Hot, dry summers can wreak havoc on crop establishment, significantly reducing yields and profits despite hard work and effort. To tackle these challenges, VICCHEM’s SOAK-N-WET delivers soil wetting and water retention solution.
SOAK-N-WET combines a non-ionic soil wetting agent with a water-retaining polymer, designed to enhance water infiltration, reduce runoff, and improve soil moisture retention. This increased soil moisture contact helps optimize germination, particularly for small-seed crops like canola, leading to more even and higher germination rates. Consistent germination simplifies crop management decisions and enhances the effectiveness of pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides, while also supporting more efficient harvest operations.
In 12 independent trials conducted by agronomy groups from 2020 to 2024 across Western Australia, SOAK-N-WET demonstrated excellent performance, leading to more uniform crop development when applied at planting. The product has proven particularly effective in increasing canola establishment, contributing to improved crop outcomes.
To learn more about how SOAK-N-WET can enhance crop establishment on your farm, contact your agronomist, visit your local rural retailer, or explore for further information.
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About VICCHEM
VICCHEM Is a leading provider of agricultural and industrial chemicals, committed to delivering quality, innovative, and sustainable solutions for their customers. Proudly Australian manufactured and family owned, VICCHEM use 100% Australian grown canola oil.
VICCHEM distribute agricultural and industrial chemicals throughout Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia, India, Europe and South Africa. For more Information visit VICCHEM.COM
OUTRIGHT 770 Spray Adjuvant, a groundbreaking product designed to simplify and enhance the herbicide application process for farmers. This innovative solution combines three essential components—ammonium sulphate, penetrating oil, and non-ionic surfactants—into one convenient pack, providing superior weed control with minimal effort.
VICCHEM understands that farming is hard, but managing herbicide applications doesn’t have to be. VICCHEM’s OUTRIGHT 770 is engineered to help farmers achieve effective weed control, even in the toughest conditions. Its unique formulation ensures that herbicides perform at their best, saving time and maximizing results.
Key Features of OUTRIGHT 770:
1. Penetrating Oil: The first key component is the HASTEN penetrating oil, which aids in the uptake of lipophilic (fat-loving) herbicides. This oil helps herbicides breach the waxy surfaces of weeds, allowing for better absorption and more effective weed control.
2. Non-Ionic Surfactants: The second component consists of non-ionic surfactants that improve the spread and adhesion of hydrophilic (water-loving) herbicides on weed surfaces. This ensures that spray droplets stick to weeds and spread evenly, enhancing herbicide uptake and coverage.
3. Ammonium Sulphate: The third essential component is ammonium sulphate, which conditions hard water by tackling minerals like calcium and magnesium. This ensures that herbicides remain potent and effective, even in challenging water conditions.
OUTRIGHT 770 Spray Adjuvant eliminates the need for multiple products, combining everything farmers need into one easy-to-use pack. By boosting herbicide performance, it provides consistent and reliable weed control, making summer knockdowns more efficient.
“We understand the challenges that farmers face, and we’re committed to providing solutions that make their work easier and more effective,” said Bill Dowdle, CEO of VICCHEM. “With OUTRIGHT 770, we’ve created a product that delivers powerful results while simplifying the herbicide application process.”
With OUTRIGHT 770, farmers can achieve better summer knockdown spraying results with less effort, making fallow spraying a more streamlined and manageable task.
OUTRIGHT 770 Spray Adjuvant is now available at your Rural Retailer. For more information, visit OUTRIGHT770.COM.AU.
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Marketing Manager
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About VICCHEM
VICCHEM Is a leading provider of agricultural and industrial chemicals, committed to delivering quality, innovative, and sustainable solutions for their customers. Proudly Australian manufactured and family owned, VICCHEM use 100% Australian grown canola oil.
VICCHEM distribute agricultural and industrial chemicals throughout Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia, India, Europe and South Africa. For more Information visit VICCHEM.COM
June 2024
VICCHEM launches 2024 Horticulture Product Guide
VICCHEM is proud to announce the release of its highly anticipated 2024 Horticultural Product Guide, a complete resource designed to meet the agri-chemical needs of Australian horticulturalists and growers.
