For those struggling with Corn Rootworm, Bayer Crop Science has been working on a solution to curb the effects of these destructive insects. While competitor's products can offer middling protection by using BT proteins, Smartstax Pro from Bayer compliments its use of BT proteins with RNA Interference Technology which changes the makeup of the root, which when ingested denies an essential protein to the rootworm larvae, thus killing the insect before it can ravage the roots.

Farmers in the Western Lake Erie Basin—including parts of Ohio, Michigan and Indiana—can earn money through a phosphorus load reduction pilot program. The “Phosphorus Load-Reduction Stimulation Program” (PLUS-UP) program, coordinated by the Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC), will pay farmers in the project area $5 to $10 per acre in 2022 to reduce P loads using practices such as no-till or cover crops. 

Bayer announced a multi-year agreement with Berkeley Lights, a leader in the functional characterization of live biology, to develop and perform high-throughput functional screening workflows aimed at accelerating and expanding the discovery of novel traits.

Containing a unique surfactant blend with a higher concentration of glyphosate per gallon, Roundup Powermax 3 will allow farmers to cover more acres per gallon.

The new fungicide offers unique chemistries and delivers three modes of action for corn and soybeans.

In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Mfg., we're joined by Douglas Jones, an entomologist for Bayer Crop Science working in Nebraska where he does field research and trials on 60 acres of cropland.