from growers and share information about the additional health benefits from their products. Along with growth efficiency and stress tolerance, Headline products increase photosynthesis, which increases energy and allows for higher yield potential.

“In a general year it is hard to know what the season is going to look like at this point in time, but typically what we are going to see across a large geography in early spring season is anthracnose. And later gray spot, northern corn leaf blight, common and southern rust, depending on what geography you are in. Those are going to be typical diseases that infect the corn during any given growing season.”

Listen to my interview with Caren from here: Interview with Caren Schmidt

2013 Commodity Classic Photo Album