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American Vanguard Corporation announced the acquisition of four herbicide brands from Corteva Agriscience. The brands involved are Classic, First Rate, Hornet and Python.
American Vanguard Acquires Four Herbicide Brands From Corteva

The brands involved are Classic, First Rate, Hornet and Python.

Two Bayer Roundup Trials Postponed to Give Mediation Time

Bayer AG agreed to postpone two upcoming U.S. trials involving its Roundup weedkiller to allow time for mediation talks on a possible settlement with plaintiffs.

Tracking Wheat Rust To Its Origin
Tracking Wheat Rust To Its Origin

The FAO reports 80 to 90% of the global wheat cultivars are susceptible to Ug99.

Augmented Reality Gives New View of Seed Treatments
Augmented Reality Gives New View of Seed Treatments

To give seed dealers and farmers a new way to look at and talk about seed treatments, the Acceleron brand has released the Virtual Root Dig app.

Syngenta Sues Atticus for Patent Infringement

Syngenta alleges that Atticus’ Acadia 2SC, Acadia ESQ, Aquila XL, Artavia 2 SC and Artavia Xcel product each infringe their patents relating to manufacturing azoxystrobin fungicide.

Cereal Herbicide Targets Kochia and Marestail
Cereal Herbicide Targets Kochia and Marestail

New Corteva Agriscience herbicide with active ingredients Arylex and fluroxypyr can be tank-mixed and gives rotation flexibility.

Harvest Lags Shift Burndown Focus To Spring
Harvest Lags Shift Burndown Focus To Spring

But retailers and farmers should not underestimate the value of weed control, says Jason Haegele with WinField United. 

More Farmers Go Online For Crop Inputs
More Farmers Go Online For Crop Inputs

If e-commerce adoption continues to increase, and if it matches the intentions of this survey’s respondents, 1 in 7 farmers will buy some of their crop inputs online. Are you ready?

Currently, Helm has one of the fastest growing portfolios in the U.S. crop protection arena. In total, the company now has 18 products available for sales activities in the row crop, specialty crop and horticultural markets. 
Helm Agro US Hires New Vice President of Sales

“Aaron will significantly strengthen our crop protection business by driving improvements already underway,” says Dave Schumacher, President and CEO of Helm Agro US.

Both with regional responsibilities in growing the SIpcam Agro business, Matthew Seibel and Zane Griffin have been added to the company’s account manager team.
Sipcam Announces Two New Account Managers

Both with regional responsibilities in growing the SIpcam Agro business, Matthew Seibel and Zane Griffin have been added to the company’s account manager team.

Nufarm Opens Future-Focused Formulation Plant
Nufarm Opens Future-Focused Formulation Plant

Nufarm’s relationship with U.S. ag retailers and farmers just got deeper with the grand opening of a $20 million, 104,500 square-foot formulation and packaging facility in Greenville, Miss.

Farmers who file complaints with state agencies shouldn't expect to recover damages from the state. If you have yield loss you'll have to work with the person who caused damage to recover damages directly.
What Actually Happens When You File a Dicamba Complaint?

If you have yield or monetary damages you want covered by the applicator at fault, you have to take the battle to court or work out a recovery payment with the applicator yourself.

Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans
Illinois to Restrict Dicamba Applications

The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) will provide additional label restrictions for dicamba in 2020—these are restrictions in addition to the federal EPA label.

California State Capitol
California Will Prohibit Chlorpyrifos

California’s Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) will end virtually all use of chlorpyrifos following an agreement between pesticide manufacturers and the Department of Pesticide Regulation.

CommoditAg Announces Ninth Retail Partner
CommoditAg Announces Ninth Retail Partner

Since launching in 2017, CommoditAg now welcomes its ninth retail partner---MFA Incorporated. This includes five MFA warehouses in Missouri and Arkansas.

North American Headquarters
Year After Merger, BASF Has Big Plans

BASF is now one of the four largest agricultural companies in the world and its planning to introduce more than 30 new products in the next decade.

