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Saskatchewan grower wins C$35,000 in BASF Yield Challenge

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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
January 13, 2009

2008 GrowForward Yield Challenge draws to a close with the declaration of its grand prize winner.

BASF Canada is pleased to announce Jerold Sperling of Theodore, Saskatchewan, as the grand prize winner of the 2008 GrowForward™ Yield Challenge. Sperling, whose name was drawn from a pool of 296 Yield Challenge participants, welcomed the surprising news and the $35,000 cash grand prize.

“I entered the challenge for the learning experience,” said Sperling. “But, when I entered the challenge, I didn’t think I would win – I’ve never won. And when my business rep surprised me one afternoon with the news, I was astonished. It was an incredible surprise.”

The BASF GrowForward Yield Challenge – introduced in 2007 – is a head-to-head comparison trial of BASF CLEARFIELD® Production Systems, herbicides and fungicides against competitive products. 296 growers from across the prairies participated in this year’s challenge, putting 10 different BASF products to the test on 12 different crops and across 324 trial sites.

Sperling was one of 32 Yield Challenge growers who had the opportunity to test new TENSILE™ herbicide on CLEARFIELD canola. TENSILE, which recently received registration, offers two modes of action, broad-spectrum grass and broadleaf control, including superior control of wild buckwheat, and complete follow-crop flexibility. Using TENSILE on DEKALB® 71-30 CL, Sperling put the CLEARFIELD system head-to-head with LibertyLink® canola hybrid 5440 and Liberty® herbicide.

“I’m glad I participated; both fields yielded 45 bushels to the acre, and I learned a lot from participating in the program. I will definitely consider growing CLEARFIELD canola and using TENSILE again next year,” said Sperling.
Participants in the GrowForward Yield Challenge are provided with 20 to 40 acres of BASF product(s) to conduct field scale trials to compare weed and disease control, and yield against their typical crop production system or products. As part of the challenge, participating growers track and report their results, comments and observations on the BASF GrowForward Yield Challenge website. This allows other growers to see how particular products are performing in their specific region, thus helping to make informed cropping decisions.

2008 GrowForward Yield Challenge results can be viewed at www.agsolutions.ca 

With sales of €3,137 million in 2007, BASF’s Crop Protection 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 Crop Protection 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
 
BASF is the world’s leading chemical company: The Chemical Company. Its portfolio ranges from oil and gas to chemicals, plastics, performance products, agricultural products and fine chemicals. As a reliable partner BASF helps its customers in virtually all industries to be more successful. With its high-value products and intelligent solutions, BASF plays an important role in finding answers to global challenges such as climate protection, energy efficiency, nutrition and mobility. BASF has more than 95,000 employees and posted sales of almost €58 billion in 2007. Further information on BASF is available on the Internet at www.basf.com

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