Growers have been seeing some great results with FMC’s Solstice™ postemergence herbicide in this second year on the market. “Corn growers are pretty familiar with the HPPD inhibitor chemistry that’s in Solstice,” said FMC North America corn segment manager Matt Hancock during interviews at the recent Ag Media Summit. “But what we did was take that one step further and … Read More
FMC Anthem Maxx Herbicide Out This Fall
Anthem® Maxx herbicide due out this fall from FMC is a new, concentrated version of Anthem herbicide that offers growers a dramatically lower use-rate. “We like taking Anthem to corn,” said Matt Hancock, FMC Corn Segment Manager. “This is a four ounce per acre use rate to get pre- and post-emergent control of broadleaves and pre-emergent control of grasses…it takes … Read More
BASF Preparing for Engenia Approval
We’ve been hearing about the development of Engenia™ herbicide for dicamba-tolerant crops from BASF Crop Protection for over three years now and the wait for it to come to market may soon be over. “Our anticipation is that registration will come in the fourth quarter of this year,” said Dr. Chad Brommer, BASF Technical Market Manager for Engenia, during a … Read More
Surveil Herbicide Approved for Soybean Growers
The EPA has approved a new pre emergence, residual herbicide from Dow AgroSciences, available for the 2016 growing season. The new herbicide combines two active ingredients in one convenient premix. It offers easy mixing and handling and proven weed control designed to battle hard-to-control broadleaf weeds. “This new formulation is the first to offer growers the convenience of having the … Read More
Dow’s New Herbicide to Help Control Resistant Weeds
Registration for Dow AgroSciences new herbicide is expected in 2016. The company recently announced they’ve named the previously known GF-3471; it will now be referred to as Resicore herbicide. “Resicore is designed to control weeds throughout the season,” says Luke Peters, corn herbicides product manager, Dow AgroSciences. “It will provide trusted residual control, resistance management and resounding yield potential as the … Read More
EPA Rejects Glyphosate Limits, Seeks Butterfly Comments
After more than a year of review, the Environmental Protection Agency has rejected a petition to limit the use of the herbicide glyphosate claiming that it causes harm to monarch butterflies. EPA responded to the petition filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council saying the agency “has not determined that glyphosate causes unreasonable adverse effects to the monarch butterfly.” At … Read More
2,4-D and Dicamba Reports to Be Released
The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) will soon be releasing another report. An earlier report, released in March, categorized the herbicide glyhosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans,” a category shared by aloe vera and coffee. The upcoming report will be the results of their review of 2,4-D and dicamba. Farm organizations are concerned. National Corn … Read More
BASF Opens New Research Station in India
A new BASF research station in Pune, India will focus on the areas of herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, and other solutions beyond crop protection products. Experts in biology, farm managements, and workers have been hired for the new facitlity. The center will research ares of global interest for the agriculture community, but it will also investigate issues specific to India, such … Read More
New Corn Herbicide Approved by EPA
Syngenta has announced that Acuron™ corn herbicide has received registration from the federal EPA. Newly approved Acuron has been shown to control 70-plus weeds, including broadleaf and grass weeds like Palmer amaranth, marestail, giant ragweed, kochia, morningglory and waterhemp. These weeds have become particularly hard for growers to manage. “Current herbicides are losing effectiveness, and it’s not unusual for us … Read More
FMC Introduces Anthem® Maxx Herbicide
Anthem® Maxx herbicide, a new and stronger concentration of Anthem herbicide by FMC, is now available to corn and soybean growers. “Anthem Maxx herbicide has the same benefits that growers are familiar with getting from our Anthem herbicides with a decreased use rate, cutting the rate in half,” said Matt Hancock, FMC Agricultural Solutions North America corn segment manager. “With … Read More