The 2024 Horticulture Guide showcases VICCHEM's extensive range of high-quality products tailored to the demands of the Australian horticulture industry. The guide includes detailed information on their range that Includes; Drying Oils, Soap Insecticides, Growth Regulators, Spray Adjuvants, Wetting Agents and Soil Wetters.
VICCHEM horticultural products are developed with a strong foundation in science and a deep understanding of the challenges and needs faced by horticultural growers. Each product is crafted to meet the precise needs of the Australian Horticulture industry, delivering to-notch agri-chemical solutions to deliver improved performance and profitability of your growing operation.
One of the stand out features of VICCHEM’s product range is ACO’s Certified Allowed Input certification, available on most products. This certification ensures that growers can confidently produce crops that meet the stringent requirements for entry into both regulated and unregulated organic markets.
“We are excited to launch our 2024 Horticulture Guide,” said Owen Connelly, VICCHEM General Manager – Sales. “We are empowering Australian growers with the best agri-chemical solutions that enhance performance and profitability of their crop. This guide is an invaluable tool for anyone in the horticulture industry, offering insights and products that support sustainable and successful growing practices.”
For about a free copy of VICCHEM’s 2024 Horticulture Guide call 03 9301 7000, contact your local Horticulture Consultant or Rural Retailer, or visit VICCHEM.COM.AU
END OF RELEASE
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April 2024
Understanding Hasten
April 2024
VICCHEM appoints Angus Roney
With a solid foundation in horticulture and crop science, including a Bachelor of Agricultural Science from the University of Melbourne, Angus brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to his new role at VICCHEM. Over the past six years, Angus has honed his skills in the industry, notably servicing as a Production Manager and Independent Sales Manager at a prominent plant nursery located on the Mornington Peninsula.
In his new role, Angus will leverage his technical expertise and extensive customer-facing experience to further VICCHEM’s strong market presence and relationships with retail partners across his territories. Additionally, Angus will play a pivotal role in field trials aimed at the continued development and innovation of VICCHEM’s product offerings.
“I am thrilled to join the VICCHEM team and eager to contribute to the growth and success of our products in Victoria and Tasmania,” said Angus. ‘I look forward to working closely with our retail partners and being part of the VICCHEM team to deliver solutions to improve farm performance and the evolving needs of our retail partners.
VICCHEM is thrilled with Angus’s appointment that will reinforce our company’s commitment to delivering excellence in customer service and delivery of quality agricultural products designed for Australian farming operations.
Hasten Reaches 25 years Of Proven Performance
In 1993, Dr Bob Killick, owner of Vicchem, was involved in the creation of ground breaking chemistry by using ethylated Canola Oil to create the unique
formulation of Hasten Spray Adjuvant. This was a significant advancement in adjuvant technology. Following its registration by the National Registration
Authority (predecessor of APVMA) in May 1996, it offered Agronomists and Growers a high performing, versatile and “in-crop safe” adjuvant, locally
manufactured in Australia. The innovative Hasten formulation was successfully patented and caught the attention of Crop Protection Companies
(CPC) as being the first adjuvant based on ethylated Canola Oil available worldwide. Consequently, Hasten’s use in applications across Broadacre and
Horticultural markets steadily grew, as did the number of CPC labels referencing Hasten, catapulting it to become a leading spray adjuvant in Australia.
In May 2021, Hasten Spray Adjuvant reaches a 25 year milestone of helping Australian producers grow high yielding, quality crops.
Dr Bob Killick’s son and current Managing Director, Andrew Killick states, “We are pleased Hasten is an Australian developed,
owned and manufactured adjuvant that has provided excellent performance for farmers, and supported our distributor and industry partners.
Ongoing trial work continues to confirm its position as a leading adjuvant as does the fact that it is now cross-labelled on over forty five CPC products.
