BASF is Here to Help

Worried about your crops getting the proper amount of nitrogen?  BASF is working on that.  Coming in a few years, BASF is working on a new technology to help stabilize fertilizers and decrease its composition in the soil.  This will slow down the ammonia release in the soil and improve yields by 3% to 5%.

What else does BASF have cooking?

Water Management

They are working on distributing soil water to plants better.  This should save water costs by 50%.  They are working on getting this out a soon as possible.

Dicamba Tolerant Soybeans

This is a joint venture between BASF and Monsanto.  They plan for this to be lower in off target movement potential.  It may be a few years til this hits the target but they are thinking somewhere in the neighborhood of 2016.

Mobile Microscope

This should take all the guess work out of a crop disease.  All you have to do, with your mobile device, is take a picture of the infected crop.  The photo is then sent to a BASF library or an expert team for further analysis.  The photo is then categorized and saved to a GIS map.  The information of what you are dealing with is then sent back to you.

Seed Treatments

BASF is working on a polymer that coats the seed to accomplish three things.

1. Provide better seed coating stability.
2. Minimize dust-off of active ingredients.
3. Improve plantability and seed flow.