June

27th June
Rudis approved for carrots

Field vegetable fungicide Rudis (prothioconazole) has gained a new approval for control of Sclerotinia, Alternaria and powdery mildew in carrots.

27th June
Bayer CropScience and RAGT Semences sign licensing and cooperation agreement for the improvement of wheat

Bayer CropScience and the privately-owned company RAGT Semences S.A.S., based in Rodez, France, have signed a license and cooperation agreement. Under the agreement, RAGT grants Bayer CropScience access to winter wheat germplasm and associated molecular markers. The French company has one of the strongest winter wheat breeding programs in Europe. In addition, both companies will explore joint projects to further improve wheat breeding and RAGT will have options to license wheat traits from Bayer CropScience. Financial details were not disclosed.

20th June
CropMonitor App Goes Android

Growers can now get an Android version of the CropMonitor App. The App can be downloaded from the Google Android Market at https://market.android.com. The activation fee is a one off charge of just £2.99.

15th June
Bayer launches powerful second generation rodenticide with no known rodent resistance. First new active ingredient in over 20 years

For farmers everywhere who are battling rats and mice resistant to existing rodenticides there is now a new solution. Bayer Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience will be launching a pioneering new single feed, second generation rodenticide at Cereals 2011. Rodilon® is the new revolutionary rodenticide from Bayer with four highly palatable formulations ideal for every indoor situation.

15th June
Assured grain protection from insect attack – K-Obiol® EC-25

With just a couple of weeks left before grain stores need to be prepared for harvest, farmers attending Cereals 2011 will have the chance to find out more about K-Obiol® EC-25 grain protectant.

15th June
Make all you can from high cereal and OSR prices

High prices for cereals and oilseed rape make them attractive propositions and getting the crop off to a good start is essential to maximise profits.

“There are four important days in the life of a crop that can make the difference between high and low profits,” suggests Adrian Cottey, seed treatment manager for Bayer CropScience, “and each of these occurs before the crop even emerges.

14th June
Rudis approved for parsnip, swede and turnip

The field vegetable fungicide Rudis has gained new qualified minor use approvals for outdoor crops of parsnip, swede and turnip.

Following on from the highly successful regional demonstrations that Bayer CropScience have organised for the last seven years, a new site has been added in Hampshire for 2011.

This brings the number of demonstration sites to six - Hampshire, Oxford, Hereford, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and Perth. Commenting on these sites Bayer’s Clive Rainbird said, “One of the key benefits of this regional approach is that each venue is able to reflect local farming situations, soil types and geographical differences. The overall success can be measured by the growing numbers attending, culminating last year with over 700 agronomists and farmers countrywide who came to view the latest developments in crop protection from Bayer CropScience.”

3rd June
Strobilurin + triazole fungicide will maximise beet yield

With every beet from the 2011 crop counting at full price there’s every incentive to maximise yield. An extensive series of trials has shown that using a new generation strobilurin + triazole fungicide will get the best yield response.