Agriculture is an ever changing industry, but it has been a long time since the industry has seen an idea create a new era, such as the one the industry is entering now: the era of bioethanol. Geoff Cooper, National Corn Growers Association (NCGA), says five years ago the association had high hopes for ethanol, but never dreamed it would be this big this fast.  |
It’s not just active ingredients that determine the effectiveness of seed treatments – the seed technology as a whole affects the result. For years, Colombian rice farmers were looking for a viable way of protecting their home-grown seeds. Bayer CropScience could offer first-class seed treatment products; but the farmers could not make optimum use of them because their communities lacked the appropriate application technology. |
More than 100,000 species of fungal organisms have been identified worldwide. 20,000 of them have the ability to infect plant tissue and cause serious harm. To a farmer, this may well sound scary. Indeed, while crop diseases cost farmers billions of dollars every year, fungal diseases are the worst of the bunch. They cause significant losses in yield, quality and profitability. Unless, of course, you reduce the risk and apply fungicides which provide reliable protection. |
