Nutrien Ag Solutions announced today a digital collaboration with xarvio
Digital Farming Solutions, part of BASF’s Agricultural Solutions
division. As part of this partnership, the xarvioTM SCOUTING app will be
offered within the Nutrien Ag Solutions Customer Portal, to provide its
customers easy access to this leading agronomic tool.
Nutrien Ag Solutions is building an open digital ecosystem that
leverages deep agronomic data science and leading-edge technology to
help growers achieve the best possible outcomes on their farms. Nutrien
Ag Solutions will feature BASF’s xarvio SCOUTING app as part of its
digital agronomy offerings, further enabling growers to detect and
identify weed and pest pressure as they monitor and protect their crops
throughout the growing season. In addition, Nutrien Ag Solutions and
BASF xarvio Digital Farming Solutions are actively exploring the
agronomic intelligence currently within xarvio Field Manager. The
solution delivers timing and variable rate map applications in various
crops for weed, disease and pest management.
“We are pleased to further our collaboration with leading agricultural
companies such as BASF via our Customer Portal,” said Mike Frank,
Nutrien's Executive Vice President and CEO of Retail. “Our goal is to
become the ag retailer of the future and partnerships with innovators
such as BASF’s xarvio Digital Farming Solutions help enable us to
provide more value to our customers.”
“As we build out our open digital ecosystem, we are constantly
developing best in industry tools, both internally, as well as seeking
apps and tools from across the industry. These tools help improve
growers’ results and we’re excited to be able to feature the xarvio
SCOUTING app on our Nutrien Ag Solutions Customer Portal,” said Sol
Goldfarb, Vice President Digital Strategy at Nutrien Ag Solutions.
“As we begin our digital collaboration with Nutrien Ag Solutions, we are
proud to have the xarvio SCOUTING app featured on the Nutrien Ag
Solutions Customer Portal and to explore the agronomic intelligence of
our xarvio Field Manager,” stated Paul Rea, Senior Vice President for
BASF Agricultural Solutions, North America. “Through our work together,
BASF xarvio Digital Farming Solutions and Nutrien Ag Solutions can help
change the industry by providing growers with the products, services and
now digital tools to support their success.”
About Nutrien
Nutrien is the world's largest provider of
crop inputs and services, playing a critical role in helping growers
increase food production in a sustainable manner. We produce and
distribute 27 million tons of potash, nitrogen and phosphate products
world-wide. We also operate the leading global agriculture retail
network, Nutrien Ag Solutions, which provides crop inputs, services and
full-acre solutions to growers through our trusted crop consultants at
our more than 1,700 locations in North America, South America, and
Australia. Nutrien operates with a long-term view and is committed to
working with our stakeholders as we address our economic, environmental
and social priorities. The scale and diversity of our integrated
portfolio provides a stable earnings base, multiple avenues for growth
and the opportunity to return capital to shareholders.
Growers can now connect with us online at My.NutrienAgSolutions.com
to manage their entire operations. Learn more about the how the Ag
Retailer of the Future works to lead the field - today and tomorrow - at NutrienAgSolutions.com.
About xarvioTM Digital Farming Solutions
xarvio is at the
forefront of the digital transformation of agriculture optimizing crop
production. xarvio offers digital products, based on a global leading
crop model platform, which deliver independent field-zone-specific
agronomic advice enabling farmers to produce their crops most
efficiently and sustainable. The xarvio products SCOUTING & FIELD
MANAGER are being used by farmers in more than 100 countries worldwide.
About BASF’s Agricultural Solutions division
With a rapidly growing population, the world is increasingly dependent
on our ability to develop and maintain sustainable agriculture and
healthy environments. Working with farmers, agricultural professionals,
pest management experts and others, it is BASF’s role to help make this
possible. That’s why they invest in a strong R&D pipeline and broad
portfolio, including seeds and traits, chemical and biological crop
protection, soil management, plant health, pest control and digital
farming. With expert teams in the lab, field, office and in production,
we connect innovative thinking and down-to-earth action to create real
world ideas that work – for farmers, society and the planet. In 2018,
our division generated sales of €6.2 billion. For more information,
please visit www.agriculture.basf.com
or any of our social media channels.
About BASF
BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park,
New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen,
Germany. BASF has more than 20,000 employees in North America and had
sales of around $20 billion in 2018. For more information about BASF’s
North American operations, visit www.basf.com.
BASF creates chemistry for a sustainable future, combining economic
success with environmental protection and social responsibility. The
approximately 122,000 employees in the BASF Group work on contributing
to the success of customers in nearly all sectors and almost every
country in the world. The BASF portfolio is organized into six segments:
Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies,
Nutrition & Care and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of
around €63 billion in 2018. BASF shares are traded on the stock
exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS), London (BFA) and Zurich (BAS). Further
information at www.basf.com.
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