Futuragro holds a technical meeting focusing on management technologies for soybeans and corn

Agricultural input distributor Futuragro is promoting its technical meeting Fututec 5 from February 7th to 2020th, which takes place in the city of Lapa in Paraná. Nufarm, one of the leading companies in the global agrochemicals market, is present at the field day to showcase a portfolio of products aimed at the proper management of soybean and corn crops.

According to the company's Trade Marketing manager, agronomist Carlos Amadeu, in the area of ​​weeds, Nufarm highlights the herbicide ZethaMaxx, successfully used to control invasive plants such as horseweed and sour grass, in desiccation and pre- soybean planting.

The Nufarm stand at Fututec also has an agenda for technical presentations and field results involving the fungicide Sialex 500. Launched last year, says Amadeu, the product has grown in favor among producers due to the good results obtained since its introduction on the market , in the control of diseases of economic relevance in soybeans, including sclerotin rot.

In the area of ​​pest control, Nufarm is bringing the Inside FS and Maestro FS insecticides to the Lapa event, which make up the SeedProtection platform, for seed treatment, exclusive to the company. These products, as highlighted by the executive, act to control the green-bellied stink bug and the corn leafhopper, as well as soybean-chewing pests, such as the elastic caterpillar, coró and soy anteater.

Another highlight of the company at the event, in the area of ​​insecticides, is the Compact product, recommended for controlling the caterpillar complex in soybean, corn and cotton crops. According to Amadeu, it is a cutting-edge tool, highly effective on problem caterpillars such as Spodoptera frugiperda.