Ceradis and Winfield® United have reached a partnership to distribute CeraMax® (Natamycin) in the United States

 

Jan Stechmann, Vice President of Marketing and Sales of CeraMax, said: "We are very pleased to cooperate with WinField United.
This is an important milestone for the commercialization of CeraMax in the foodmate.
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This cooperation reflects the two companies’ commitment to the future of biotechnology and The common goal of providing efficient and environmentally friendly solutions.
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　　CeraMax is a brand-new biological seed treatment agent for preventing soil-borne diseases such as Rhizoctonia and Fusarium virguliforme, the pathogenic pathogen of Sudden Soybean Death Syndrome.

 

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　　CeraMax is a new-generation solution to improve plant health, providing growers with a new option for defending against damaging diseases such as Sudden Soybean Death Syndrome.
If such destructive diseases are not resolved, they can reduce soybean production by up to 50% in severe cases.

 

　　Over the years, research and experiments conducted in 10 states have found that the  incidence of sudden death syndrome in soybeans treated with CeraMax and Acceleron ® Standard is significantly reduced, and the average yield per acre is increased by 4.
3 bushels compared with Acceleron Standard alone.
Research experiments have also found that CeraMax performs very well in improving plant vitality, better than ILEVO ® and Saltro ® , and shows no signs of phytotoxic stress to soybeans.

 

　　WinField United plans to sell CeraMax in the soybean-producing regions most affected by Sudden Soybean Death Syndrome in the past few years in 2021.

 

　　Ashley Giese, Marketing Manager of WinField United Seed Treatment Agents, said: "We are always looking for new technologies that can maximize the return on investment for growers.
Our goal is to provide growers with innovative, performance and value-driven seed treatment products.
We believe CeraMax will help us realize this strategy.
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　　Giese also said that the cooperation with Ceradis not only further reflects the company's mission to provide customers with a new generation of products, but also strengthens the company's rapidly growing seed treatment product portfolio.

 

　　Stechmann believes that the newly formed partnership between the two companies fully demonstrates the growing demand for biological inputs in the United States.
He went on to say that growers are eager for new solutions to cope with the changing crop production situation.
Ceradis is committed to achieving this goal through high-performance environmentally friendly products.
These products can help crops give full play to their genetic potential, maximize the return on investment for growers, and increase crop yields.

 

　　In the 2021 planting season, users can obtain CeraMax through WinField United and Direct Enterprises, Inc.
in Westfield, Indiana.

 

　　About Ceradis BV

 

　　Ceradis BV, a subsidiary of Wageningen University in the Netherlands, specializes in the development and commercialization of innovative environmentally friendly plant protection products and formulations.
The company has developed and obtained patents for (biological) preparation technologies that can improve the effectiveness of existing chemical active ingredients, thereby reducing the use of chemicals per unit area and residues on crops, making it more environmentally friendly.
Ceradis has also developed and applied for a patent for biological fungicides based on natural products.
The effect of the biological fungicide is equivalent to that of the chemical fungicide, and it is very convenient for farmers to handle.
Ceradis aims to promote the development of more environmentally friendly agriculture.
Ceradis has four product development platforms and cooperates with some of the world's leading plant protection companies to sell its first products in many countries.
For more information, please visit and follow Ceradis on LinkedIn.

 

　　About WinField United

 

　　WinField United is the seed, plant protection products, agricultural services and agronomic technology business unit of Land O'Lakes, Inc.
As an industry leader, WinField United mainly meets the needs of nearly 1,300 locally owned and operated cooperatives and independent agricultural material retailers and growers in the United States and Canada.
Advanced agronomic technology supported by data provided by WinField? United; operational excellence and sustainable solutions.