The BASF Agricultural Products division is a leader in crop protection and a strong partner to the farming industry providing well-established and innovative fungicides, insecticides and herbicides. Its portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products, agricultural products and fine chemicals to crude oil and natural gas. The vision of BASF s Agricultural Products division is to be the world s leading innovator, optimizing agricultural production, improving nutrition, and...

While acknowledging that the causes of breast cancer are an interplay of familial, environmental and lifestyle factors, Breast Cancer Network called for better information for the public, research into the links between environment and breast cancer, and regulation to reduce exposure to substances that show links to breast cancer in laboratory studies. While acknowledging that the causes of breast cancer are an interplay of familial, environmental and lifestyle factors, Breast Cancer...

What appears to be a growing trend of farmers moving their operations to Mexico and other countries could have some undesirable repercussions, including the loss of farm-related jobs for U. The farmer told the Times he now has a reliable workforce and the farmhands don't have to worry about being deported. Whether moving agricultural production out of the country would increase or decrease the price of foods at the grocery store is not known. While that argument has some merit, it ignores...

Chilliwack Blues Festival. As farmers get ready for the harvest, and the federal government prepares to return for its fall session, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) is ready to move on to the next phase of developing the next generation of federal agriculture policy, which must be in place by next April 1. As farmers get ready for the harvest, and the federal government prepares to return for its fall session, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) is ready to move on to...

Trimming back new growth and removing new flowers as they form is an excellent way to redirect the plants' energy to maturing the fruit already on them rather than producing more. Fruit forming from now on would not have a chance to mature before that happens. It must be ingested by the target insect to be effective but does not harm moths and butterflies that are not feeding on treated plants. Corn earworms cause the worst of their damage by feeding on the fresh silk and boring into the...