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Growing prosperity
one seed at a time
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O MAXIMISE YOUR YIELD POTENTIAL AND ENSURE
EXCEPTIONAL CROP PERFORMANCE, BAYER IS
COMMITTED TO CONTINUOUSLY EXPANDING OUR
PRODUCT RANGE WITH CUTTING-EDGE SOLUTIONS
FOR YOUR FARM. DEKALB
®
INNOVATION COMBINES
THE LATEST GERMPLASM WITH THE NEWEST BIOTECHNOL-
OGY TRAITS FOR MAXIMUM CULTIVAR PERFORMANCE AND
YIELD POTENTIAL. IN DOING SO, BAYER’S DEKALB SEED AL-
LOWS OUR FARMERS TO PRODUCE MORE FOOD WITH FEWER
RESOURCES.
DEKALB’s seed bags come in three sizes and include the following
cultivar types: stack gene, YieldGard
®
Maize 2, Roundup Ready
®
Maize 2 and conventional cultivars.
Insect and weed control are two critical aspects of maize produc-
tion. In this regard, technology plays an enormous part in protecting
your crops and making your life as a farmer a bit easier. For this rea-
son, our stack gene cultivars hold the built-in benefits of both Roundup
Ready Maize 2 and YieldGard Maize 2 technology to provide protection
against weed and insects.
With our Roundup
®
technology you can rest assured that your
crops are protected against grasses and herbaceous weeds. Round-
up contains glyphosate which not only enables broad-spectrum
weed control, but also outstanding crop safety and flexibility to fit
the way you farm. Our YieldGard Maize 2 cultivars offer excellent
control against
Busseola fusca
(African maize stalk borer) and
Chilo
partellus
(the sorghum stalk borer), as well as
Spodoptera frugiperda
(fall armyworm).
Every DEKALB seed also holds the added benefits of Acceleron
®
for protection against nematodes, insects and seed- and soil-borne
diseases to ensure that you get the most out of every bag.
We understand that your farm is your passion, and your harvest is
your pride. That is why we offer the best technology to give your crops
the protection they deserve. For more information on our diverse cultivar
ranges, visit our website or contact your nearest Bayer representative and
let us help you grow prosperity.
Roundup
®
contains 360 g glyphosate/ℓ. Caution. Reg. No. L0407 (Act No. 36 of 1947).
DEKALB
®
, Roundup Ready
®
, Roundup Ready® Maize 2, YieldGard
®
Maize 2 and
Acceleron
®
are registered trademarks of Monsanto LLC.
• Use products safely.
• Always read the label and product information before use for further guidelines
.
be evacuated to safe areas until the spraying has been completed.
Also warn them not to enter the treated crops for at least seven days
as an additional safety measure. This is also important for their live-
stock, chickens and dogs – keep them out of treated areas. Instruct
workers to warn passers-by to evacuate and stay away from the spray
area. When applying very toxic products such as paraquat or chlor-
pyrifos to a crop, warning signs have to be put up to inform people
that it is a high-risk area and that they must not enter or approach it.
CONTINUED TRAINING ON THE SAFE USE OF PESTICIDES
Training is a never-ending process and since these are potentially
dangerous substances, farm workers need to be trained on a con-
tinuous basis to embed the principles of responsible use in their
minds. Many of the CropLife SA supply and distribution members
offer training or at least assist with training of producers and farm
workers. Contact your CropLife SA accredited crop advisor and ask
for assistance with farm worker training. CropLife SA members have
access to a series of booklets on responsible use in eight languages
that are invaluable for farm worker training. Farm workers with high-
er education levels may even consider enrolling for the CropLife SA
Basic Crop Protection course that is an online AgriSETA-accredited
course. For enquiries contact CropLife SA on
info@croplife.co.za
or
visit www.croplife.co.za.
NO EMPTY CONTAINERS FOR FARM WORKERS
One of South Africa’s worst agricultural legacies is the practice of
giving empty plastic pesticide containers to farm workers. If food
or beverages are stored in such containers, the outcome is a guar-
anteed human catastrophe. There have been a number of incidents
where farm worker families have been poisoned because they used
empty containers for drinking water or cooking oil. Empty contain-
ers must be triple-rinsed and disposed of via one of the CropLife SA
approved service providers who collect and recycle empty plastic
pesticide containers. See Container Management on the CropLife SA
website.
EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
Should a farm worker accidently be exposed to or ingest any pesti-
cide, immediately call the emergency helpline on 082 446 8946 for
advice and support. Do not give the person milk, water or anything
else to drink, unless strictly advised so by the poison information
centre. Whatever the level of exposure was, does not change the fact
that such a person needs professional medical attention. The poison
information centre will only advise how to stabilise the person and
what the first steps after that should be. Healthy farm workers are a
great asset to a farm; they should be adequately trained, properly
informed and appropriately clad in protective clothing.
Arthur Schröder, Corn Go-to-Market
Strategy Lead: Africa. Send an email
to arthur.schroder@bayer.com
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