Bayer CropScience at NFMS

Anna Leigh Peek

Scott Hammon had a good week at the National Farm Machinery show visiting with happy customers who stopped by the Bayer CropScience booth. Hammon wanted to chat about Bayer’s Corvus pre-emergence herbicide, which he says one of the best-selling in the nation. “It has a low use, we are only using 5.6 ounces per acres,” said Hammon. Chuck and Cindy …

Audio, Bayer, Crop Protection, National Farm Machinery Show

Two No-Till Products of the Year from BASF

Cindy Zimmerman

No-till farmers gave top honors to BASF products Headline AMP® fungicide and Sharpen® herbicide at the recent 22nd Annual National No-Tillage Conference in Springfield, Illinois. This is the eighth consecutive win for Headline AMP fungicide in the top fungicide product category. Headline AMP fungicide is labeled for corn application. On-farm field trials from 2013 show Headline AMP fungicide delivers 11.7 …

Agribusiness, BASF, Crop Protection, weed management

Authority Minute Now “The Minute” by FMC

Chuck Zimmerman

Jake Turner must be kicking butt as the Minute Man for FMC Crop Protection. We’ve known his online video series as the Authority Minute. Well, now it’s going to be just “The Minute” by FMC. The content will include an expanded territory and more topics, crops and issues. You can find in online at www.news.FMCMinute.com. “Since launching Authority Minute nearly …

Agribusiness, Crop Protection, FMC, Video

BASF Advanced Seed Enhancement is Global

Cindy Zimmerman

At the ASTA CSS 2013 and Seed Expo last week, we heard about the BASF portfolio of Advanced Seed Enhancements including inoculants, colorants, and biological and chemical seed treatments. Much of this new portfolio comes from the BASF acquisition of Becker Underwood in late 2012, according to Alyson Emanuel, Vice President of Global Business Management for BASF Functional Crop Care. …

Agribusiness, ASTA, Audio, BASF, Crop Protection, Farming, International, Seed

Results from BASF Survey on Weed Resistance

Cindy Zimmerman

A new grower survey by BASF Crop Protection shows majority of are facing challenges with glyphosate-resistant weeds. Three out of four growers who participated in a recent survey by BASF suspect that glyphosate resistance is a cause of their tough to control weeds. As a result, a staggering 76 percent of these growers have already changed their weed management program …

Agribusiness, BASF, Crop Protection, Farming, weed management

BASF Advanced Plant Health and Grower Engagement

Cindy Zimmerman

Advanced plant health and grower engagement were two topics that BASF Crop Protection representatives discussed with reporters at the recent National Association of Farm Broadcasting Trade Talk. Dr. Brianne Reeves is a member of the BASF Plant Health Technical Market team and in that role supports field research efforts and manages technical training for Priaxor® fungicide. Brianne is a DPM …

Audio, BASF, Crop Protection, Crop Science, NAFB

BASF Beauties and Bozeman at NAFB

Cindy Zimmerman

BASF Technical Market Manager for Herbicides Luke Bozeman is surrounded by a bevy of beauties here at NAFB Trade Talk. Left to right around Luke are Courtney Reigh and Amy Jensen with Padilla/CRT; Sandi Wilson, Pat Morrow and Hillary Jaworski of BASF. We talked with Luke to get the latest update on Engenia™ herbicide and the BASF On-Target Application Academy …

Audio, BASF, Crop Protection, NAFB, weed management

People Who Love Bugs Who Eat Bugs

Chuck Zimmerman

The past president of the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation, Tamara Leigh, shows off her Bekina Boots in this photo with several researchers. Tamara was presenting them with a thank you gift for taking time to meet with us. We were assembled in the Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre during a stop on our CFWF farm tour. The Centre conducts research into …

Audio, Crop Protection, International

FMC Builds Platform for Biological Crop Protection

Jamie Johansen

FMC Corporation announced the creation of a world-class platform to serve the fast-growing biological crop protection market through two strategic transactions. The first transaction is an agreement with Chr.Hansen, a biosciences company specializing in cultures, enzymes and fermentation, to develop and commercialize biological crop protection products. They also announced the acquisition of the Center for Agricultural and Environmental Biosolutions (CAEB), …

Agribusiness, Crop Protection, FMC

BASF Expands RTP Faciity

Cindy Zimmerman

While we were in Argentina last week, BASF held a ribbon cutting to officially open its $33 million facility expansion in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. “This expansion demonstrates BASF’s strong commitment to Agricultural Solutions and strengthens our research and development capabilities”, said Peter Eckes, President BASF Plant Science. “This investment demonstrates our commitment to our employees, our neighbors and …

Agribusiness, BASF, Biotech, Crop Protection