The team at FMC is offering growers a number of benefit programs for the coming year, and Retail Market Manager Lester Scott sat down for an interview at the 2016 Mid-South Farm & Gin Show to discuss three programs that benefit southern rice and soybean growers in particular. FMC is offering rice growers a $1 per acre rebate when they … Read More
Managing Weeds with FMC Authority and Anthem
Managing weed resistance gets more important every year for farmers and one of the best ways to get a jump on problem weeds is starting with a clean field, which is where FMC Anthem® and Authority® preemergence herbicides. FMC soybean product manager Flavio Centola says they now have six different Authority formulations. “We have a good formulation for every situation, … Read More
Bayer #LibertyLink #RealYield Winners
Thanks to social media we can share a picture of one of the second round of winners in the Bayer CropScience LibertyLink Real Yield Game. Here’s Bill Graff who won a year’s supply of LibertyLink Soybeans and Liberty herbicide. He’s also going to Commodity Classic! So here’s the list of final winners: Winner #4 William Graff, Illinois Year’s supply Winner … Read More
Bayer Bolsters Digital Farming
Bayer will be operating a new company called Bayer Digital Farming GmbH proPlant, which will function as their plant health diagnosis and infection level warning service provider. The new division came about as Bayer acquired the German based Gesellschaft für Agrar- und Umweltinformatik mbH, a spin-off by employees of the Institute for Geoifomatics at Munster University. The acquisition continues … Read More
Iteris Signs ClearAg Agreement with Bayer
A new agreement will allow Bayer Crop Science to offer growers useful insights to improve crop efficiency. Using their ClearAg Weather and Soil API’s, Iteris, Inc., will provide timely, high-resolution atmospheric and land surface information. The combination of data from ClearAg APIs and the expert knowledge will further Bayer’s ability to deliver global digital farming tools. “We look forward to assisting … Read More
Bayer Rejects EPA Request to Halt Belt® Sales
Bayer is rejecting a request by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to voluntarily cancel the uses of flubendiamide insecticide, marketed as Belt® in the United States, and instead will seek a review of the product’s registration through an administrative law hearing. According to a company release, Bayer believes EPA is exaggerating the environmental risk of the product and “would deny … Read More
Potato Expo Attendees Excited For Velum Prime
Excitement at the Potato Expo was high regarding Bayer CropScience‘s newest soon-to-be launched product for potatoes. Our own Chuck Zimmerman spoke with Joel Lipsitch, Senior Horticulture Fungicide Product Manager with Bayer CropScience, for information regarding Velum Prime, a nematicide and fungicide labeled for use in potatoes. “Velum Prime is an interesting product. It’s applied via overhead chemigation early in the … Read More
Potato Council Backs Bayer Bee Care
The National Potato Council announced last week that they are joining the Bayer CropScience Feed a Bee initiative as an official partner committing to enlist America’s potato farmers to help feed bees. Dr. Becky Langer, manager of the North American Bee Care Program says Bayer launched Feed a Bee in March of 2015 to address the problem of lack of … Read More
Are Neonics Dangerous To Bees?
Dana Sargent, Vice President, North American Regulatory Affairs for Bayer, wrote an open letter on the Bayer CropScience blog penning a response to U.S. and Canadian government regulation regarding imidacloprid. Here’s a portion of Sargent’s letter: As a mom and someone responsible for feeding my family, I know the importance of having ready access to safe and nutritious food. As … Read More
Feed A Bee Plants Over 65M Flowers In 2015
Bayer’s Feed A Bee campaign successfully planted over 65 million flowers in 2015 thanks to the support and contributions of consumers and industry partners. More than 250,000 consumers joined the initiative to feed pollinators as the Feed a Bee website and #FeedABee hashtag went viral. By the end of the year, more than 70 organizations joined the fight pledging thousands … Read More