Golden Valley,
Minnesota
May 11, 2009
Syngenta today announced that
the yield average of acreage enrolled in the 2008 AgriEdge
Soybean Program exceeded the 2008 USDA national average by 38
percent. More than 3 million acres in 15 states were enrolled
in the program, a 50 percent increase over 2007 AgriEdge program
enrollment.
“The AgriEdge Soybean Program is
showing growers that more intensive management of soybeans pays
off in higher yields. The resulting agronomic yield advantage
not only keeps growers in the AgriEdge Soybean Program, it also
encourages them to enroll more acres,” said Pat Steiner,
AgriEdge Program manager with Syngenta.
Growers become eligible for the AgriEdge Soybean
Program when they purchase 120 units or more of
NK® Soybeans with the Roundup Ready®
trait from Garst, Golden Harvest or NK Seeds dealers, treated
with a CruiserMaxx® Beans brand insecticide/fungicide
seed treatment. Growers benefit from a genetics and trait
package combined with the strength of CruiserMaxx Beans seed
treatment, and earn $5/unit ($6/acre)*. Growers receive an
additional $1 to $3/acre* incentives for tackling in-season weed
and disease challenges with
Prefix® pre-emergence herbicide,
Touchdown Total® or
Touchdown HiTech® glyphosate herbicide, or
Quadris® fungicide.
Syngenta also offers an AgriEdge crop management
system for corn that encourages the elimination of early-season
weed competition to protect yield potential. Growers can earn
$8.40/unit ($3/acre)** when they purchase at least 36 units of
Garst®, Golden Harvest® or NK Seeds corn
hybrids with Agrisure® traits that are treated with
Cruiser Extreme® 250 or
Cruiser Extreme® 1250 insecticide/fungicide seed
treatment and apply Halex® GT, Lumax®,
Lexar®, Bicep II Magnum®, Bicep Lite II
Magnum®, or Camix® herbicides. Growers can
also earn another $1/acre** for using Callisto®,
Touchdown Total or Touchdown HiTech herbicide,
Quilt® fungicide, or
Force® 3G or Force® CS insecticide.
For program
rules and for more information about the 2009 AgriEdge Corn
Program or the 2009 AgriEdge Soybean Program or to download a
Program Use Guide, visit
www.AgriEdge.com. Use guides are also available from
authorized Garst, Golden Harvest and NK Seeds dealers or
authorized crop protection retailers.
Syngenta is
one of the world's leading companies with more than 24,000
employees in over 90 countries dedicated to our purpose:
Bringing plant potential to life. Through world-class science,
global reach and commitment to our customers we help to increase
crop productivity, protect the environment and improve health
and quality of life. For more information about us please go to
www.syngenta.com.
*On
participating acres based on standard planting rate of 1.2 units
per acre.
**On participating acres based on standard planting rate of 2.8
acres per unit.
Important:
Always read and follow all bag tag, grower agreement and label
instructions before buying or using these products. Lumax,
Lexar, Bicep II Magnum, Bicep Lite II Magnum, Force CS and Force
3G are Restricted Use Pesticides.
Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. warrants that its
products conform to the chemical description set forth on the
products’ labels. NO OTHER WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND OF FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE SHALL APPLY TO SYNGENTA PRODUCTS.
Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. neither assumes nor authorizes
any representatives or other person to assume for it any
obligation or liability other than such as is expressly set
forth herein. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL SYNGENTA CROP
PROTECTION, INC. BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ANY USE OR HANDLING OF ITS PRODUCTS. No
statements or recommendations contained herein are to be
construed as inducements to infringe any relevant patent now or
hereafter in existence.
CruiserMaxx® Beans is one or more
separately registered products or combination of products
containing the following: CruiserMaxx; CruiserMaxx and Apron XL®;
Cruiser®, Maxim® and Apron XL; or Cruiser
and an ApronMaxx®
brand fungicide, such as ApronMaxx®
RTA®
+ Moly.
Cruiser Extreme 250 and 1250 are seed
company-applied promotional combinations of four active
ingredients that respectively deliver 0.25 and 1.25 mg ai/seed
of Cruiser (thiamethoxam) plus three fungicides: Apron XL®,
Maxim® XL and Dynasty®.
Agrisure®,
AgriEdge®,
Apron XL®, ApronMaxx®, Cruiser®,
Cruiser Extreme®, CruiserMaxx®, Dynasty®,
Maxim®, NK®,
RTA®,
Force®,
Callisto®,
Lumax®, Lexar®, Halex®, Bicep
II Magnum®, Bicep Lite II Magnum®, Camix®,
Prefix®, Touchdown Total®, Touchdown
HiTech®, Quadris®, Quilt® and
the Syngenta logo are trademarks of a Syngenta Group Company.
Garst®
is a registered trademark of Garst Seed Company. Golden Harvest®
is a registered trademark of Golden Harvest Seeds, Inc. NK Seeds
is a business unit of Syngenta Seeds, Inc. Roundup Ready® is a
registered trademark of Monsanto Technology LLC. |
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