Lubbock, Texas
January 9, 2008
Bayer CropScience
announces details for its 2008 Shared Risk Program, which
encourages use of Best Management Practices in cotton
production. The program benefits growers because it shares in
grower risk of replanting Bayer CropScience cottonseed brands or
loss of the final cotton planting due to certain weather events.
Shared Risk coverages include:
- Replanting with FiberMax®,
Stoneville® and/or AFD™ cotton seed
- Retreating cottonseed
varieties originally planted with Aeris®
insecticide/nematicide seed treatment, Temik®
insecticide/nematicide, Trilex™ Advanced Seed-Applied System
or Gaucho® Grande seedapplied insecticide
- Crop loss for LibertyLink®
technology and for using Ignite® herbicide on LibertyLink
cotton
- Use of Stance® plant
growth regulator on FiberMax, Stoneville and AFD lost to
crop loss
“This program shows the commitment
of Bayer CropScience to share in the annual risks associated
with cotton production,” says Lee Rivenbark, director of U.S.
cotton operations. “Every year presents new challenges, and this
program is available as a resource to growers if the need
arises.”
The program outlines replant
deadlines based on geographic locations. In areas of Texas south
of Interstate 10, the replant program period is through May 15,
2008, with claims received by Bayer CropScience on or before
June 1, 2008. For the remaining Cotton Belt geographies, the
period is through July 1, 2008, with claims received on or
before July 15, 2008.
Separate deadlines are detailed for crop loss for FiberMax
LibertyLink cotton seed and Ignite herbicide. The program period
for the Mid-South, Southeast, Atlantic, California and Arizona
regions run through Aug. 10, 2008, with claims received on or
before Aug. 25, 2008. Areas of Texas south of I-10 have a
program period through July 31, 2008, with claims received on or
before Aug. 15, 2008. The program period for remaining Southwest
geography areas is through Aug. 31, 2008, with claims received
on or before Sept. 15, 2008. However, the crop loss program
period for Stance for all geographies is through Nov. 15, 2008,
with claims received on or before Dec. 1, 2008.
For complete program details, contact your local Bayer
CropScience sales representative, distributor/retailer or visit
www.CottonExperts.com.
Bayer CropScience LP is the U.S. business of Bayer
CropScience AG.
Bayer AG is a global research-based and growth-oriented
enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care,
nutrition and high-tech materials. Bayer CropScience AG, a
subsidiary of Bayer AG with annual sales of about EUR 5.7
billion (2006), is one of the world’s leading innovative crop
science companies in the areas of crop protection,
non-agricultural pest control, seeds and plant biotechnology.
The company offers an outstanding range of products and
extensive service backup for modern, sustainable agriculture and
for nonagricultural applications. Bayer CropScience has a global
workforce of about 17,900 and is represented in more than 120
countries.
Aeris and Temik are Restricted Use Pesticides. Always read and
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