Held every second year, CROPS is an opportunity to view FAR trials on-site and for companies like Syngenta to promote new innovations.
Syngenta has a long history of providing high-quality fungicide solutions to the cereal market and back in 2012 CROPS was used to highlight Seguris Flexi, the first SDHI registered for use in cereal crops in New Zealand.
“This year we took the opportunity to showcase Miravis Flexi fungicide, which is powered by Adepidyn technology, to the barley market.
“Miravis Flexi is our newest SDHI (Group 7) fungicide,” says Ross McCallum, Syngenta territory sales manager based in Ashburton.
“It is a new active ingredient for barley growers offering powerful activity and long-lasting control of ramularia leaf spot and scald.
“Based on seven years of pre-release trials by Syngenta and our industry partners, Miravis Flexi provides market-leading control of ramularia.”
The aim was to demonstrate to barley growers the flexible nature of the product.
Miravis Flexi is a solo-active formulation, which means growers have the flexibility to add the most suitable tank-mix partner to control the spectrum of diseases that present a threat at the time.
“At the site we showcased the powerful disease control of Miravis Flexi when used with three potential tank mix partners in the iconic X shape in the centre of the site, along with an untreated control as a comparison.
“For Syngenta it is important to be at this event to show new innovations as they come to the market.
“It represents an important networking opportunity with farmers, who we don’t always get to interact with, along with other industry people, including agronomists and advisors.”