No matter how you look at it, the numbers associated with weed management are growing faster than a giant ragweed plant. To help illustrate just how fast that is, the Weed Science Society of America says invasive weeds are spreading at a rate of 4,600 acres per day on federal lands in the western United States.
Knowing that, just imagine what a single Palmer amaranth plant that can produce up to 1 million seeds a growing season can do in the Corn Belt.
By now, growers across the country are no stranger to herbicide resistance. The Weed Science Society of America has noted that nearly 250 weed species have developed herbicide resistance.
Not to mention, university researchers have recently confirmed six-way resistance in some weed species, rendering many common herbicides useless against them.
With statistics like this, retail sellers need to provide growers with solutions that get the job done right. A go-to solution for more than 3,300 retail sellers across the nation is to include InterLock® adjuvant with herbicide applications to improve deposition and reduce drift, resulting in superior weed control.
When it comes to recommending a crop protection product to help tackle the growing weed management issue, the numbers have to add up. For the past 20 years, InterLock has been added to tank mixes on 813 million acres to help improve deposition and reduce drift.
Regardless of chemistry, three patents on InterLock deliver exclusive technology that can help produce three big results.
1. InterLock adjuvant helps prevent 33% of your herbicide from drifting away, helping ensure more herbicide is delivered to the plant1.
2. InterLock technology modifies droplets to their optimal size to help enhance plant coverage. When added to a herbicide spray with DRA using our wind tunnel technology, InterLock has been known to reduce driftable fines by 60%2.
3. InterLock adjuvant increases canopy depth, helping get more active ingredient deeper into the plant, while helping sprays spread and stick to the leaf surface. As a result, InterLock can improve weed control by up to 7%3.
In today’s day and age of rapidly spreading weeds that are evolving to become more resistant to herbicide technology, it is crucial to take every step possible to reign them in. That’s why you should include InterLock adjuvant, a reigning leader in deposition and drift aids, in every herbicide application.
To learn more about InterLock, visit https://www.winfieldunited.com/products/built-for-it/interlock.
1 In 2023, InterLock reduced the number of driftable fines from the baseline treatment by an average of 33% across four herbicide tank mixtures and two nozzles.
2 2018 WinField United Innovation Center wind tunnel data.
3 2016 WinField United field research data.
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