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.

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.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, October 5, 2009 – BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals today announced its launch of Honor^™ fungicide, a combination of two industry-leading active ingredients, and Tower^® herbicide, which features dimethenamid-P, a new active ingredient for the turf market. Both products give golf course superintendents broad-spectrum control to help them optimize applications.