It looks like a morning of “joint-development” announcements. This first one is from BASF and Nidera. BASF and Nidera today announced the introduction of CLHA-Plus – a new genetic trait for the CLEARFIELD Production System for Sunflowers – at the 17th International Sunflower Conference held in Cordoba, Spain. CLHA-Plus is the result of a long-term joint development program between BASF …
BASF Specialty Crops
During the BASF Media Summit there were several breakout sessions like the one presented by Paul Rea, Director, BASF Specialty Crops. Attendees got to choose one and I picked Paul’s. He spoke of new products, including Clearcast herbicide and flexible product packaging for the pest control, vegetation management and turf and ornamentals markets. I was interested to see several of …
Plant Biotechnology From BASF
Dr. Hans Kast, President/CEO, BASF Plant Science Holding GmbH, spoke at this week’s Media Summit about plant biotechnology and the work the company is doing in R&D. Picture courtesy of Carl Cox Photography. On the subject of plant biotechnology, Dr. Hans Kast, President and Chief Executive Officer of BASF Plant Science, indicated that the research and development focus for BASF …
BASF Marketing Dynamics
Marcus Heldt is Group Vice President, North America, Crop Protection Division, for BASF. He spoke at this week’s Media Summit about how the company is putting innovative knowledge gained in marketing to one crop area to use in targeting other market segments. BASF is also building on the leadership and success of its Plant Health platform with Headline fungicide. “Headline …
BASF Turning Science into Innovation
Dr. Peter Eckes spoke at the BASF Media Summit about how the company is turning science into innovation in the Crop Protection division. Dr. Peter Eckes, Senior Vice President Global Research and Development for Crop Protection at BASF, stressed that new active ingredients are key to future success and points to Kixor herbicide as a good example. “Such breakthroughs are …
BASF Crop Protection Update
One of our speakers at the BASF Media Summit was Michael Heinz, President of BASF’s Crop Protection Division. He focused on the business aspects of how well his division is performing and what the future holds. “Today, growers seek to maximize productivity on limited land and to minimize their risk in light of rising input costs,” said Michael Heinz, President …
Charlie Cook Talks Presidential Politics With BASF
At this evening’s BASF Media Summit dinner our speaker was political analyst Charlie Cook. Here he is getting interviewed before our meal. Charlie thinks we’re going to have a very close Presidential race and that there’s an event yet to happen that will have an important effect on the outcome. He says that Hillary is done and coming in for …
The BASF White House View
I don’t think Ray Gilmer, BASF Group Communications Manager, could have scripted a more perfect evening to close out their Media Summit here in Washington, DC. We just finished our final dinner on top of the Hay-Adams Hotel right across from the White House which makes a great background for a picture. I’ve got quite a few more in the …
BASF Innovating For The Future
Before I get to BASF innovation I just have to let you know this is post # 5,000 on AgWired. Talk about some new media innovation! Our first speaker this morning at the BASF Media Summit was Dr. Stefan Marcinowski, BASF Executive Board member. His job was to provide us with an overview of the company and a key word …
Video Interview With BASF Wine Cellar Hosts
I know I already posted an interview with our BASF Wine Cellar hosts but this morning I did one with video while I was broadcasting live. So for those of you who got to listen to Katja Schweder and Bernhard Wolff, now you can watch them. BASF Media Event Photo Album AgWired coverage of the BASF Media Summit is sponsored …