BASF

The Environmental Protection Agency has registered Revysol, the branded active ingredient name for mefentrifluconazole from BASF. State registrations are pending. In soybeans, it will be marketed under the Revytek product brand name. The DMI fungicide, which provides broad-spectrum control of a variety...

BASF hopes to launch a new triazole fungicide labeled for 17 crops in the United States this summer that will be branded under various names, depending on the crop. The introduction hinges on Environmental Protection Agency registration. BASF officials made...

China approved five genetically modified crops for import recently, the first time it has done so in about 18 months. Among those are the Enlist E3 soybean from Corteva (formerly DowDuPont), which is tolerant to glyphosate, glufosinate and 2,4-D herbicides. The...

The Environmental Protection Agency has registered Inscalis insecticide from BASF to control piercing-sucking insect pests in a number of row and specialty crops, including soybeans. State registrations are pending. As many crop-protection companies have begun doing, Inscalis is the brand...

Helm Agro has signed an agreement to acquire Extreme herbicide from BASF Corp. The herbicide, a premix of glyphosate (Weed Science Society of America Group 2) and imazethapyr (WSSA Group 2), is labeled for control of a more than...

BASF has modified its Grow Smart Rewards program to reflect the Arkansas dicamba application ban in place from April 16 through Oct. 31. Engenia, BASF's dicamba herbicide that is paired with Xtend soybeans and XtendFlex cotton varieties, is one of...

The Environmental Protection Agency has registered Velondis, a biological fungicide seed treatment that BASF initially will label for soybeans. A key part of the product is based on research conducted by the University of Delaware into a specific strain of...

BASF has launched an SC formulation of its previously registered herbicide, Zidua, for use in  corn, cotton, peanuts, soybeans, sunflowers and wheat. The liquid SC, or suspension concentration, formulation provides one of the lowest use rates of any Group 15 herbicide,...

The Arkansas Plant Board is accepting comments about a proposed ban on application of all dicamba formulations from April 15-Oct. 31, 2018. Deadline to comment is Oct. 30. The proposed ban stems from recommendations by the Arkansas Dicamba Task Force,...

BASF Corp. and the Israeli company, Kaiima Bio-Agritech Ltd. recently announced they will be partnering on developing herbicide-tolerant non-GMO crops using the Kaiima's proprietary EP technology platform. Although the technology is applicable to most crops, Kaiima has focused on a...

BASF, which markets Engenia dicamba herbicide, says Missouri and Arkansas agriculture officials' decision to temporarily halt dicamba applications robs farmers of one of the few technologies they have to control weeds resistant to other chemistries. The Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based...

Dicamba drift complaints are up sharply this year compared to 2016 in Arkansas, with 117 having already been logged with the Arkansas State Plant Board as of June 19. Jason Bond, a weed Extension specialist at Mississippi State University, also...

BASF Corp. officials cut the ribbon today on the recently completed $270 million expansion of the company's Beaumont, Texas, dicamba manufacturing plant. The three-year project was the largest investment in the history of the BASF crop protection unit, Debbie Dalley,...

After receiving Environmental Protection Agency registration earlier this year, BASF Inc. of Research Triangle Park, N.C., has launched Zidua Pro herbicide for soybeans. The residual herbicide premix controls a broad array of grassy and broadleaf weeds, including Palmer amaranth. It contains...

BASF recently submitted a registration request for Inscalis, a novel insecticidal active ingredient that controls piercing and sucking insects. Among those are whiteflies, aphids, psyllids, scales and leafhoppers. The first tier of registrations, expected in 2019 pending regulatory approval, are...