BASF launches latest Top Plots video featuring David Roehm of Leesburg, Ohio

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Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (November 09, 2010)--BASF Crop Protection launched its ninth installment in the 2010 Top Plots series, featuring high-yield and award-winning grower David Roehm from Leesburg, Ohio.

Prior to harvest season, Roehm was able to protect his fields against weed pressure and glyphosate-resistant marestail by applying Kixor® herbicide as a preplant treatment on corn and soybeans. In addition, Roehm applied Headline® fungicide for disease control and Plant Health protection in the hot, humid region of Southern Ohio.

In the latest Top Plots video, available at www.youtube.com/user/BASFAgproducts, Roehm shares an update on his season. The third-generation farmer and winner of the 2009 Secure Optimal Yield soybean challenge believes in providing his crops with as much protection as he can to maximize yield.

According to the USDA’s Crop Production report released on Tuesday, Nov. 9, soybean production is forecast at a record high 3.38 billion bushels, down 1 percent from the October forecast but up slightly from 2010. In addition, corn yields are expected to average 154.3 bushels per acre, which is 10.4 bushels below last year’s record of 164.7 bushels.

Viewers of the Top Plots videos, available at www.youtube.com/user/BASFAgproducts, can learn more about the featured growers’ planting techniques and tilling and seed decisions, the benefit of seed treatments, herbicide and fungicide recommendations, mid-season challenges, disease management, harvesting techniques and yield results.

For more information about the Top Plots series, visit pitch.pe/71428. To be considered as a Top Plots grower in future videos, e-mail BASF_Crop_News@PSBPR.com.