Herbicides
The concern is that limiting access to foreign supply of the herbicide 2,4-D could put farmers in a tough spot.
As the 2025 seed-buying process ramps up, the financial investment for conventional corn might look promising but you need to consider weed control, insect pressure and market opportunities .
Remember chemistry class when the teacher poured two innocent-looking liquids into a beaker and a volcano of foam erupted? Similar, but less dramatic, chemical reactions can happen when incompatible herbicides are not mixed correctly.
The final strategy itself does not impose any requirements or restrictions on pesticide use and will be used to inform mitigations for new active ingredient registrations and registration review of conventional herbicides.
Lejeune Aerial Applications’ Crew, USA Rice and NAAA hosted USDA and EPA officials to demonstrate the techniques, experience and technology used to aerially apply pesticides and other inputs needed for rice production.
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the emergency suspension of all registrations of the pesticide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA or Dacthal) under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
Aerial applicators can help expand cover crop acreage by facilitating their timely and efficient seeding.
To-date the company has done more than 1,000 greenhouse trials and field trials. Results show the Harpe bioherbicide platform can help overcome more than 30 resistant weeds.
Bayer has requested a new label for XtendiMax from EPA. Public comment is underway. Also, farmers and retailers are urged to verify final sale and use cutoff dates for dicamba-based products in their respective states.
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“It’s challenging for growers trying to build their herbicide programs right now,” says Wade Firestone, marketing manager with HELM Crop Solutions.
Iowa State University Extension research shows weeds not controlled after the V2 growth stage can reduce yields by up to 1% per day. Uncontrolled weeds can also contribute to harvest difficulties and weed seed banks.
While farmers find the technology useful, especially for spot spraying and targeting fields in less-than-ideal conditions, weed scientists are buzzing with more caution.
Tolvera recently received registration by the EPA for use on spring and winter wheat, durum and barley.
Don’t take equipment to fields too soon and create headaches that will linger all season. While you wait for the right timing, consider doing prep work and projects that can help set you up for yield success.
Drone application has a lot of advantages for farmers and ag retailers, but it may not be the right choice for everyone.
“We’re living in a world where it’s just a matter of time,” Harlan Asmus says referencing the development of resistance.
On February 14, the EPA issued an existing stocks order for dicamba products previously registered for over-the-top use.
“When the court issued the order, it vacated the registrations for those Dicamba products nationwide,” Richard Gupton says.
The product is intended for use on corn acres and is the industry’s first solid-encapsulated herbicide technology.
Forty million dicamba-tolerant soybean and cotton acres would be directly impacted by the ruling the U.S. District Court of Arizona in Tucson made Tuesday. EPA has not said when it will respond to the court’s decision.
As the 2023 new product of the year runner-up, Storen corn herbicide’s status as an early favorite may not come as a surprise to some. The product was developed based on feedback from its target audience.
Herbicide + oil adjuvant = improved active ingredient uptake by the plant and heightened weed control performance.
While you can’t make Mother Nature send rain, you can review crop-rotation restrictions on chemistries you applied last year. Knowing that information can guide what crop you plant where this spring.
If a new active ingredient herbicide were discovered today, it would be at least 10 years before it could be sold in the market. Making better choices now can be a forecast for your farmers’ fields.
“All those things that play into how do you get your herbicide to go from 80 to 90 or 95% it’s a very fine margin of error, but it’s an art and when you do it correctly,” says Kyle Gustafson.
As farmers have grown more aware of expanded options for buying inputs, retailers have invested in how they are part of the party.
After losing its third consecutive trial, a Bayer investor called for the company to reconsider its litigation strategy, and a trial lawyer signaled interest in restarting settlement talks for thousands of Roundup cases.
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Maverick can be used to control problematic weeds such as waterhemp, Palmer amaranth, annual grasses, and more.