Dear Readers,
With this year's first edition of Ciba Agriculture Update, we would like to wish everyone stable natural conditions for the coming growing season and great success for the business in 2007!
We closed the year 2006 participating in two important events celebrated in Spain. One was the XII Expoagro in Almeria and the second was the “Simposium Internacional de Plasticultura” organized by the Spanish Committee of Agricultural Plastics.
Ciba presentations are below:
Ciba® SoilFix® soil structure stabilizer and infiltration aid - an ideal addition to sound farming practices
 | Ciba® SoilFix®, a polymer specifically designed for agriculture, has the ability to stabilize soil structure and aid infiltration by crumb stabilization and fines flocculation. Trials in Brazil, Spain and Australia have shown significant yield and quality improvements for a large number of both field and tree crops. |
Read more about successful trials with SoilFix® (PDF 1.2MB)
(open access until end of March)
 | Click here to see a video showing the effect of SoilFix® IR
Ciba® SoilFix® IR maintains irrigation water in the root zone in a sandy soil. On the left you can see the treated water being retained, compared to the untreated on the right which is running through the soil profile away from the plant’s roots. |
Success stories with oxo-biodegradable mulch in Portugal and Spain
 | Thanks to Ciba® ENVIROCARE® AG 1000 degradable films, Portugal’s largest melon producer has been able to eliminate his plastic mulch waste without loosing the benefits of mulching...
Click here to learn more (PDF 0.2 MB) |
Oxo-biodegradable mulching for industrial tomatoes enables farmers to perceive the benefits of mulching while using industrial harvesting machinery...
Article published by "Tomato news, January 2007".
Click here to download (PDF 0.4MB) |  |
Mike Nettleton, Soil Additives Business Development Manager
 | Mike is a member of Luz Ensenart’s (South Europe) and Bob Greensmith’s (North and Western Europe) teams and is available to support you in the area of soil additives.
Mike has over 20 years experience in this field. He initially conducted agricultural field trials and then moved in technical sales. |
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