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Herbicide Suppliers Agree on 2019 Season: ‘It’s Unprecedented’
“We are the most efficient producers in the world, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy,” is how Mike Henderson, Executive Vice President, Central U.S.…
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Waterhemp: A ‘Friendly’ Native Evolves Into the Cornbelt’s Worst Weed Problem
Waterhemp’s rise to the Cornbelt’s worst weed is one of the Cornbelt’s more fascinating weed-related events over the past 40 years, writes Extension Weed…
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Corteva Agriscience Introduces Pixxaro EC Herbicide for Cereals
Wheat growers have a powerful new tool available to them in 2020. Pixxaro EC herbicide joins the lineup of Corteva Agriscience cereals herbicides to…
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Dicamba Herbicide: Tavium Plus VaporGrip Technology Has Strong Launch
As the market’s first premix residual dicamba herbicide, Tavium Plus VaporGrip Technology from Syngenta delivered exceptional first-year weed control, despite early-season weather challenges, including…
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Using the Broader Approach Against Rising Weed Resistance
The battle against herbicide-resistant Palmer amaranth continues unabated in North Carolina, writes John Hart at Southeast FarmPress. Charlie Cahoon, North Carolina State University Extension…
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EPA Paraquat Requirements Place Spotlight on Closed Transfer Systems
The liquid herbicide paraquat is widely used throughout North America as an effective herbicide and pre-harvest crop defoliant, but can be fatal if accidentally…
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FMC Announces 23 New Tank-Mix Partners for Enlist Duo and Enlist One
Twenty-three herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides from FMC are now listed on either the Enlist Duo and/or the Enlist One herbicide websites as approved tank-mix…
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Illinois Department of Agriculture Adds More Dicamba Restrictions
The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) has announced additional label restrictions for the 2020 growing season for the herbicide dicamba. After careful consideration, IDOA…
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Glyphosate Wars: The Non-Science Strikes Back!
Recently, I devoted an entire column to the fact that science was finally coming back to the forefront of the long-running debate on the…
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BASF Steps Up the War on Resistant Weeds
As a company, the past year or so for BASF has been quite memorable. Although the company itself wasn’t directly involved in many of…
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