Feb 5, 2018
HELM launches 4 new products in early 2018

HELM Agro US, Inc. will launch four new crop protection products in the first quarter of 2018.

Troy Bettner, Marketing and Business Development Leader for the company, said the company was rapidly expanding its portfolio.

“The pace has a lot to do with the organization’s commitment to global research and new product development,” he said.

The four products have individual labels that include approved uses for a variety of vegetable crops. The new introductions stem from a demand for high-quality formulations that can compete with market-leading brands in terms of performance and economic value, according to a statement from the company.

Here are the new products announced for 2018:

ARGOS ULTRA herbicide is a co-formulation of metolachlor and mesotrione, two active ingredients known for efficacious weed control and long-lasting residual. Approved on field corn, sweet corn, yellow popcorn and grain sorghum, Argos Ultra combats hard to manage grasses and small-seeded broadleaf weeds. It also defeats weed biotypes resistant to glyphosate, ALS-inhibiting, PPO and triazine herbicides.

Argos Ultra has a best in class formulation that is tank mix compatible with glyphosate. Bettner adds that the product is an ideal fit in geographic areas where atrazine use is limited.

A major contender with market-leading brands, Argos Ultra contains 3.76 pounds of metolachlor and 0.33 pounds of mesotrione per gallon, and is available in 2 x 2.5-gallon cases.

QUIZ herbicide is a premier single-pass tool for controlling annual and perennial grasses on soybeans, cotton, canola, dry beans, sugarbeets, sunflowers and other crops, plus non-crop areas. “With its flexible rate ranges and versatile tank mix options, Quiz herbicide is a top choice for growers. Plus, it has superior crops safety features and a wide application window,” said Bettner.

As a bonus to soybean growers, Bettner says the product will control volunteer corn in glyphosate-tolerant soybeans. Quiz herbicide is available in 2 x 2.5-gallon cases and contains 0.88 pounds of the active ingredient, quizalofop-P-ethyl, per gallon.

HELMET and HELMET SPC herbicides are HELM’s new metolachlor offerings for grass and small-seeded broadleaf control in corn, cotton, sorghum, potatoes, soybeans, tomatoes and other crops.

Bettner says both Helmet brands provide cost competitive advantages along with high quality formulations and equivalent weed control to market leading standards.

Available in easy-to-use emulsifiable concentrate formulations, Helmet and Helmet SPC can be applied alone or in a planned two-pass program.

Helmet herbicide contains 7.8 pounds of metolachlor plus benoxacor safener per gallon. Helmet SPC herbicide contains 8 pounds of metolachlor without safer per gallon. Both products are packaged in 2 x 2.5-gallon cases and 270-gallon totes.

Future products planned 

Bettner said the company continuously works on visionary solutions from their research and development pipeline. Several discoveries already have been slated for U.S. markets over the next several years.

HELM Agro US is based in Tampa, Florida and was founded in 2003. Its parent company, HELM AG, is a multi-billion-dollar family-owned business with a history spanning 117 years.

“HELM’s dramatic growth here in the U.S. is also supported by the confidence that our customers have in our products,” Bettner said.

 




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