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  • Oct. 3, 2011
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    Valent announces new seed protectant will be available in coming season

    Pre-blended seed protection brings performance, easy-to-use offering....More
  • Sep. 27, 2011
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    Corn following corn produces lower yields for second season

    Corn following corn may be getting its second strike this season....More
  • Aug. 10, 2011
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    Bayer CropScience, Monsanto combine seed treatments

    Bayer CropScience and Monsanto have collaborated on a new seed treatment for soybeans. Acceleron with Poncho/Votivo will offer protection against white grubs, seed corn maggot, soybean aphids, and overwintering bean leaf beetles, as well as protection against nematodes....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
  • Jun. 29, 2011
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    Wheat seed treatment products from Chemtura

    The use of seed treatments in wheat has increased. Chemtura AgroSolutions now offers four Rancona seed enhancement products for broad-spectrum control of seed and seedling diseases, as well as some formulations with insecticides....More
  • Jun. 28, 2011
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    Syngenta to develop bio-nematicides with Pasteuria Bioscience

    Syngenta has agreed to work with Pasteuria Bioscience to develop bio-nematicide products, with the first to be a seed treatment for soybean cyst nematode (SCN) control....More
  • Jun. 21, 2011
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    New seed treatment products from Syngenta

    The Syngenta Seedcare Plot Tour highlighted the company's seed treatment pipeline that includes a fungicide with a new mode of action, a new combination of fungicides and insecticides, and a new formulation of seed treatment. All are expected to be on the market in 2012....More
  • Jun. 14, 2011
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    Scout for seedling diseases in corn, soybeans

    Seedling diseases have been spotted in corn and soybean fields across the Midwest, according to Alison Robertson, associate professor of plant pathology, Iowa State University. She spoke at the Syngenta Seedcare Plot tour, Slater, IA....More
  • Jun. 10, 2011
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    Corn, soybeans at risk for seedling disease

    Corn and soybean seedlings are at risk for damping-off disease. Iowa State University plant pathologist Alison Robertson said Iowa growers are seeing problems caused by Pythium now. She recommends using a seed treatment in the field in the future....More
  • Jun. 8, 2011
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    Corn, soybean seed treatment market grows

    The seed treatment market continues to grow for both corn and soybeans, according to Mark Jirak, crop manager for Syngenta Seed Care. He spoke at the recent Syngenta Seedcare Plot Tour held in Slater, IA....More
  • Jun. 7, 2011
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    Testing for nematode damage in cornfields

    Nematodes can cause substantial damage to corn, reports plant pathologist Greg Tylka, Iowa State University. If growers suspect nematode damage, they can have soil samples tested and use seed treatments such as Syngenta's Avicta to control nematodes in the future....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
  • Mar. 28, 2011
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    Asgrow, Genuity offer high-yield management practices for soybeans

    A Genuity/Roundup Ready 2 Yield platform from Monsanto with high-yield management practices offers growers substantial yield increases in soybeans. Jerry Devore, Asgrow marketing manager, and Lisa Flynn, Genuity traits marketing manager, explain the practices....More
  • Mar. 15, 2011
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    Novozymes expands biologicals with EMD purchase

    Novozymes is branching further into the U.S. biological market with the purchase of EMD/Merck Crop BioScience. David Fox, Novozymes marketing manager, explains why there's a growth in the biologicals for the farm market....More
  • Feb. 2, 2011
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    Seed shields

    Seed treatments provide early season protection from insects and disease for better yields....More
  • Jul. 30, 2010
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    EPA approves Poncho/Votivo seed treatment for use in corn

    Bayer CropScience received EPA approval for its new Poncho/Votivo seed treatment for use in corn. The Poncho/Votivo...More
  • Dec. 7, 2009
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    New seed treatment for soybeans

    EMD Crop BioScience introduces Optimize 400, a new soybean seed-applied product, for the 2010 growing season. Optimize...More
  • Nov. 1, 2009
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    Experimental seed treatment

    THE EPA recently granted Valent BioSciences an experimental-use permit for using abscisic acid (S-ABA) as a seed...More
  • Aug. 1, 2009
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    Seed safety

    As the value of seed goes up, so does the market for seed treatments. Producers are looking at every option to protect...More
  • May 1, 2009
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    Fungicide soybean seed treatment

    For A second season, Bayer CropScience has included a biological fungicide in its Trilex 6000 soybean system. Called...More
  • Feb. 1, 2009
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    In Defense of Wheat

    When a crop is worth more dollars per bushel, it pays to protect your investment and increase the potential of a higher...More
  • Nov. 1, 2008
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    New seed treatment

    Bayer CropScience introduces Poncho 500, its newest seed-applied insecticide. Corn growers who use Poncho 500 can see...More
  • Sep. 23, 2008
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    New seed treatment; aphid, dicamba resistance

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  • Sep. 2, 2008
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    New Poncho seed treatment

    “Corn growers who use Poncho 500 can see an average 10-bu./acre increase in their yields over current...More
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