The American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) announced its newly-elected officer team and honored industry award winners during its 2021 Policy & Leadership Development Conference this week in Washington, D.C. Brad May of BASF will officially take office as ASTA Chair on July 1, taking over from outgoing chair John Latham, Latham Seeds. First Vice Chair for the coming year is …
BASF Agricultural Solutions Media Event
Agricultural journalists learned more about what BASF sees as the way forward for agriculture during a press event September 24 at the company’s new campus in Research Triangle Park, N.C. This virtual ag newsroom includes links to photos and audio content available free of charge for digital or print publication or broadcast. Photos BASF Ag Solutions Media Event photos Audio/Interviews …
2019 Farm Progress Show
The future of farming is showcased at the Farm Progress Show – August 27-29,2019 – Decatur, Illinois This virtual ag newsroom includes links to photos and audio content available free of charge for digital or print publication or broadcast. Photos 2019 Farm Progress Show photo album Audio/Interviews Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) represents Decatur and the surrounding area in the U.S. …
BASF Receives EPA Registration for Revysol Fungicide
BASF has received Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registration for Revysol® fungicide. The new active ingredient (AI) is the first and only isopropanol azole of its kind in the market for a broad range of crops and disease combinations. Revysol, and its related product brands, will be available to growers for the 2020 planting season. The AI will be available in …
New Dicamba-tolerant Stoneville Varieties from BASF
BASF has added three new dicamba-tolerant Stoneville® cottonseed varieties to its ever-expanding cotton portfolio. Each of these new varieties is tolerant to Liberty,® Engenia® and glyphosate herbicides and brings three-gene lepidopteran resistance, which decreases the likelihood that an application for worm control will be needed. The new varieties include: ST 4480B3XF A new early- to mid-maturity variety for growers in …
BASF FiberMax Event & TCGA Trade Show
BASF recently celebrated cotton growers who achieved four-bale or greater yields by welcoming them to the exclusive FiberMax® One Ton Club™ for their 2018 harvest results. Additionally, the FiberMax Maximizer Club™, now in its third year, recognized growers with dryland cotton fields yielding at least 1,000 pounds per acre with FiberMax varieties. The combined event was held during the 2019 …
2019 BASF Science Behind Event
BASF’s annual Science Behind event was held at the “Ports of Call” in Seaworld just prior to Commodity Classic. This year’s event unveiled a new innovation from BASF, Revysol fungicide. After a brief introduction from Scott Kay, Vice President of U.S. Crop, listen to BASF experts share pertinent information about our best kept secret. A grower panel discussion closed the …
2019 BASF Legacy Club Events
To honor the hard work of its cotton grower customers, BASF held a special event in Destin, Florida. The event provides an opportunity to meet other successful growers and attend an awards dinner celebration to find out who made the 2018 Stoneville Legacy Club. This virtual ag newsroom includes links to digital media content available free of charge for digital …
ZimmCast 606 – Audio & Analytics from AgWired & AgNewsWire
The end of 2018 made for a busy time with family but also a time to reflect on the year with our AgNewsWire service and AgWired. I get asked all the time about how many people we reach, how many people listen, who are they and more. It’s just not a simple question to answer. But I took a stab …
2019 BASF APT Summit
The first virtual ag newsroom of 2019 features the inaugural BASF APT (Agronomic Performance Trials) Summit. This program takes place just prior to the Beltwide Cotton Conferences in New Orleans. The program includes sharing 2018 APT information and the announcement of new 2019 cotton varieties. This virtual ag newsroom includes links to digital media content available free of charge for …
ZimmCast 605 – ASTA CSS and Seed Expo
ZimmCast #605 is the last one for 2018, featuring interviews from the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) 2018 CSS and Seed Expo, our last event for the year. This ZimmCast includes comments from ASTA president and CEO Andy LaVigne, Bayer seed treatment tech service rep Chip Graham, BASF Seed Solutions U.S. marketing lead Kerry Grossweiler, and Wheat Pete, a podcaster …
BASF at 2018 ASTACSS
This virtual ag newsroom includes links to digital media content available free of charge for digital or print publication or broadcast. Photos BASF at ASTACSS18 photo album Audio interviews BASF Launches Vault® IP Plus and Obvius® Plus – Jeremiah Mullock discusses ILeVO- BASF Looks Forward to 2019 Growing Season – BASF Products Fight Soybean Disease – Jason Wistehuff discusses Credenz …
2018 ASTA CSS and Seed Expo
Held each year in Chicago, the 2018 ASTA CSS and Seed Expo is America’s largest seed industry convention with the latest information on seed treatment, plant breeding innovation, the agricultural economy forecast for 2019, emerging global disease threats and more. This year’s meeting was held December 3-6. Major sponsors at the event include Bayer and BASF. This virtual ag newsroom includes …
BASF Texas Field Day
BASF held a field day in Lubbock, TX to meet with groups of retailer staff and talk about the new BASF, and discuss Stoneville and FiberMax. This virtual ag newsroom includes links to photos and audio content available free of charge for digital or print publication or broadcast. Photos 2018 BASF Cotton Production Audio Robert Antoshak & Andrew Olah, with …
BASF Arkansas Field Day
BASF held a field day in Marion, AR to meet with groups of retailer staff and talk about the new BASF, especially soybeans (Credenz) and Cotton (Stoneville). The first company to attend was Nutrien. We had quite a bit of rain the day before the event so there was limited in-field opportunities for the day but there was still a …