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Download PDF Battling blackgrass is a yearly struggle for many growers, but FMC has a new herbicide that could soon be joining the fight. CPM took a trip to FMC’s French research facility to get a first-hand look at Isoflex in trials. By Melanie Jenkins “There’s no active ingredient out there that blackgrass won’t develop resistance to if it’s wrongly used.” The fight between weeds, legislation and chemistry is one that rages on each year, but amid this battle ground is a company that firmly believes in enhancing the growth of the agricultural sector. And this isn’t just a belief for FMC, it’s the firm’s core purpose, at the heart of everything it does. Visiting FMC’s European Research and Development Centre (ERDC) in Nambsheim – situated in the Alsace region of France a mere stone’s throw from the German border – in mid-May, it was apparent that the company is driven towards providing new and effective chemistry for its customers. Coming up to its 140th birthday, FMC has only actually been based at its ERDC site since 2017 when it acquired DuPont’s crop protection portfolio. The area is highly suited to a research site as the majority of European crops…
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Download PDF Battling blackgrass is a yearly struggle for many growers, but FMC has a new herbicide that could soon be joining the fight. CPM took a trip to FMC’s French research facility to get a first-hand look at Isoflex in trials. By Melanie Jenkins “There’s no active ingredient out there that blackgrass won’t develop resistance to if it’s wrongly used.” The fight between weeds, legislation and chemistry is one that rages on each year, but amid this battle ground is a company that firmly believes in enhancing the growth of the agricultural sector. And this isn’t just a belief for FMC, it’s the firm’s core purpose, at the heart of everything it does. Visiting FMC’s European Research and Development Centre (ERDC) in Nambsheim – situated in the Alsace region of France a mere stone’s throw from the German border – in mid-May, it was apparent that the company is driven towards providing new and effective chemistry for its customers. Coming up to its 140th birthday, FMC has only actually been based at its ERDC site since 2017 when it acquired DuPont’s crop protection portfolio. The area is highly suited to a research site as the majority of European crops…
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