Grow Smart with BASF

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Smart thinking for challenging times: 2019 seed and disease outlook

2019-02-2536:28

Smart growers know it starts with the right seed. And that diseases can sneak up and ruin a season’s worth of work. Our two experts weigh in on what to know.

The two most unpredictable things in farming: markets and weather.

2019-02-0431:07

Sharp insights, smart thinking and crystal-ball prognosticating from a grain market analyst and a meteorologist on what might happen in 2019.

A new solution for piercing and sucking insects.

2018-12-1739:46

We go coast to coast to learn about the latest tool to control piercing and sucking insects that are sucking the profits out of your soybean and citrus crops.

Find out what’s brewing in the evolving world of barley.

2018-10-0133:52

North Dakota barley grower Gary Beck and Pat Hayes, Professor at Oregon State, discuss how this ancient grain is evolving with new traits and growing practices.

One state. 6,800 almond farms. 2.27 billion pounds of almonds.

2018-09-0429:12

Almond grower Christine Gemperle and Leigh Ann Harrison of BASF come out of their shells and talk about the 2.27 billion lb. almond crop in California.

BASF broadens its portfolio with acquisitions from Bayer.

2018-08-1418:05

Big news in the ag business as Paul Rea, Senior Vice President of Agricultural Solutions at BASF, updates us on BASF’s acquisition of some assets from Bayer.

We’re serving up an informative dish of potato talk.

2018-08-0929:00

Kasia Duellman of the University of Idaho and Curtis Rainbolt of BASF talk about the leading vegetable crop in the U.S., the humble, yet complex potato.

Target Spot: If you wait, is it too late? The experts weigh in.

2018-07-1836:57

Plant Pathology Professor Dr. Bob Kemerait and John Schultz of BASF discuss the disease that can cause big trouble in a hurry, and what you can do about it.

Engenia® herbicide stewardship, part two: The word from the field.

2018-06-0825:22

A cotton grower in Texas and a soybean grower in Minnesota weigh in on how Engenia herbicide worked for them last year, and how they plan to use it this year.

Engenia® herbicide stewardship, part one: Know before you go spray.

2018-06-0126:51

Chad Asmus, BASF Technical Marketing Manager, and Jeff Spencer, BASF Digital Farming Group Development Lead, give us the scoop on Engenia herbicide stewardship.

Rice news, weather talk and social media musing

2018-04-2623:45

Donnarie Hales, BASF Product Marketing Manager, discusses new rotation options for rice growers, her new gig, and the changing social media landscape.

This guy can grow just about anything…including chufa.

2017-12-1132:52

Cotton? Check. Corn and Soybeans? Sure. Peanuts and pumpkins? Yep. Wheat? Why not? Chufa? Of course. North Carolinian Donny Lassiter can grow it all.

Paul Rea of BASF talks acquisitions, natural disasters, innovations– and the most unusual crop he’s seen

2017-11-2930:42

Paul Rea, BASF Senior Vice President for Crop Protection, North America, reviews 2017 and talks acquisitions, innovation, natural disasters, and the most unusual crop he’s ever seen.

Nobody talks and walks it like Twitter star, grain goddess and hot mess mom in ag Angie Setzer

2017-11-1332:35

She runs a grain trading operation, co-hosts the popular “Girls Talk Ag” podcast, wrangles a husband, a son and four dogs as a hot mess ag mom – and still has time to talk ag, and market grain. Buckle up for Angie Setzer.

Meet the number-crunching wheat queen of the North

2017-10-3028:35

Up near the Canadian border, Betsy Jensen and her husband grow a variety of crops. But her heart is in wheat. And number crunching. And her table from the Minneapolis Grain Exchange.

Rob Sharkey Dishes Dirt Road Tour Dirt

2017-10-1923:38

Can Donnarie get ag podcast king Rob Sharkey to break down and reveal his softer side? Listen in as they recap their summer Dirt Road Tour.

Let's Get Viticultured

2017-09-1730:16

Hand-harvesting a ton of grapes a day. Disease control. Heading off spontaneous fermentation. And a $500,000 bottle of wine. When it comes to growing grapes, Jason Yeager of Nine Wine Estates tells all.

Hemp Pioneer on the Prairie

2017-09-0436:25

From getting in on the forefront of growing hemp, to setting up an exporting business from scratch, to growing half of the U.S. supply of cranberry beans – it’s all in a day’s work for North Dakota grower, Chris Adams.

Wheat’s The Word

2017-07-3125:44

Bread, pasta, cookies, crackers, pizza – you can’t spell “wheat” without “eat.” We talk to Phil McLain, a North Carolina wheat grower who’s also the Board Chairman of the National Wheat Foundation.

We’re Nuts For Almonds

2017-07-1625:25

You say “almond,” she says “am-mend.” As Almond Girl Jenny, this hull-splitting, tree-shaking, fourth-generation nutty farm girl talks about the crop that’s our favorite go-to snack.

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