At a launch event in Great Falls, Montana, BASF announced its new line of Invigor Gold yellow-seeded canola varieties. “It’s able to handle hotter, drier conditions, much better than traditional canola,” said BASF U.S. Head of Seeds and Traits Bryan Perry. ” So, we’ve been able to bring a crop that will help growers in this area where they’d like to grow more canola, but it’s not as consistent because it can’t handle the environmental conditions.” Much of the discussion centered around the opportunities that Invigor Gold would provide farmers. “With Invigor Gold, the crop will mature quicker so that will potentially help it get ahead whenever it gets really hot and dry. It is also able to handle that hotter, drier, coarser type of soil. So, then you start thinking about benefits from crop rotation, where a lot of growers up here are really dependent on cereals, wheat, barley, maybe pulses, so the soil health benefit.” Listen to the full interview.
