HELM Agro US Launches Four New Crop Protection Products in Q1 2018

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

In total, HELM now has 19 crop protection products in its U.S. portfolio for the row crop, specialty crop and horticultural markets.

“The rapid expansion of our portfolio is remarkable,” says Troy Bettner, Marketing and Business Development Leader for the company. “The pace has a lot to do with the organization’s commitment to global research and new product development.”

HELM’s latest introductions stem from market demand for high quality formulations that can compete against market leading brands in both performance and economic value.

Bettner says HELM is globally equipped to compete against market-dominating crop protection companies as a result of the organization’s world-class intelligence and expertise in both active ingredients and formulations.

New HELM Offerings 

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, sugar beets, 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,” Bettner says.

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 herbicide and HELMET SPC herbicide 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. 

HELM Portfolio Expansion

According to Bettner, HELM currently has one of the fastest growing portfolios in the U.S. crop protection category.

Always looking to the future, he says the company is continuously working on visionary solutions from their research and development pipeline, with several discoveries already slated for U.S. markets over the next several years.

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

“HELM products are among the most-tested within the post-patent agrochemical industry. Every product in our portfolio is thoroughly evaluated and field-tested to ensure it does what we say it can,” says Bettner.

“The proof is in our performance - delivering top quality products with greater ROI that customers can ‘take to the bank.’”