A recipient of a 2016 FINovation award from Farm Industry News, the FMC 3RIVE 3D™ application system was given the award during the National Farm Machinery Show this week. “This is the marriage of application technology and formulation technology that allows growers to plant as many as 500 acres on a single fill,” said FMC portfolio manager Rick Ekins of … Read More
FMC Focus on New Fungicide at #NFMS16
The 51st annual National Farm Machinery Show is underway in Louisville, Kentucky this week with 880 exhibitors covering 1.2 million square feet of floor space. The focus of the show may be on equipment, but the products for planters to plant and sprayers to spray also have a place at the show and FMC Corporation has clearly carved out a … Read More
3RIVE 3D In-Furrow Crop Protection Offers Speed, Simplicity
The FMC 3RIVE 3D System has had a season in use and our own Chuck Zimmerman caught up with Rick Ekins, FMC, while at Trade Talk to get an update. “We started this spring with the first 36 applicators installed on farms. The biggest things are you have such a low volume of water and you’re able to apply an … Read More
Nutrient Efficiency Remains Top Focus for Koch Agronomics
Koch Agronomic Services keeps pushing forward to develop products helping farmers protect their bottom line. While at Trade Talk, I spoke with Ron Restum, VP of North American Sales with Koch, about what Koch has to offer growers currently as well the innovative products that they are researching for future application. The bulk of Koch’s business is focused on nutrient … Read More
Year-Long Weed Management Is A Priority for FMC
At the recent National Association of Farm Broadcasters conference Chuck caught up with Thomas Quade, the Technical Service Manager at FMC Corporation (pictured left) and our sponsor for the event. FMC offers some of the best practices for year-long management of weeds with products like Topguard, Authority, and Anthem Maxx. And according to Quade, its never too early to start … Read More
FMC Launches Ethos XB
Earlier this week FMC announced the launch of Ethos™ XB insecticide/fungicide, the first of its kind, integrated in-furrow product for insect and disease control. It just so happens that Rick Ekins, fungicide and insecticide portfolio manager for FMC, was attending the convention of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting. We talked about the announcement and what it provides to farmers. … Read More
FMC and Monsanto Expand Agreement for Growers
FMC Agricultural Solutions and Monsanto last week announced the expansion of an agreement of participation in the Roundup Ready PLUS® Crop Management Solutions platform. The exclusive agreement includes FMC’s Authority® brand sulfentrazone herbicides, and adds FMC’s Capture® LFR® insecticide as a soil-applied insecticide for corn and Hero® insecticide. “We believe growers should make use of the best technologies available,” said … Read More
FMC Authority and Aim for Fall Application
It’s still summer but not too early to start thinking about fall herbicide applications. David Wheeler with FMC Corporation says with all the resistant weed pressure around the country a fall burndown is more important than ever. “Primarily we use a fall burndown application in soybeans or corn to prevent the early season growth of winter annual weeds that can … Read More
What’s New with LFR at FMC
LFR stands for Liquid Fertilizer Ready formulation and FMC Corporation is expanding that franchise to help growers. “We’ve had a lot of success with Capture LFR,” FMC Corn Segment Manager Matt Hancock said during the recent Ag Media Summit. “It provides the control a grower wants with the convenience of just being able to toss it in the tank with … Read More
#AgMedia Learn About Overlap System From FMC
Ag journalists had the opportunity to learn more about the Overlap™ System that FMC promotes for weed control during the recent Ag Media Summit. “Overlap is a term that we use for overlapping residual herbicides and we do that in order to manage resistant weed species like tall waterhemp and palmer pigweed, primarily,” said FMC Technical Business Manager David Wheeler … Read More