BASF announced today that Headline AMP™ fungicide has received full registration from the Environmental Protection Agency. Headline AMP is the first combination fungicide specifically developed for corn growers who want maximum protection from foliar diseases and improved Plant Health.

BASF announced today a supply agreement with Monsanto for a new fungicide seed treatment for cotton in the United States. The new product contains F500^®, the same active ingredient found in Headline^® fungicide, BASF’s top-selling Plant Health fungicide, and will be part of Monsanto’s Acceleron™ Seed Treatment combination. Additional details of the agreement were not disclosed.

BASF announced today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registration of a new active ingredient, Kixor^® herbicide, for use on a wide range of crops and effective on more than 70 broadleaf weeds. Starting this fall, four formulations Powered by Kixor herbicide — Sharpen™ herbicide, OpTill™ herbicide, Integrity™ herbicide and Treevix™ herbicide — will be available to help growers tackle today’s weed control challenges in their fields.

It’s official. On Sept. 15, 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.

This August, BASF Crop Protection partnered with Horizon Ag partners to donate funds to the Stop Hunger Now organization’s record-breaking University Million Meal Week.

BASF is the supplier of the CLEARFIELD^® trait, and Horizon Ag partners make CLEARFIELD rice varieties available for planting in the United States. Their donation helped purchase quantities of rice that were used for approximately one-half of the meal packaging effort. Four North Carolina universities hosted University Million Meal Week events, where students and community volunteers packaged 1,031,776 meals for the less fortunate around the world.

BASF announced today an exclusive seed treatment collaboration with Nunhems, the vegetable seed business of Bayer CropScience. Under this agreement, Nunhems will have exclusive use of BASF’s Coronet^® fungicide seed treatment on onion seeds in the United States. 

BASF is proud to announce its exclusive partnership with the American Soybean Association (ASA) and Doane Advisory Services to provide the Soybean Rust and Aphids Program (SoyRAP) Web site (www.soyrap.com). BASF, among several companies, had previously been a co-sponsor of the Web site for several years.

BASF is alerting growers to the emergence of a recently discovered race of dry bean rust in 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.

BASF has more than 100 plot tours planned this summer to demonstrate the performance of the new Kixor^® herbicide technology.

BASF Crop Protection today announced the appointment of Paul Rea to Director, U.S. Crop Business, effective July 1, 2009. The announcement was made by Nevin McDougall, Group Vice President of BASF North America Crop Protection.

BASF helps growers get the most out of every acre

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., November 13, 2008 – BASF is strengthening its wheat portfolio with TwinLine™, a cereal fungicide powered by pyraclostrobin, the active ingredient in Headline® fungicide and a unique triazole. TwinLine complements an already strong wheat fungicide portfolio that includes Charter® fungicide seed treatment, Headline and Caramba™ fungicide.

Pre-booking Headline for greater peace of mind

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, October 17, 2008 – As corn growers make seed purchase decisions this season, BASF encourages growers to purchase Headline fungicide as they book their seed for the 2009 planting season.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, October 8, 2008 – BASF Corporation today announced that it has granted Nufarm an exclusive use of the trademark Weedmaster® in the United States.

Capacity expansion comes amid strong demand for agricultural products

F 500®, boscalid, fipronil and metazachlor among innovative compounds to receive boost in production

LIMBURGERHOFF, GERMANY & RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, July 31, 2008 -- BASF Crop Protection plans to invest more than $225 million in additional capacity to meet the growing demand for key crop protection products in the coming years. The two-year expansion project will increase capacity at production facilities in Germany, France, Brazil and the United States for top-selling active ingredients such as F 500®, boscalid, fipronil and metazachlor. This sum is on top of the base investment of around $135 million for 2008, which includes production
capacity expenditures for BASF’s new blockbuster herbicide KixorTM.

Growers experience exceptional control of broadleaf weeds and grasses with Prowl H20 from BASF

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, July 23, 2008 – Prowl H₂0 herbicide, from BASF, offers exceptional convenience, performance and crop safety benefits - including no odor, reduced staining, storage flexibility and lower user rates. To celebrate the enhanced performance of Prowl H₂0 BASF launched a campaign in which tree fruit, tree nut and grape growers could share their Prowl H₂0 success stories with BASF and growers via photo/video or essay entries.