We are proud to say that Hasten is supporting Australian farmers by using 100% Australian grown canola oil in its manufacture, and is being sold across the world”.
In Hasten we have a product that has stood the demands of farming in Australian conditions for the past 25 years. It continues to be referenced on new CPC
chemistry entering the Australian Agricultural market.
The current climatic conditions are very favourable for growers across the main cropping regions which is creating a higher than normal demand for Hasten
and other Vicchem products. We thank the agricultural industry for their support and will continue to step up to the supply challenge in a timely manner
through our commitment to Australian manufacturing.
Hasten - Australia’s Leading Spray Adjuvant – 25 years – Mix With the best.
Hasten increases cross-labelled products to 45
Years of research and development by Vicchem creating superior crop adjuvants such as the flagship Hasten brand continues to pay off for the science-based company.
Since its Australian launch in 1996, Hasten is now cross-labelled on 45 leading agricultural chemical products, with recent additions including BASF’s Versys Insecticide and Adama’s Topnotch Fungicide. Hasten’s foliar penetrative properties make it an adjuvant of choice for these new systemic products.
The pioneering adjuvant brand Hasten has become a genuine home-grown success story for Melbourne based Vicchem, due to its continued growth in popularity amongst suppliers, resellers, agronomist and growers. Vicchem’s National Sales Manager, Owen Connelly said Hasten was one of the few adjuvant brands that offers agronomists and resellers a strong cross label that covers a large range of protection options.
Widely sold in the distinctive 20L green cans, Hasten has a solid research base. It’s manufactured to high-quality standards and extensively trialled to ensure safety to users, crops and the natural environment.
From Vicchem’s R&D division, Technical Manager Peter Jones reminds resellers and agronomists of reassuring results from Vicchem’s recent studies into adjuvant safety. Mr Jones said “all adjuvants have the potential to cause crop phytotoxicity which plantchemists believe is due to cellular breakdown. Based on Vicchem’s long-term studies, canola derived Hasten caused less cellular damage than mineral oil adjuvants and alcohol alkoxylate based non-ionic surfactants such as BS1000”, he said.
A key strength of Hasten is it’s ability to help systemic selective herbicides penetrate the waxy cuticle of target weeds, without damaging the crop.
On environmental safety, Mr Jones said Vicchem had also studied the effects of adjuvants on beneficial insects and predatory mites. The results show that Hasten was generally safer than Mineral oil based adjuvants and alcohol alkoxylate based non-ionic surfactants, which can be harmful to predatory green lacewing, predatory mites and parasitic wasps when sprayed on them, at typical use rates.
Mr Jones said Vicchem was also exploring opportunities to use some of the outstanding properties of Hasten in the development of new products; tailor-made made for certain pesticide types with Outright 770 for glyphosate applications in hard water an excellent example.
We are researching to incorporate these properties of Hasten into new adjuvant products in a targeted way.
