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Arlan Suderman is a market analyst for Farm Futures magazine. He was on the program at the BASF “Science Behind Plant Health” symposium.

Arlan’s spoke about the ethanol wave and addressed the opportunities and the pitfalls that he sees coming. He shares a lot of information about how people are investing in the industry and how the boom is affecting grower decisions.

Listen to Arlan’s presentation here (12 min): cccast-7-suderman.mp3

The interview is also part of the CommodityClassicCast podcast series.

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Dirk Voeste is the head of Plant Health and Seed Treatment Research for BASF. He came here to Commodity Classic from the company’s headquarters in Germany.

Dirk’s topic at the “Science Behind Plant Health” symposium was on the research that the company is doing and to show how growers are using it to their advantage. He says that BASF continues to be an innovator. I interviewed him right after the program was over.

Listen to my interview with Dirk here: cccast-6-voeste.mp3

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Andy Lee is the BASF Director of Business Operations, U. S. Crop Protection Products. He spoke at their “Science Behind Plant Health” symposium on the subject of just what BASF is doing to continue to be a leader is this area.

Like several other presenters he says that BASF is finding new and interesting applications and results for its Headline fungicide. He says that the journalists attending the symposium were asking why more growers aren’t using the product since based on the results it seems like such a “no-brainer.”

Listen to my interview with Andy: cccast-5-lee.mp3

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One of our presenters here at the BASF “Science Behind Plant Health” symposium is Dr. Gary Fellows, BASF Technical Market Manager. In fact he’s conducting his presentation right now as I’m posting this.

Before we got started I spoke with Dr. Fellows about New Plant Health Research which includes the finding that applying Headline fungicide to corn that is stressed by drought or dry weather conditions helps the plants make it through that period and recover faster. He says they observed this in a number of fields around the country this past season and decided to bring those findings into the research facilities to test it for themselves.

Listen to my interview with Dr. Fellows: cccast-3-fellows.mp3

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Our moderator for the BASF “Science Behind Plant Health” symposium is Ray Gilmer, BASF Group Communications Manager, Agricultural Products Division.

I had a chance to talk to Ray just prior to the start of the program to get an overview of what we’re going to see and hear today. Ray says that BASF is really committed to innovation and investing into new science. He says they’ll be talking about how growers are finding real yield benefits when making sure their plants stay healthy throughout the season.

Listen to my interview with Ray: cccast-4-gilmer.mp3

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As is often the case, yours truly is one of the first into the media room. One of my sponsors for AgWired coverage here is New Holland.

They also sponsor the media room each year as you may have heard in my interview with Gene Hemphill yesterday in this week’s ZimmCast. I’m looking forward to his reception for the media tomorrow evening too.

Once you arrive at the media room the first persons to greet you are these smiling faces. I interviewed Bob Callanan, ASA (right) and Mimi Ricketts, NCGA (second from right) about how they work together to prepare for Commodity Classic and the media. I think they’ve now got almost 100 registered media for the event which is an increase from normal. Hot topics for the media will probably be the farm bill and renewable fuels according to these two communications directors.

Listen to my interview with Bob & Mimi: cccast-2-media.mp3

The interview is also part of the CommodityClassicCast podcast series started just for this year’s Commodity Classic.

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