Nufarm Aquatic Product Portfolio Update
Bo Burns FL VM Territory Manager & National
Aquatic Key Accounts Manager919‐605‐8016
Valent and Nufarm Join ForcesValent Corporation signed a formal agreement with Nufarm Americas giving them exclusive distributorship of its products. All of Valent’s Professional Products, including its aquatics products Clipper and Tradewind will now be sold by Nufarm.
Who is Nufarm
• Incorporated in Australia (1957)
• Ranked no. 8 in global industry
• Manufacturing/marketing operations in 25 countries
• Nufarm products sold in more than 100 countries
• No. 1 market share supplier in Australia / New Zealand
• Represented in all core US Market segments; Row Crops, TNVV, GHN, Turf, IVM
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Alsip, IL Headquarters & Seed Treatment Facility
Chicago Heights, IL Production Facility
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Nufarm Americas Business Segments
Row Crop / TNVV
IVM / Specialty
Turf / Orn / Formulator
Aquatics
Nufarm Aquatic Products
Also a full range of VM products for Uplands and Invasive Plant Management
MSDS Sheets will be called SDS Sheets beginning June 2015
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GHS Hazard Communication
• Every non EPA FIFRA registered product labels will require a GHS label.
• These include: – All EPA non‐regulated (not EPA registered) product labels– Minimum Risk Pesticides ‐ labels registered at the state level but no EPA registration required [FIFRA 25(b) labels]
– Pesticides for export– Unregistered pesticides we may import– Samples, laboratory samples for R&D, regulatory studies, field trials, etc.
What you need to know
Aquatic Products
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Clipper Tradewind
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Nufarm Aquatic Products
Nufarm Aquatic Products
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Aquatic Products
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2,4‐D
Nufarm Aquatic Products
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Nufarm Aquatic Products
Nufarm Aquatic Products
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Label Updates In Progress• Polaris & Polaris Complete – New wording and updated use directions. Mostly new verbiage
• Aquasweep – New use directions and new species added
• Weedestroy AM‐40 – Additional wording and precaution statements being evaluated and possibly updated
• Solution WS – Updates aquatic use directions and species added
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New Aquatic Herbicides Being Screened & Registered
•We are continuously evaluating and looking into possible new active ingredients to screen in aquatics as well as new formulations of existing products.
Nufarm Utilizes Distribution
•Alligare LLC – Tradewind and Clipper
•Crop Production Services •Helena Chemical•Red River Specialties•Winfield Solution
If you are looking for Nufarm Products please see:
Thank You! Bo Burns 919‐605‐[email protected]