Three Oaks Cabin recently edged out tight competition to secure the BASF Growing Home $25,000 Ontario grant with approximately 10,000 votes. “It will be earmarked directly for our guests,” said […] Read more
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Three Oaks Cabin boosted by $25,000 BASF grant win
Community continues to raise funds to support farmer, emergency responder mental health
US allows farmers to use existing supplies of dicamba weedkillers
An Arizona court decision vacated the EPA's registration of dicamba-based herbicides
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday that farmers can use some existing supplies of herbicides based on the chemical dicamba, despite a federal court ruling last week that halted sprayings.
U.S. dicamba ruling won’t touch Canada: Bayer
Thousands of American farmers who have already bought the herbicide now in a bind after court bans over-the-top use
An Arizona court decision that essentially prohibits American farmers from using dicamba for over-the-top spraying on soybeans and cotton will not stop Canadian growers from using the herbicide this year, says Bayer Crop Science Canada.
US court cancels approvals for widely used dicamba weedkillers
EPA violated procedures mandating public input, judge rules
A U.S. court has nullified the government's latest approvals of certain agricultural weedkillers sold by Bayer, BASF and Syngenta, fueling uncertainty among farmers who spray the products on soybeans and cotton genetically engineered to resist them.
Cimegra label expansion to help control potato beetles
BASF Canada Agricultural Solutions (BASF) has expanded the Cimegra insecticide label for foliar use on potatoes to control Colorado potato beetles. “Cimegra is a unique product in our insecticide portfolio […] Read more
BASF halting hybrid wheat seed development in North America
Results 'have not achieved development goals we set'
Reuters — Global chemicals and crop seeds company BASF is halting development of hybrid wheat in North America after results of seed trials failed to reach development goals, the company […] Read more
Bayer, BASF win new trial on damage award in U.S. dicamba suit
Reuters — Bayer and BASF have won a new trial on US$60 million in punitive damages they were ordered to pay a Missouri peach farmer who said dicamba, a herbicide […] Read more
BASF pegs InVigor canola woes
BASF says they are aware of the issues farmers are seeing in some of their canola varieties. A statement from the company, released in mid-June, noted that some InVigor hybrids […] Read more
GM ramps up EV push with plans to make battery materials in Canada
Automaker and BASF both plan CAM plants at Becancour
Reuters — General Motors and South Korea’s POSCO Chemical will build a $400 million facility to produce battery materials in Canada as the carmaker ramps up plans to produce mainly […] Read more
BASF warns on seeding choices for drought-hit imi-treated fields
Steer clear of non-Clearfield canola, durum, canary seed in rotations, company says
Updated, Sept. 22 — The maker of Odyssey, Solo and Viper is warning grain growers whose fields were excessively dry in 2021 that those herbicides may not break down soon […] Read more
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