Nutrien Combines Online and Retail Shopping for Ag Inputs
Nutrien Combines Online and Retail Shopping for Ag Inputs

With an eye toward emerging trends, Nutrien announced it will provide farmers with more ways to buy inputs.

Mike Henderson says retailers should know three things about Atticus
Atticus Plans For Growth In Midwest Markets

Mike Henderson says retailers should know three things about Atticus

The trade issues with China magnified the developing issues with sourcing active ingredients for pesticides. The effect has played out during the 2018 and 2019 crop years, and it has already influenced planning for 2020.
Tariffs Have a Long Shadow Over Pesticide Active Ingredients

When the supply was disrupted, all manufacturers had to react, and it wasn’t just tariffs causing the changes to supply.

The 17 new soybean herbicides are categorized in three product families, which include S-metolachlor and PPO mixtures.
Atticus Introduces Three Herbicide Families

The 17 new soybean herbicides are categorized in three product families, which include S-metolachlor and PPO mixtures.

Marrone Bio Acquires Jet Ag and Jet Oxide Product Lines

“We continue to expand our portfolio of products for integrated pest management, giving growers more tools to control diseases, improve plant health, and enhance grower return on investment,” said Pam Marrone.

Dicamba tolerant soybeans photographed in 2017.
IFCA Gives Dicamba Update

IFCA is hopeful they can effectively find ways to bring down the number of complaints to enable use of this herbicide technology in the future.

General Mills Shares 4 Ways It Will Reduce Pesticide Use
General Mills Shares 4 Ways It Will Reduce Pesticide Use

In 2019, the company announced a goal to advance regenerative agriculture practices on more than 20% of General Mills’ sourcing footprint in North America.

Valent To Offer New Insecticide, Herbicide In 2020
Valent To Offer New Insecticide, Herbicide In 2020

Farmers shopping for options to address corn rootworm in 2020 can consider Valent’s new soil-applied insecticide, Ampex-EZ, pending EPA approval.

Providing Ag And Turf Solutions Benefits Customers
Providing Ag And Turf Solutions Benefits Customers

One example is with PCA Mike Parks, based in Healdsburg, Calif., who specializes in aquatic management.

Ag Retailer Builds Turf Offering With Focus And Intention
Ag Retailer Builds Turf Offering With Focus And Intention

“We started small, but we started intentionally and with focus,” says Ken Long, a general manager who oversees eight Southern States locations in central Virginia.

The variability in plant maturities and environments have crop scouts busy looking for diseases in 2019. Layer on the current farm economics, and the fungicide market in 2019 is complex.
Four Tips To Sell Fungicides in 2019

The variability in plant maturities and environments have crop scouts busy looking for diseases in 2019. Layer on the current farm economics, and the fungicide market in 2019 is complex.

Startup Aims To Lead Drone-based Crop Applications
Startup Aims To Lead Drone-based Crop Applications

According to Rantizo its platform is cost competitive with aerial rates at $10 to $12/acre. And next year, they are working to advance a technology upgrade to make their applications in-line with ground rig rates.

Report: Tar Spot Could Cause Up to 38 Bushel Per Acre Losses
Report: Tar Spot Could Cause Up to 38 Bushel Per Acre Losses

A recent publication from Extension experts at University of Illinois, Michigan State University, Purdue University and University of Wisconsin details how tar spot impacted corn hybrid yields in 2018.

For applications on Enlist corn, Assure II can be applied in V2-V6 growth stage.
AMVAC Introduces Assure II Herbicide

For applications on Enlist corn, Assure II can be applied in V2-V6 growth stage.

First Company Approved For Ag Spraying Via Drone In Iowa
First Company Approved For Ag Spraying Via Drone In Iowa

The company sold its first drone application system in April of 2019.

BASF's Revysol Fungicide Gains EPA Registration
BASF's Revysol Fungicide Gains EPA Registration

This past week, BASF received registration for its Revysol fungicide from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).