MARCH MADNESS: Industry Rallies Around Glyphosate Safety Amid Troubling Report

Multiple resistance or cross resistance of weeds to 2, 3 or even 4 classes of chemistry is steadily […]

Bob Hartzler and Mike Owen, professors of agronomy and ISU Extension and Outreach weed scientists, updated the 2015 Herbicide Guide for Iowa Corn and Soybean Production to reflect the 2014 growing season, product effectiveness and changes in industry offerings

Under careful watch, the new 2,4-D- and dicamba-tolerant crops hit more acres this season.

Started in 2010, the Flag the Technology program provides a visual reference for applicators to distinguish between fields planted with different herbicide-tolerant trait technologies.

Featuring two modes of action, Revulin Q helps preserve the efficacy of existing herbicide options when used in a strategic weed-control program.

DiFlexx (dicamba) has a wide window of application, from burndown to V10, for ensuring complete broadleaf weed control and flexibility, and is tankmix compatible with Corvus or Balance Flexx herbicides from burndown to V2, and post with Laudis or Capreno herbicides.

A University of Georgia professor is advocating that farmers rotate the pesticides they apply to cotton crops in order to prevent another outbreak of the herbicide-resistant weed, Palmer amaranth.

FMC Corp. has acquired all global rights to a novel, proprietary herbicide from Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., and Ihara Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.

Protea’s LAESI DP-1000 Instrument System will be used in Purdue’s College of Agriculture, the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, for the molecular imaging of herbicide active ingredients and other related compounds to optimize herbicide applications and improve weed management. 

Syngenta will sell BroadAxe XC herbicide in 2015 for use on soybeans, sunflowers and dry peas

A registration decision by EPA for BASF’s Engenia herbicide is anticipated to follow the dicamba-tolerant trait deregulation milestone.

Lodged Palmer amaranth seeds may travel across state lines with the combine, says Kevin Bradley, weed scientist at University of Missouri Extension.

Unique weed management challenges facing growers in 2015, such as new herbicide tolerance traits and herbicide resistance, will be the focus of the presentation by MSU weed control specialist Christy Sprague on March 23.

A team of 12 scientists is making significant headway in the battle against difficult weeds through their work at Syngenta on the Acuron corn herbicide technical team.

Monsanto and Sumitomo Chemical have entered into long-term agreements for weed management collaboration in Brazil and Argentina, expanding their ongoing strategic partnership under their North American Agreement.

Widespread herbicide resistance is keeping new actives and reformulated herbicide products center stage for ag retailers helping growers keep their fields clean and productive.

The product that will give growers of cereal crops, grass seed, alfalfa and managers of rangeland and non-cropland areas access to a new biological herbicide for suppression of downy brome.