The FMC team was on hand at the 2016 Mid-South Farm & Gin Show, using the event as an opportunity to meet with Southern growers and discuss the multitude of crop protection solutions offered to them through the FMC portfolio. Rusty Mitchell, Technical Support Specialist for FMC, sat down for an interview on the latest additions to the company’s diverse … Read More
Ethos XB Offers Convenience and Protection
While FMC has always been close to Southern growers, offering exceptional base brands like Mustang Maxx, Hero, and Command 3ME, the company’s portfolio has recently evolved to even better suit Southern corn and soybean growers. One of the company’s latest additions is Ethos XB, a fertilizer-ready insecticide and fungicide that aims to protect young seedlings in a complete crop protection … Read More
New Grower Benefit Programs from FMC
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
BASF and Evogene Agree to Collaboration
BASF and Evogene Ltd., a leading company for the improvement of crop productivity, have signed a three-year agreement to collaborate for the discovery and development of novel herbicides. The agreement says Evogene will contribute by using their biology-driven computational discovery approach to find potential candidates of chemicals for novel herbicides. BASF will screen the chemicals with their proprietary advanced plant … Read More
Still Time to Play LibertyLink #RealYield Game
‘Tis the season for giving, so why not give yourself the chance to win by playing the Bayer CropScience LibertyLink Real Yield Game – and donate to your local FFA chapter at the same time? It’s a win-win no matter how you look at it! “We’ve been really excited about the response we’ve gotten with the Real Yield game,” said … Read More
Syngenta has a Proven Plan for Bulk Deliveries in 2016
Syngenta is more than ready for the rush of the 2016 growing season. They have carefully inspected their delivery system to insure growers and retailers will have access to the products when and where they need them. “We analyze every step of the supply chain from point A to point Z with all our products, so that we will have … Read More
Residual Herbicides Key To Fighting Resistance
Jeff Carpenter, with Dupont Crop Protection, spoke with me at TradeTalk to give an update on DuPont’s latest herbicide product, Trivence, and the importance of preventing resistant weeds using residual herbicides. “Farmers are understanding there is an issue with Roundup not controlling the weeds it did 4-5 years ago. For the pigweed species especially (both palmer and waterhemp), as well … Read More
New Soybean Cropping Systems Offer Weed Control
The journal of Weed Technology recently published a study showing the proper application of post emergence herbicides are an important factor in controlling glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth and waterhemp in new soybean cropping systems. Glyphostae-resistant Palmer amaranth has been confirmed to challenge growers in twenty-five states, and glyphostae-resistant waterhemp is present in 16. Soon growers will be offered options combining glyphostae, … Read More
EPA Established Tolerances to Use with New Trait
The EPA has established tolerances for DuPont Crop Protection‘s herbicide-tolerant sorghum trait, Inzen. The tolerances pertain to the use of herbicides with nicosulfuron and rimsulfuron. Once the product is obtains registration by the EPA sorghum producers will be able to apply herbicides to control post emergence of grasses. “Nicosulfuron and rimsulfuron will provide excellent control of annual grasses that deplete … Read More