Headline AMP^™ fungicide, the latest innovation from BASF, made its debut during Trade Talk at the 2009 National Association of Farm Broadcasters (NAFB) conference in Kansas City, Mo. Headline AMP is the first combination fungicide specifically developed for corn growers who want maximum protection from foliar diseases and improved Plant Health.

It’s official. On September 15th, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency registered one of the biggest herbicide advances in years—Kixor^® herbicide technology— for burndown, preplant and preemergence weed control.

With wet weather throughout the Corn Belt, planting is running approximately two weeks behind in many areas. A late planting season allows additional time for corn growers to plan a tankmix application of Status^® herbicide.

Coming off the wet weather and late harvest in 2008, corn and soybean growers face difficult conditions. If crops were planted early, the wet weather may create more disease pressure. Yet late planting may stress the crop from hotter temperatures during pollination, elevated disease inoculums and push harvest later in the season. Also, late-planted crops are prime candidates for disease pressure and ultimately reduced yield.

Headline^® application needed to help safeguard yields
A recently discovered race of dry bean rust has been discovered in dry bean fields in Traill County, North Dakota. Plant pathologists at North Dakota State University confirmed this new race of rust based on field observations made late in the 2008 growing season and subsequent laboratory analysis.