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Product
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Chemical Company
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Hasten rate / 100L of spray volume
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Agixa* Rinskor*
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Corteva
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1 – 2L
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B-Power*
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Syngenta
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0.5 – 1L
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Exirel*
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FMC
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0.5L
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Frequency*
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BASF
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1L
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Minecto Forte*
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Syngenta
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0.2L
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Talinor*
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Syngenta
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1L
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Touchdown B-Power*
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Syngenta
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0.5 – 1.0L
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Ubeniq*
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Corteva
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2 – 4L
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Versys*
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BASF
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0.2L
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Topnotch*
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ADAMA
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0.5-1L
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Arvesta Motsa*
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Tomen/Arysta
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1L
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Atlantis*
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Bayer
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1L
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Blazer*
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UPL
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1L
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Cheetah* Gold
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Bayer
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1L
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Decision*
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Sipcam
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1L
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Destiny*
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Bayer
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0.5 – 1L/ha
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Eject* Defoliant
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Sipcam
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0.5L/ha
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Exirel
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FMC
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0.5L
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Flame* 240g/L product only
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BASF
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1L
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Gesaprim* and other atrazine products
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Syngenta
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0.5-1L
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Hammer*
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FMC
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0.5-1L
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Hussar*
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Bayer
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1L
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Intercept*
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BASF
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0.5L
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Intervix*
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BASF
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0.5L
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Logran* B-Power
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Syngenta
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0.5L
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Midas*
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BASF
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0.5L
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Movento
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Bayer
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0.5 -1.0 L/Ha
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OnDuty*
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BASF/Cropcare
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0.5L
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Platinum*360
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Adama
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0.5 – 1L
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Precept*
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Bayer
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0.5 – 1L
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Prosaro*
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Bayer
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1L/100L
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Raptor* WG
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BASF
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0.5 or 1L
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Select* and other Clethodim 240EC products
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Sumitomo
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0.5 – 1L
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Sharpen*
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BASF
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1L
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Shogun*
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Adama/Farmoz
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0.5L
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Spinnaker* and other 700g/Kg Imazethapyr products
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BASF
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0.5L
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Targa*Bolt
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Sipcam
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1L
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Terbyne*
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Sipcam
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0.5L
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Terbyne* Xtreme
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Sipcam
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0.5L
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Topik* and other Clodinafop 240EC products
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Syngenta
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0.5L
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Tordon* Regrowthmaster
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Dow
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0.5L
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Skope
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Adama
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1.0L/Ha
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Valor
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Sumitomo
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0.5 – 1.0L
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Velocity*
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Bayer
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1L
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Versys
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BASF
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0.2L
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Novellus
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Sipcam
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not specified
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Maxentis*
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Adama
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0.25 - 0.5L
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Mainman
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ISHIHARA SANGYO KAISHA
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2ml
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Custodia & Custodia Forte
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Adama
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not specified
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Primal
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Adama
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1L/ha
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Minecto Forte
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Syngenta
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200ml
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Xivana Prime
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Bayer
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0.5 – 1L/ha
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Proviso
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Adama
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1L
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Mirador 625
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Adama
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0.25 - 1L
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Thidiazuron and Thidiazuron + Diuron products for defoliation Dropp*
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Bayer
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0.5L/ha
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Dropp Ultramax*, Echem Thi-Ultra, Echem Thidiazuron 500
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Bayer
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0.5L/ha
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Ethephon products for boll opening
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0.5L/ha
|
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Prep* & Finish* (when used with Thidiazuron products)
|
Bayer
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0.5L/ha
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Eject* & Etee* Defoliant
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Sipcam
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0.5L/ha
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Bale Boost Range : Builds Better Bales
Download Full Bale Boost Range Brochure
Quality hay production in Australia is an important market supplying an essential component for livestock production and the ever expanding export hay market. Producing high-quality hay whether for domestic livestock consumption or export requires the right climatic condition both in growing the crop and at baling time when rainfall, heat and humidity can all seriously affect the final product.
From the development of Hasten and other leading adjuvant products, Vicchem has developed a range of products to assist hay production more effectively.
Bale Boost consists of a unique Hayspray 300 applicator with a range of Hay adjuvants to manage moisture and retain leaf quality in hay production.
The products being Dry Down, Bale Shield and Leaf Retain, each bring new and beneficial aspects to hay production. These products have been developed through Vicchem’s R&D team from established technologies in Vicchem’s proprietary portfolio.
The Bale Boost product guide outlines the features and benefits for each product in the Bale Boost range, to “build better bales”
Vicchem has achieved HACCP Certification for a Food Grade Ester!
Earlier this year Vicchem achieved Certification for a newly developed HACCP Plan to support the manufacture of a food grade Ester – Esterol 122. The preparations included;
- significant refurbishing of facilities
- preparing and implementing the HACCP Plan
- appointment and training of a Food Safety Supervisor
- training of personnel as food handlers
- closely monitored batch manufacture
The process was completed in record time with fantastic commitment and involvement of all staff and ably guided by our FoodSafe Focus Consultant. We passed initial HACCP audit by SGS with flying colours and have followed up with further improvements to continue producing high quality batches of product.
