Kentucky's Top Corn and Soybean Producers Rely On FMC Insecticide

May 11, 2009 Contest Summary Shows Top Growers Used Hero®, Capture® LFR™ and Mustang Max® insecticides

Philadelphia, May 11, 2009 — One hundred percent of the top corn growers named winners of the University of Kentucky Extension Service's 2008 Corn Production Contest used Hero® insecticide from FMC Corporation to produce bin-busting yields last year.

The top winners were:

State Champion, Division I and II (conventional and no-tillage, non-irrigated): Joe Nichols of Seven Springs Farms in Trigg County, Kentucky

Second place, Division I and II: Todd Nichols of Seven Springs Farms

Third place, Division I and II: Michael Oliver with Seven Springs Farms

First Place, Division III (white corn, non-irrigated): Running “T" Farms in Union County, Kentucky

First Place, Division IV (irrigated corn): Armistead Farms in Logan County, Kentucky

With unparalleled foliar insect control, Hero offers a unique, patented technology which provides quick knockdown with longer residual control against a broad spectrum of pests:

Hero is labeled for use on 45 insect pests, such as Japanese beetles, stinkbugs, mites, aphids, bean leaf beetle, corn earworm, fall armyworm, Western bean cutworm and many others. When used on soybeans it is outstanding at controlling soybean aphids, mites, stinkbugs and bean leaf beetles.
It can be applied alone or in tank mixes with fungicides, post herbicides, and foliar fertilizers.
Foliar or chemigation applications can be used with field, seed, popcorn or sweet corn.

“More and more corn and soybean farmers come to rely on our expanding portfolio of crop protection products each year," explains Adam Prestegord, product manager at FMC Corporation. “From planting through harvest, we now offer a robust portfolio of effective, convenient products that help crops start strong and stay strong – and also offer excellent tools for managing resistant insect populations."

The Corn Production Contest Summary shows that using FMC insecticide products paid off in terms of yield for many entrants:

Ninety-two percent (12 out of 13) of contest entrants who used Hero insecticide on their corn crop produced yields exceeding 220 bu/A.
Seventy-five percent (9 out of 12) of entrants who used Capture LFR insecticide produced yields exceeding 220 bu/A.
Eighty percent (8 out of 10) of corn growers who used Mustang Max insecticide produced yields exceeding 220 bu/A.

Growers who want to ensure their corn crop gets off to a healthy, vigorous start rely on Capture LFR insecticide. With one trip through the field, seed is planted, fertilized and protected with Capture LFR sprayed directly over the seed, in-furrow, to increase plant stands and ensure high-yielding corn plants. This insecticide controls corn seed and seedling pests such as wireworm, cutworm, grubs, armyworm, seed corn maggot, common stalk borer and corn rootworm. In addition, Mustang Max insecticide continues to set the standard for effective, economical, broad-spectrum insect control in both corn and soybean production. Labeled to control over 100 pests, Mustang Max offers superior control of aphids, cutworms and leafhoppers in corn and soybean aphids and potato leafhoppers in soybeans. Mustang Max also controls armyworms in corn, wheat, alfalfa and pastures.

Results from the Kentucky Extension Service Soybean Production Contest show soybean growers also benefited by using Hero and Mustang Max insecticides. Sixty-six percent of entrants who used Hero insecticide produced yields in excess of 60 bu/A. Six contest entrants applied Mustang Max to control insect pests and eighty-three percent of those entries produced yields exceeding 60 bu/A.

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