BASF announced today that Headline AMP™ fungicide has received full registration from the Environmental Protection Agency. Headline AMP is the first combination fungicide specifically developed for corn growers who want maximum protection from foliar diseases and improved Plant Health.

BASF announced today a supply agreement with Monsanto for a new fungicide seed treatment for cotton in the United States. The new product contains F500^®, the same active ingredient found in Headline^® fungicide, BASF’s top-selling Plant Health fungicide, and will be part of Monsanto’s Acceleron™ Seed Treatment combination. Additional details of the agreement were not disclosed.

BASF announced today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registration of a new active ingredient, Kixor^® herbicide, for use on a wide range of crops and effective on more than 70 broadleaf weeds. Starting this fall, four formulations Powered by Kixor herbicide — Sharpen™ herbicide, OpTill™ herbicide, Integrity™ herbicide and Treevix™ herbicide — will be available to help growers tackle today’s weed control challenges in their fields.

It’s official. On Sept. 15, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency registered one of the biggest herbicide advances in years—Kixor^® herbicide technology— for burndown, preplant and preemergence weed control.

This August, BASF Crop Protection partnered with Horizon Ag partners to donate funds to the Stop Hunger Now organization’s record-breaking University Million Meal Week.

BASF is the supplier of the CLEARFIELD^® trait, and Horizon Ag partners make CLEARFIELD rice varieties available for planting in the United States. Their donation helped purchase quantities of rice that were used for approximately one-half of the meal packaging effort. Four North Carolina universities hosted University Million Meal Week events, where students and community volunteers packaged 1,031,776 meals for the less fortunate around the world.

BASF announced today an exclusive seed treatment collaboration with Nunhems, the vegetable seed business of Bayer CropScience. Under this agreement, Nunhems will have exclusive use of BASF’s Coronet^® fungicide seed treatment on onion seeds in the United States. 

BASF is proud to announce its exclusive partnership with the American Soybean Association (ASA) and Doane Advisory Services to provide the Soybean Rust and Aphids Program (SoyRAP) Web site (www.soyrap.com). BASF, among several companies, had previously been a co-sponsor of the Web site for several years.

BASF is alerting growers to the emergence of a recently discovered race of dry bean rust in fields in Traill County, North Dakota. Plant pathologists at North Dakota State University confirmed this new race of rust based on field observations made late in the 2008 growing season and subsequent laboratory analysis.

BASF has more than 100 plot tours planned this summer to demonstrate the performance of the new Kixor^® herbicide technology.

BASF Crop Protection today announced the appointment of Paul Rea to Director, U.S. Crop Business, effective July 1, 2009. The announcement was made by Nevin McDougall, Group Vice President of BASF North America Crop Protection.