It was last year at Farm Progress Show in Illinois that Bayer introduced the AgVocate initiative and vice president of Agricultural Commercial Operations (ACO) Marketing for Crop Science David Hollinrake was pleased to report on its success this year. “It’s been awesome,” said Hollinrake during the Bayer media luncheon at the show on Tuesday. “So far, we’ve engaged over 5,000 … Read More
Bayer CEO is Home at #FarmProgressShow
The president and CEO of Bayer North America is always happy to visit the Farm Progress Show when it is in Iowa. “I grew up on a farm just north of here in Hubbard, Iowa, graduate of Iowa State, and it’s always good to come home,” said Jim Blome during the traditional Bayer media luncheon on the first day of … Read More
Bayer Reviewing Belt® Insecticide Decision
Earlier this month, an appeals board for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) upheld the agency’s decision to cancel registration for Bayer’s insecticide flubendiamide, marketed in the U.S. as Belt®, while still existing stocks to be sold by retailers or used by growers, but Bayer is continuing to evaluate its options going forward. “We’re currently going through due diligence and vetting … Read More
Win a #RealYield Field from @Bayer4CropsUS
The 1st annual Bayer Showcase Plot Tours are underway across the country delivering diverse solutions and expertise for many pressing crop challenges. Athens, Illinois was home to one stop where I got to chat with Bayer’s Daren Bohannan to learn more about Bayer’s LibertyLink Real Yield Sweepstakes which is in it’s second year. Growers have the chance to win up … Read More
Grower Perspective @Bayer Showcase Plot Tour
Denis Kopp is a grower from central Illinois with a problem any other grower in the Midwest can relate to. His corn and soybean farm is fighting against weeds. “Well, this time of year I think everyone in the Midwest would agree, at least in central Illinois, the biggest problem is water hemp. In August you start to see the weeds … Read More
Credenz Soybeans Offer Growers Choices
Nick Weidenbenner is more than just an agronomist with Bayer. He’s also an expert on the Credenz soybean line. At the Bayer Showcase Plot Tours Jamie Johansen spoke with him about the options Credenz provides to growers. Introduced in 2014, the idea was to offer farmers more choices, underlined by Bayer’s four pillars; tailored genetics, herbicide tolerance, state of the … Read More
Bayer in the Land of #Cotton and #Soybeans
Driving to the Bayer Showcase Days plot tour in Dawson, Georgia last week I saw acres of cotton setting bolls throughout the countryside from north Florida, through southeast Alabama and southwest Georgia. It really is the Land of Cotton there, but there’s more soybeans in the land as well. Bayer southeast agronomist Josh Mayfield says they are really excited about … Read More
Bayer Showcase Tours Offers Products + Education
Daren Bohannan is a Technical Development Representative for Bayer and he took some time to talk with AgWired’s Jamie Johansen about Bayer’s first annual Showcase Plot Tours in central Illinois. The tours allow growers and retailers to get out in the field and see Bayer’s products in action. They’ve got everything from seed treatments and herbicides, to the Liberty Link … Read More
Bayer Showcases #Peanuts and #Cotton
Bayer has been holding a series of Showcase Plot Tours around the country since early July and we had a chance to check out the latest in cotton, peanuts and soybeans for the Southeast at Tuesday’s event in Dawson, Georgia at the company’s brand new breeding facility. “This is a new breeding facility that Bayer felt would put us in … Read More
Existing Stocks of Bayer Belt® Approved for Sale
An appeals board for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has upheld the decision to cancel registration for Bayer’s insecticide flubendiamide, marketed in the U.S. as Belt®, but retailers are being permitted to sell existing stocks to growers. While Bayer intends to comply with the order, it will fully review the EAB’s decision and evaluate its options going forward. “Bayer maintains … Read More