The strength of Bayer CropScience’s innovative arable crop fungicides combined with global market conditions has led to an increase in global demand for its cereal and oilseed rape active substance prothioconazole, the firm says.

Bayer has made significant new investment over the past 18 months and has secured new production capacity to meet the expected global demand growth over the next few years. This new capacity is now in place but the planned prothioconazole output has been disrupted by a temporary production shortfall.  In the short term therefore supply may be under some pressure though the firm says it is working with its distributor partners to minimise the impact.

For the coming season in the UK the recovery of planted winter crop areas and acceptance by growers and advisors of the strong technical benefits of Bayer’s fungicide range have resulted in unprecedented demand and the firm says it will continue to work to meet these requirements.

Prothioconazole is the active ingredient in Proline and is also in Aviator 235 and Siltra Xpro, Variano Xpro, Boogie Xpro, Skyway 285 Xpro, Sparticus Xpro, Recital, Propulse, Fandango, Firefly, Kurdi, Unicur, Jaunt, Hale, Helix, Spiral, Prosaro, Kestrel, Capo, Corinth, Mobius and Zephyr.