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National Corn Yield Contest winners utilize BASF Crop Protection products to push award-winning yields
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, February 8, 2012 -- Nearly two-thirds of the most successful U.S. corn growers in the 2011 National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) National Corn Yield Contest used a BASF Crop Protection product on their winning fields.
Nine of the 18 national winners applied Headline® fungicide or Headline AMP™ fungicide to their winning cornfields. Growers also benefited from using other BASF crop protection products including Guardsman Max® herbicide and Status® herbicide.
“This year’s winners have again proven the value that BASF Crop Protection products can deliver for growers pushing award-winning yields,” said Paul Rea, Vice President, U.S. Crop Operations, BASF. “Carefully managing fields with crop protection products not only help growers win contests and break yield barriers, more importantly it helps maximize profit potential and get a positive return on investment.”
In the national 2011 NCGA Yield Contest, BASF Crop Protection products helped to capture three first-place finishes, four second-place finishes and three third-place finishes. Headline AMP was overwhelmingly the fungicide of choice, helping yield four of the top five overall national winners.
For the third consecutive year, David Hula of Charles City, Virginia, had the highest overall yield. By producing 429.02 bushels per acre (bu/A), Hula’s winning fields more than doubled the national yield average. Hula utilized Headline AMP on his winning cornfields.
“I’ve used Headline on my winning yields for the past two years. This year I used Headline AMP, which includes the same active ingredient as Headline fungicide but with an added triazole, and my corn looked better than ever,” Hula said. “Each year, BASF fungicides prove an ability to fight disease, provide Plant Health benefits and help maximize yields. There are a lot of things when you’re growing corn that aren’t predictable, but the fungicides from BASF always provide consistent reliability.”
Headline fungicide, the most researched fungicide on the market, provides excellent disease control and Plant Health benefits for growers, helping maximize yields and growers’ investments in seed, fertilizer and other crop protection inputs. Headline AMP fungicide was specifically developed for corn growers who want both maximum protection from foliar diseases and improved Plant Health. In on-farm research results from 2010-2011, Headline AMP showed consistent yield advantages of more than 12.8 bu/A in corn over untreated acres in 137 corn trials.
BASF is a proud sponsor of the NCGA’s annual National Corn Yield Contest.
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About the Crop Protection division
With sales of €4.0 billion in 2010, BASF’s Crop Protection division is a leader in crop protection and a strong partner to the farming industry providing well-established and innovative fungicides, insecticides and herbicides. Farmers use these products and services to improve crop yields and crop quality. Other uses include public health, structural/urban pest control, turf and ornamental plants, vegetation management, and forestry. BASF aims to turn knowledge rapidly into market success. The vision of BASF’s Crop Protection division is to be the world’s leading innovator, optimizing agricultural production, improving nutrition, and thus enhancing the quality of life for a growing world population. Further information can be found on the web at www.agro.basf.com or follow us on twitter: www.twitter.com/basfagro
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BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has approximately 16,400 employees in North America, and had sales of $17.7 billion in 2010. For more information about BASF’s North American operations, visit www.basf.us.
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