Crop solutions

Successful farmers work hard to maximise their yields. So do we.

To ensure crops can grow to their full potential, farmers count on products and services to help them produce crops in higher quantities but also make them tastier and more nutritious. At BASF, we are committed to providing tailor-made solutions to farmers that help them grow their crops in the best possible way - all around the world.

Crop Solutions

Maize (Zea mays L.) is the most important grain crop in South Africa and is produced throughout the country under diverse environments.

Soybeans are an important source of proteins, for use in food and animal feed and oil, for use in cooking and producing biodiesel.

Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) is one of the few crop species that originated in North America (most originated in the Fertile Crescent, Asia or South or Central America).

Sugarcane is grown all year round, with the length of the growth (ratoon) cycle varying depending on geographic location and climate.

Wheat is the second largest agricultural crop in the world after rice.

Every year around 1.9 million tonnes of barley is used for malting purposes, making the UK brewing industry the biggest buyer of barley.

South Africa has become a major player in the world's wine industry and produces a range of wines, from light table wines and full-bodied red wines to Methode Champenoise and Port-wine style wines.

Pome fruits are members of the plant family Rosaceae, sub-family pomoideae. They are fruits that have a core of several small seeds, surrounded by a tough membrane.

BASF offers the growers of South Africa a multi-crop protection package that will suit all the key crops on their farm, including potatoes, tomatoes and onions.

Product portfolio

Abacus® Advance achieves results above and beyond normal crop protection, because Abacus® Advance delivers on the AgCelence® promise.

With its long-lasting activity inside and on the plant surface, Acrobat® WG ensures excellent preventive control of downy mildew before the disease can get a foothold on your vineyard.

Cane and creeping grass eradiation specialist for re-establishment and control of creeping grasses on verges and breaks.

Basagran® provides safe poA non-selective, partly systemic contact herbicide formulated as a water soluble concentrate for the control of certain broadleaf weeds, grasses and sedges in crops in industrial sites and unplanted areas.st-emergent control of broadleaf weeds and yellow nutsedge in maize, regardless of the growth stage

A non-selective, partly systemic contact herbicide formulated as a water soluble concentrate for the control of certain broadleaf weeds, grasses and sedges in crops in industrial sites and unplanted areas.

The AgCelence® solution for sunflowers, gives you benefits above and beyond normal crop protection.

BroadBand® – a fungal contact insecticide for the effective reduction of target insects on crops.

Cabrio® delivers optimum fruit sizes and excellent disease control ensuring an increase in exportable fruit which are free from black spot disease resulting in a more profitable harvest.

Selective control of grasses and many broadleaf weeds in later crop stages.

Peace of mind with BASF's latest generation SDHI for intelligent disease control in cereals.

Fight powdery mildew with double strength

Protect your investment by harnessing the power of Duett® Ultra to extinguish the onslaught of foliar disease

Eragon® is a new and innovative weed management solution for the pre-plant control of broadleaf weeds, including certain ALS, triazine and glyphosate-resistant biotypes in maize and soybeans.

Clearfield® is the only complete herbicide-tolerant sunflower system offering selective post-emergent grass and broadleaf weed control. Therefore, it helps you to get the toughest weeds out of your fields and off your mind — protecting your return on investment in comparison to traditionally grown crops.

Clearfield® Plus is the only complete herbicide-tolerant sunflower system offering selective post-emergent grass and broadleaf weed control. Therefore, it helps you to get the toughest weeds out of your fields and off your mind — protecting your return on investment in comparison to traditionally grown crops.

Fastac® SC provides a fast-acting solution to key pests on a variety of crops.

Frontier® Optima – the widest spectrum herbicide in its class that controls pre-emergent weeds regardless of the weather.

Sercadis® is a new fungicide providing an innovative solution to Apple Scab (Venturia inaequalis) and Pear Scab (Venturia pirina) as well as Powdery Mildew (Podosphaera Leucotricha) on Apples. The combination with Delan® provides a resistance management solution.

RhizoFlo® - On farm liquid-based seed inoculant for maximum N2 fixation.

Prowl® CS provides an effective and convenient solution to your pre-emergent weed control management of certain annual grasses and broadleaf weeds

Together with Abacus® Advance, Orka™ Gold improves yield, increases the plants' productivity through higher photosynthesis capability.

Professional on seed survival soya bean seed treatment

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