US Fungicide Demand Booms

Avatar for Matt Hopkins By Scott C. Lucas|28 June 2007

According to the National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA), the record area of corn being planted, in part to supply the growing biofuel industry and the improved commodity prices ushered in by biofuel demand, all fungicide applications – including aerial applications – are on the increase.

Sources estimate the US corn area to reach a 60-year high this season.