2010 awards program sponsored by BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals

COLUMBUS, OH, July 13, 2010 – BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals and Greenhouse Grower magazine have recognized Huntersville, North Carolina-based Metrolina Greenhouses, as Operation of the Year and Regina Coronado of York, South Carolina-based Stacy’s Greenhouse, as Head Grower of the Year. Both awards were part of the Evening of Excellence reception during the Ohio Florists Association (OFA) Short Course in Columbus, Ohio.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, February 8, 2010 – BASF Professional Turf  & Ornamentals announced it has added four new employees to its team effective immediately.  Appointed are Business Manager, Brian Lish; Strategic Account Manager - National Golf, Lawn and Landscape, Derek Miller; and Senior Sales Specialists; Chris Key and Jonathan Smith.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, November 17, 2009 - BASF North American Crop Protection announces the appointment of Jan Buberl to head the organization’s Specialty Products Division (SPD) effective October 1, 2009. The division comprises three businesses: Professional Pest Control Solutions, Professional Turf & Ornamentals, and Professional Vegetation Management.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, October 19, 2009 – BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals today announced it will end its marketing agreement with OHP and return Pylon^® insecticide/miticide to its ornamentals product portfolio.

To give industry professionals greater value and convenience when controlling diseases and weeds, BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals announced new larger packaging options on two key products. Pendulum^® AquaCap^™ herbicide is available for a limited time in a 110-gallon drum and Insignia^® fungicide is now available in a 36-pound drum.