New offer pairs Priaxor™ fungicide from BASF with spray nozzles from John Deere to increase efficiencies and soybean yield

RALEIGH, NC & MOLINE, IL, January 31, 2013-Soybean farmers can now take advantage of a deal that combines an effective soybean fungicide with an effective way to apply it, thanks toBASFandJohn Deere.

Soybean growers who purchase $300 or more of Priaxor™ fungicide from BASF before March 15, 2013, may qualify to purchase John Deere spray nozzles between April 1 and May 31, 2013 with no payments and no-interest financing for 150 days.*

"When you think about BASF and John Deere, words like innovation, solutions, reliability and quality come to mind," said Paul Rea, Vice President, U.S. Crop Protection, BASF. "By joining together for this special offer, we've formed an ideal disease-fighting program to help growers drive up their margins through unparalleled product performance and increased efficiencies."

Priaxorfungicide provides continuous protection against a broad spectrum of plant diseases. More than 75 trials conducted by BASF in 2010 and 2011, in the U.S., reveal that soybean acres treated with Priaxor fungicide out-yielded untreated land 87 percent of the time.

John Deere nozzles offer precision sprayer performance and accuracy. With a variety of specialized sprayers, there is a solution for every grower and every soybean acre, including the Twin-Air nozzle for high-coverage applications with on-target spraying, providing uniform coverage - perfect for low crops with complex canopies.

This enhanced and targeted coverage maximizes applications of Priaxor fungicide by distributing it evenly on soybean leaves. Once applied, Priaxor fungicide continuously delivers its chemistry throughout each leaf. This brings more consistent disease protection and post-infection disease controls, providing Plant Health benefits that can result in greater yields.

To learn more about this deal, go towww.BASF-Deere-Deal.basf.us.

About John Deere

Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) is a world leader in providing advanced products and services and is committed to the success of customers whose work is linked to the land - those who cultivate, harvest, transform, enrich and build upon the land to meet the world's dramatically increasing need for food, fuel, shelter and infrastructure. Since 1837, John Deere has delivered innovative products of superior quality built on a tradition of integrity.  For more information, visit John Deere at its worldwide website atwww.JohnDeere.com.

About the BASF Crop Protection division

With sales of € 4.1 billion in 2011, BASF's Crop Protection division is a leader in crop protection and a strong partner to the farming industry providing well-established and innovative fungicides, insecticides and herbicides. Farmers use these products and services to improve crop yields and crop quality. Other uses include public health, structural/urban pest control, turf and ornamental plants, vegetation management, and forestry. BASF aims to turn knowledge rapidly into market success. The vision of BASF's Crop Protection division is to be the world's leading innovator, optimizing agricultural production, improving nutrition, and thus enhancing the quality of life for a growing world population. Further information can be found on the web atwww.agro.basf.comor follow us on twitter:www.twitter.com/basfagro.

BASF - The Chemical Company

BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has more than 16,000 employees in North America, and had sales of $20 billion in 2011. For more information about BASF's North American operations, visitwww.basf.us.

BASF is the world's leading chemical company: The Chemical Company. Its portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products and crop protection products to oil and gas. We combine economic success, social responsibility and environmental protection. Through science and innovation we enable our customers in almost all industries to meet the current and future needs of society. Our products and system solutions contribute to conserving resources, ensuring healthy food and nutrition and helping to improve the quality of life. We have summed up this contribution in our corporate purpose: We create chemistry for a sustainable future. BASF posted sales of about €73.5 billion in 2011 and had more than 111,000 employees as of the end of the year. Further information on BASF is available on the Internet atwww.basf.com.

* Offer expires May 31, 2013. No payments and no interest, which may be prior to delivery. Offer limited to agricultural multi-use account customers who make a minimum $300 purchase of Priaxor fungicide by March 15, 2013. After the promotional period, interest charges will begin to accrue at the rate provided in the multi-use account credit agreement. Subject to John Deere Financial approval and merchant participation. Offer limited to qualifying products and minimum purchase requirements. Subject to merchant participation. See your BASF retailer for complete details. Multi-use accounts are a service of John Deere Financial, f.s.b. Available at participating BASF Authorized Retailers.

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