Winnipeg, manitoba, Canada
November 7, 2007
BASF is adding more value
to the CLEARFIELD® Production System for Wheat for the 2008
season by giving growers greater flexibility to save and re-grow
seed, together with new offers that will allow growers to
realize even greater value from wheat production.
"2008 will be an exciting year for CLEARFIELD wheat growers,"
says Scott Chapman, CLEARFIELD Brand Manager, BASF Canada.
"We’re expanding our grower offers and providing producers with
greater flexibility around the production of CLEARFIELD wheat.
These new advantages, combined with the unsurpassed weed control
of ALTITUDE FX® provide growers with a simplified production
process and a better overall opportunity to profit in wheat."
For 2008, growers will continue to be required to make initial
certified CDC Imagine wheat seed purchases when growing a
CLEARFIELD wheat crop for the first time. However, growers can
now use this seed to produce and grow unlimited quantities in
subsequent years. CLEARFIELD wheat growers will still be
required to sign a CLEARFIELD Commitment and complete CLEARFIELD
Confirm testing for wheat grown on an annual basis, whether
certified or saved seed, to help ensure that seed meets the
required tolerance to CLEARFIELD wheat herbicides. Additional
terms of the CLEARFIELD Production System for Wheat include a
requirement that CLEARFIELD wheat growers not sell or give saved
CLEARFIELD wheat seed to anyone else and that they use a
registered BASF herbicide on the crop. Starting in 2008,
production contracts will no longer be required as part of the
CLEARFIELD Production System for Wheat.
BASF is also introducing two additional ways for growers to
realize even greater value from the CLEARFIELD Production System
for Wheat. First, savings and rewards on wheat products are now
available through the GrowForwardTM Rewards Program, which gives
growers the opportunity to earn savings of up to 14 per cent on
CLEARFIELD wheat herbicides, and 22 per cent on HEADLINE®
fungicide.
Second, the CLEARFIELD AdvantageTM*, announced earlier this
summer, also includes value-added benefits for CLEARFIELD wheat
growers, including the CLEARFIELD Seed Protection Advantage – $1
per acre off GEMINITM and CHARTER® seed treatments on all cereal
acres with a minimum 150 acre purchase of any CLEARFIELD crop(s)
– and the CLEARFIELD ONE-PASS Advantage – premium re-spray in
the event of broadleaf weed control escapes with ALTITUDE FX.
CLEARFIELD wheat variety CDC Imagine will be available
exclusively from VITERRATM retail outlets for the 2008 season.
As a recognized non-genetically-engineered wheat, it offer
growers the same marketing opportunities as non-HT wheat
varieties with no restrictions.
"The biggest advantage of CLEARFIELD wheat is the weed control
capabilities of the system. With the use of CLEARFIELD wheat
herbicides, growers have the opportunity to produce the cleanest
wheat, anytime and in any field," says Chapman.
Registered CLEARFIELD wheat herbicides – ALTITUDE FX and
ADRENALIN® SC – provide effective, one-pass control of key
broadleaf and grassy weeds, including volunteer barley and other
volunteer cereals in wheat. The broad-spectrum grass and
broadleaf weed control of ALTITUDE FX allows growers to clean up
problem, heavily weed infested fields, including newly rented
land or fields with kochia problems. The herbicides also provide
a new herbicide group option, allowing growers to rotate out of
Group 1 products in cereal crops.
About BASF Agricultural Products division
With sales of €3,079 million in 2006, BASF’s Agricultural
Products division is a leader in crop protection and a strong
partner to the farming industry providing well-established and
innovative fungicides, insecticides and herbicides. Farmers use
these products and services to improve crop yields and crop
quality. Other uses include public health, structural/urban pest
control, turf and ornamental plants, vegetation management, and
forestry. BASF aims to turn knowledge rapidly into market
success. The vision of BASF’s Agricultural Products division is
to be the world’s leading innovator, optimizing agricultural
production, improving nutrition, and thus enhancing the quality
of life for a growing world population. Further information can
be found on the web at
www.agro.basf.com.
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BASF Corporation, headquartered in New Jersey, is the North
American affiliate of BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF
employs more than 15,500 in North America and had sales of
approximately $14.3 billion in 2006.
BASF is the world’s leading chemical company: The Chemical
Company. Its portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics,
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to crude oil and natural gas. As a reliable partner to virtually
all industries, BASF’s high-value products and intelligent
system solutions help its customers to be more successful. BASF
develops new technologies and uses them to meet the challenges
of the future and open up additional market opportunities. It
combines economic success with environmental protection and
social responsibility, thus contributing to a better future.
BASF has approximately 95,000 employees and posted sales of
€52.6 billion (approximately $66.1 billion) in 2006. Further
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Always read and follow label directions.
ABSOLUTE, ALTITUDE FX, CHARTER, CLEARFIELD and HEADLINE are
registered trademarks and the CLEARFIELD Advantage, GEMINI and
GrowForward are trademarks of BASF. All other products mentioned
are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
companies. © 2007 BASF Canada Inc.
Viterra is a trademark and registered business name of
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Inc.
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