BASF Reaffirms Its Commitment To Ag:The crop protection giant plans to invest more than $2 billionin agricultural products over the next five years to further its market reach

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MOST observers would agree that these are interesting times to be involved in the agricultural market. Since the market crash of mid-2008, commodity prices have remained high and growers and their suppliers have largely been the beneficiaries of thisgrowth.Markus Heldt, president of the Crop Protection Division for BASF, pointed this out at the company's recent Press Tour in Limburgerhof, Germany. "We've seen a lot of change in the ag chemicals industry over the past 30 years," said Heldt. "But the most exciting times have occurred over the past three to four years."