Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
May 14, 2008
BASF is pleased to
announce the winners of its CLEARFIELD Lentil Dream Acre
Contest. Three, randomly selected, Saskatchewan growers have won
one of three CLEARFIELD lentil production grand prizes, valued
at $10,000 each.
BASF would like to congratulate:
• Brian Brown, Loreburn,
Saskatchewan
• Brian Stirton, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
• Ray Herauf, Davidson, Saskatchewan
Each winning grower will receive
everything needed to produce 160 acres of award-winning
CLEARFIELD lentils this season, including his choice of CDC
Impact or CDC Imperial CLEARFIELD lentil varieties, ODYSSEY® DLX
herbicide, HEADLINE® fungicide, and Next Generation TagTeam®
inoculant. Also included in the Dream Acre prize package is a
two hour commodity marketing consultation with Larry Weber of
Weber Commodities Ltd., for each grower and three guests.
“On behalf of BASF, we’d like to congratulate Brian Brown, Brian
Stirton, and Ray Herauf,” says Scott Chapman, BASF Canada
CLEARFIELD Lentil Brand Manager. “The CLEARFIELD Production
System for Lentils offers lentil growers a new, innovative way
to produce lentils. As a complete system, CLEARFIELD lentils
give growers access to agronomically strong, high yielding
lentil varieties, with all the convenience and financial
benefits of the CLEARFIELD herbicide-tolerant system. Each of
the winning growers will be able to see first-hand how well
CLEARFIELD lentils perform this season.”
The CLEARFIELD Lentil Dream Acre contest was open to lentil
growers from Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. To be eligible
for the grand prize, growers had to book their CLEARFIELD lentil
seed and sign a CLEARFIELD Commitment by February 28, 2008.
The award-winning CDC Impact CLEARFIELD lentil seed, which these
contest winners can select, was produced by Walter Fast of Fast
Seed Farm, who was the 2007 Canadian Western Agribition
Pedigreed Seed Competition Grand Aggregate Pulse Champion.
With sales of €3,079 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. BASF shares are traded on the stock
exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS), London (BFA) and Zurich (AN).
Further information on BASF is available on the Internet at
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