Insecticides Product Manager for Bayer CropScience, Lee Hall, spoke with Chuck during the recent Farm Progress Show. They discussed the expansion of Belt throughout the United States and what is coming down the pipeline in terms of insecticides for the company. Lee also stressed the importance of rotational use in insecticides and that it is one factor growers tend to forget.

“Belt is a product that has been on the market for the last four years. It was introduced in 2009 for primarily cotton, corn and soybeans. It has been accepted, adopted very quickly in the southern United States where the farm-scape has really changed in the last few years. We are seeing more and wider adoption of Belt in geographies North of the Mason Dixon where resistance to pyrethroids has become more prevalent and theres a rotational tool that is needed for control of caterpillar pests. And that’s what Belt does.”

Listen to Chuck’s complete interview with Lee here: Interview with Lee Hall

2013 Farm Progress Show Photo Album