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The results of a 2007 study by BASF show how low-volume aerial applications impact spray coverage in the corn canopy. Testing of this kind is part of ongoing research by BASF to help improve the success of aerial fungicide applications and the plant health benefits of Headline fungicide. (Source: AgriMarketing, 12/13/07)
Kip Cullers of Purdy, Mo., using Pioneer 94M80’s and Headline fungicide, set the world record soybean yield in 2006 with 139 bushels an acre. He says the way to get high soybean yields is to plant the best genetics for your area and protect the plants with a fungicide program. (Source: Farm Progress; 10/10/07)
Kip Cullers of Purdy, Mo., using Pioneer 94M80’s and Headline fungicide, set the world record soybean yield in 2006 with 139 bushels an acre. He says the way to get high soybean yields is to plant the best genetics for your area and protect the plants with a fungicide program. (Source: Farm Progress; 10/10/07)
Fungicide use on corn is increasing because of the promise of a good return. BASF’s Gary Fellows said farmers can apply Headline at all stage of corn, but prior to tasseling, they shouldn’t use an adjuvant. (Source: DTNAg.com, 2/21/08)
The recent registration by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of a new BASF seed treatment, Stamina® fungicide, gives corn growers their best chance yet to get plants off to the right start. (Source: AgriMarketing.com, 2/21/08)
Fungicides work on corn and it is not just about disease prevention. It is also about longer stay green and better standability. Regarding the pump in yield from fungicides, one industry expert says: “The data is very positive… (fungicides) seem to be effective when disease pressure isn’t always obvious.” (Source: DTNAg.com, 2/19/08)
In tests over the past five years in cotton, BASF and university researchers have found that Headline gives growers a 65 pounds-per-acre yield increase while controlling foliar diseases.
More than half of the 2007 winning participants in the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) annual yield contest relied on BASF crop protection products, particularly Headline® fungicide, to propel them into the winner’s circle. (Source: AgriMarketing.com; 2/5/08)