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Yellow-Seeded Canola Shows Promise in Heat and Drought

Published June 26, 2025

Yellow-seeded canola is nearly identical to black seeded canola, except for its greater tolerance to heat and drier conditions. BASF U.S. Canola Agronomy Lead Marc Hoobler says it’s all goes back to genetics and where it was originally developed. "It…

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A Tough Spring for Pre’s

Published May 29, 2025

The hot, windy weather in mid-May made it difficult to get a pre-emergent herbicide down. That’s a red flag for BASF Technical Service Representative Ken Deibert, especially for stubborn weeds, like kochia. "So now, turn the page and all that…

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CropLife America Appoints Rea

Published May 13, 2025

BASF Senior Vice President of Agriculture Solutions Paul Rea has been appointed board chair for CropLife America. This is Rea’s second time serving in this role.

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Prospects Are Good

Published May 2, 2025

The two-week outlook looks positive for spring planting. "It's been, maybe, a little slower start than we were anticipating with for the lack of snow we had and the way we thought spring was going to start, but the next 14…

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Cercospora Leaf Blight Control Necessary for Soybeans

Published May 1, 2025

Cercospora leaf blight is the number one cause of yield loss in soybeans among leaf diseases in the U.S. BASF Technical Marketing Manager Albre Brown says it was once an issue mostly for southern farmers, but it has expanded north.…

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Best Management Practices to Start the Season

Published May 1, 2025

BASF Midwest Seed Agronomist Jeff Mueller is seeing a definite trend in the acreage mix this spring. "A few more farmers are planting more corn on corn this year than they have in the past," said Mueller. "There's economics obviously…

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Fields Graying Off and Ready to Go

Published April 18, 2025

Field activity is picking up in the Red River Valley. "There's some sugarbeets going in; there's some guys getting their fields worked.; there is fertilizer getting spread," said Nick Salentine, business rep, BASF. "I think the further west you go outside…

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Getting the Crop Off to a Strong Start

Published April 10, 2025

Residuals are critically important for effective weed control. BASF Technical Marketing Manager Liam Vincent says residual herbicides establish a foundation to start the season. "We get that activating rainfall and if the rain shuts off as the season goes on, you…

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Feldhaus Takes New Role at BASF

Published April 3, 2025

Ashley Feldhaus is the new demand creation manager for BASF. Most recently, Feldhaus was the company’s marketing communications manager. Previously, she had a communications role at Bayer.

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Crop Disease is Hard at Work Long Before it Can be Seen

Published March 19, 2025

It seems logical for farmers to wait until they see a disease before they apply a crop fungicide. BASF Performance Driven Fungicides Technical Marketing Manager Kim Tutor says that is too late. "It all comes back to this idea of…

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