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Syngenta Talks QuiltXcel With Aerial Applicators

Chuck — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:39:25 +0000

Jason Beissenherz, Syngenta, (not pictured) brought me up to date on the latest from Syngenta during the recent National Agricultural Aviation Association convention.

Jason works out of Grand Island, NE with a focus on the Syngenta fungicide lineup. He says they’re talking about their new QuiltXcel launch. It was in limited release last year and went into full release this year. He says it’s a great fit for aerial applicators.

Quilt Xcel™ is the next evolution of elite systemic fungicides containing the Power of Two™ active ingredients to provide both curative and preventive disease control to optimize Plant Performance™. This powerful new formulation provides long-lasting residual control of a broad-spectrum of diseases to maximize yield and quality.

You can listen to my interview with Jason here: NAAA Syngenta Interview

2010 NAAA Convention Photo Album

New Herbicides From Dupont

Chuck — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:28:42 +0000

During the recent National Agricultural Aviation Association convention I learned what’s new with Dupont.

I spoke with Craig Alford (pictured center) who told me the aerial applicators are very interested in their new Pastora herbicide for Bermudagrass pasture weed control. They also have several other non crop herbicides in the works too.

You can listen to my interview with Craig here: NAAA Dupont Interview

2010 NAAA Convention Photo Album

Aerial Precision

Chuck — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:25:11 +0000

This week I’m attending the National Agricultural Aviation Association Convention in Las Vegas. It’s the first contact I’ve had with this group and I’ve been learning a lot. For example, I didn’t realize how big a role precision agriculture is playing in aerial application. I guess it makes sense though. If you can use gps and variable rate on the ground then why not from the air?

One of the people who explained some of this to me was David Eby, AgSync, pictured on the left of Denise and Ryan Eby in their trade show booth. David says that they realized the need for aerial application companies to have a software solution for managing data, especially when they’ve got multiple planes in the air. So they developed AgSync, which is a web based solution for this problem. We’re sure seeing a growth in web based programming aren’t we? Even in ag!

David says they’ve been working closely with BASF on the development of this program. I’ve been hearing a lot of applicators here talking about BASF’s Headline fungicide and I asked him what that has meant for the business. He says “it has changed our world in aerial application.”

Listen to my interview with David here: basf-naaa-08-eby.mp3

If you’d like to see some photos from the convention then check these out: NAAA Convention Photo Album

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