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  • Apr. 11, 2012
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    Aproach fungicide from DuPont tackles white mold in soybeans, other diseases

    Rodd Robran, Approach fungicide launch manager for DuPont, provides an overview of the major benefits of this new product, scheduled for registration in the early second quarter of 2012. The product is intended for use on corn, soybeans, dry beans and canola. Approach is a preventative fungicide and also contains curative properties, making it particularly useful when delays can occur due to weather, for example. The product fights white mold in soybeans, among other diseases. For more information, visit www.dupont.com....More
  • Mar. 14, 2012
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    Three new crop protection products from MANA

    David Feist, product development leader for MANA, discusses the company's three new crop protection products: Vulcan insecticide, Paradigm insecticide and Bumper 41VC fungicide....More
  • Feb. 10, 2012
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    An inside view of Syngenta's global financial report to media

    Farm Industry News blogger Mark Moore gives his impressions of attending Syngenta's 2011 financial report to the media in Basel, Switzerland....More
  • Feb. 9, 2012
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    White mold poses threat to soybean, dry bean yields

    Soybean and dry bean growers across the Midwest and North Central U.S. need to prioritize white mold when evaluating their ‘disease watch list’ for 2012. White mold, also known as Sclerotinia stem rot, was first discovered in the United States in the late 1800’s on tomatoes. Since then, the pathogen has been found on hundreds of other crops and by 1992 it had established itself as a wide-spread problem in geographies where climate provided optimum condition for disease proliferation....More
  • Sep. 23, 2011
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    Valent announces Domark fungicide now registered for use on corn

    Domark fungicide from Valent and Isagro is now registered by the EPA for use on corn....More
  • Aug. 4, 2011
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    DuPont seeks registration for two new fungicides

    DuPont Crop Protection expects its new fungicide, called Aproach, to be available for 2012. The company says Aproach offers control of white mold in soybeans and grey leaf spot and other diseases in corn. Wayne Schumacher, traits manager for DuPont Crop Protection, also describes a new fungicide for wheat....More
  • Aug. 4, 2011
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    Survey reveals low densities of western corn rootworms in Illinois cornfields

    A new University of Illinois survey confirms that the presence of western corn rootworm adults is lower than average....More
  • Aug. 4, 2011
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    Leaf blight can reduce yields, but farmers can manage disease

    Farmers can take steps to manage and prevent the foliar disease northern corn leaf blight, which can reduce yields....More
  • Jul. 25, 2011
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    Farm-sized seed treatment system

    Quality Plus Manufacturing markets a seed treatment system for applying insecticides, fungicides and inoculants in a single process....More
  • Jul. 5, 2011
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    White mold expected to infect soybean fields

    White mold or Sclerotina stem rot may cause more damage to soybeans this year after the cool, wet growing conditions. Fungicides like Proline from Bayer CropScience and Incognito from MANA Crop Protection may be used to treat the disease once it has infected soybeans....More
  • Jun. 24, 2011
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    Fungicides may not increase corn yields unless disease develops

    A Purdue University study finds that, unless a corn crop is at risk of developing fungal diseases, farmers would be smart to skip fungicide treatments that promise increased yields....More
  • Jun. 21, 2011
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    Team FIN report: How the wet spring has affected one farmer’s buying decisions

    Team FIN member Daryl Bridenbaugh of Pandora, OH, says that his fields were so wet that he couldn't haul manure out into them, and he ordered a new grain dryer in anticipation of wet corn at harvest. It was the wettest spring in Ohio history....More
  • May 18, 2011
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    Phone app for tank mixing

    Precision Laboratories has created a new iPhone app for farmers called Mix Tank....More
  • May 18, 2011
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    Fungicide seed treatment Vibrance announced by Syngenta

    Syngenta announced a new seed treatment called Vibrance that will enhance root growth. The product is approved in Argentina and Syngenta expects registration for all crops worldwide in two years....More
  • May 13, 2011
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    Fungicides control white mold problems in soybeans

    The wet, cold spring will help white mold grow on soybeans. A fungicides from SipcamAdvan called Contans WG and from MANA Crop Protection called Incognito will help control white mold....More
  • Apr. 21, 2011
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    Next-generation fungicide from BASF

    A fungicide from BASF with a new active ingredient should be on the market next year....More
  • Apr. 21, 2011
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    New red and yellow row-crop tractors

    This month AGCO added a 290 PTO horsepower model to its 2011 Massey Ferguson 8600 Series and Challenger MT600D Series high-horsepower row crop tractors. The new MF8690 and Challenger 685D are now the largest of both series, which range from 205 to 275 PTO....More
  • Apr. 20, 2011
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    New white mold fungicide from MANA Crop Protection

    EPA has approved a new MANA Crop Protection fungicide for control of challenging soybean fungi like white mold....More
  • Mar. 23, 2011
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    BASF develops new fungicide called Xemium

    BASF's new fungicide called Xemium with a new active ingredient from the carboxamide family should be on the market next year. Nick Fassler, BASF technical market manager, explains the benefits of Xemium and the products spawned from it....More
  • Oct. 15, 2010
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    Compatible biofungicide

    In the photo above, untreated soybeans (left) are shown alongside soybeans that received a combination treatment of Ballad Plus (1 qt./acre) and strobilurin (3 oz./acre)....More
  • Jul. 16, 2010
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    Do soybean fungicides pay?

    There is not an across-the-board answer to whether or not using fungicides on soybeans will pay. How well fungicides...More
  • May 24, 2010
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    New fungicide for soybeans

    The EPA granted Cheminova a federal registration of the active ingredient flutriafol for use on soybeans and apples....More
  • Apr. 1, 2010
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    New Headline AMP fungicide from BASF

    Headline AMP with two modes of action is a new fungicide for use on corn, according to Reed Barrett, BASF plant health...More
  • Feb. 15, 2008
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    Payoff debate

    The Use of fungicide on corn across the Corn Belt nearly doubled in 2007 as farmers adopted what for many was a new...More
  • Feb. 1, 2005
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    Rust fungicide approved

    Another fungicide received the EPA Section 18 quarantine exemption for treatment of Asian soybean rust on soybeans....More
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