Seed Treatments

The 2012 growing season brought many challenges in relation to the drought, including high levels of aflatoxin, a byproduct of mold growth and a carcinogen that is harmful to humans and animals at high levels. With more grain elevators testing corn for aflatoxin, reports from farmers and dealers in dryland areas of the southern Midwest indicated the use of hybrids containing the Agrisure Viptera trait have played a role in successfully reducing aflatoxin levels in corn....More

Syngenta received approval for a new fungicide designed specifically as a seed treatment for soybeans, cereals and canola. Called Vibrance, the new product's active ingredient is Sedaxane, which offers a new mode of action....More

With total sales of $9.22 billion, Bayer CropScience is one of the global leaders in agribusiness. Its seed treatment, herbicide, insecticide and fungicide business accounts for 80% of the company’s sales. Now the company is expanding its role in the biotech arena. In a recent announcement at its world headquarters in Monheim, Germany, Bayer CropScience unveiled plans to double its annual investment in research and development at its BioScience unit by 2015 and to increase overall research and development budgets at Bayer CropScience to more than $1.14 billion by 2015....More

The new Bayer CropScience On Demand system helps to improve application of soybean treatments....More