Even though it’s called the National Farm Machinery Show and equipment is king, the people who provide the products for planters to plant and sprayers to spray also have a place at the show.
FMC Corporation has carved out a nice niche for itself at NFMS, sponsoring the media room and exhibitor lanyards, and having a premium exhibit space right inside the main door and across from New Holland. This year some of the products they are highlighting are Ethos™ XB Insecticide/Fungicide, Capture® LFR® Insecticide + VGR™ Soil Amendment and recently released Preemptor™SC Fungicide.
Nick Hustedde, FMC Technical Services, says the combination of strobilurin and triazole chemistries in Preemptor SC is a good fit for growers in a resistance management strategy. “We saw the challenges that growers were experiencing and we were able to acquire an active ingredient on several pathogens that are developing resistance,” said Hustedde. “The triazole component has very long residual activity so it does allow us to apply it with a herbicide application.”
In this interview, Hustedde talks about the how Preemptor SC performed in trials last year, which was a wet year that was very conducive for pathogens like frog eye leaf spot in soybeans and rust and grey leaf spot in corn. Interview with Nick Hustedde, FMC Corp.
2016 National Farm Machinery Show Photo Album
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