Dow AgroSciences unveiled, the Enlist™ Ahead app offers growers and applicators vital herbicide application information from a single source. The app, designed for use with the Enlist Weed Control System, is a precision agriculture tool for maximizing weed control performance, managing weed resistance and making responsible applications of Enlist Duo™ herbicide with Colex-D™ Technology. Regulatory approvals are pending for the … Read More
Alta Seeds to Launch 1st Herbicide Tolerant Sorghum Hybrids
Alta Seeds, the premium brand of Advanta, a leading international supplier of proprietary crop genetics, will demonstrate the first herbicide tolerant sorghum hybrids in their 2014 trials in Hereford, Texas. The first grain sorghum hybrids with this trait will be introduced commercially by Alta Seeds in 2016. Herbicide tolerant grain sorghum will give growers greater ability to control yield-limiting grassy … Read More
NUFARM Introduces Cheetah Herbicide
Nufarm announces the introduction of Cheetah® herbicide, a non-selective herbicide that provides quicker, more reliable control of glyphosate-resistant broadleaf weeds in high-value crops such as tree nuts, grapes, bushberries, pome and stone fruit, citrus, sweet corn and olives. Cheetah is also labeled for use as a desiccant on potato vines. Cheetah herbicide is a Group 10 herbicide (glutamine synthetase chemicals … Read More
Genome Database to Aid Fruit Growers & Scientists
Scientists and growers can use a new genome database developed in part by University of Florida researchers to help make fruit trees more disease and pest resistant and enhance crop quality. Researchers who study citrus, rosaceae and vaccinium crops will be the primary users of the portal, said Mercy Olmstead, assistant professor of horticultural sciences at UF’s Institute of Food … Read More
Syngenta’s New Acuron Herbicide Brand Signature
As Acuron™ corn herbicide (SYN-A197) from Syngenta moves toward expected EPA registration for the 2015 growing season, the unveiling of the brand signature is the latest milestone in the herbicide’s development. Within the Acuron signature, four inverted triangles adjoin to create a star. Each triangle represents the herbicide’s four active ingredients, including new bicyclopyrone. Syngenta developed the star icon to … Read More
National Summit on Herbicide Resistance Scheduled
The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) have announced plans for a second national scientific summit on the topic of herbicide resistance on September 10th in Washington, D.C. The event will be hosted by National Research Council at the Auditorium in the National Academy of Sciences Building on Constitution Avenue and will draw public policy makers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, growers … Read More
Site of Action Key to Herbicide Success
Weed control today is more complex and difficult than before so BASF reminds growers this season that a key element to combating resistance is the herbicide site of action. There’s a difference between site of action and mode of action. Basically, site of action is “where” and mode of action is “how.” “The site of action is the location in … Read More
Preventive Resistance from Sygenta
Herbicide resistance has become an increasingly troublesome concern for farmers across the country. As farmers begin planting their 2014 crops, they will be interested in learning more about herbicide resistance in the U.S. and how to fight it. This infographic from Syngenta below shows the history and expansion of herbicide resistance across the country, a guide on which weeds to … Read More
FMC’s Solutions for Southern Rice Growers
Don Johnson is FMC’s Tech Service Sales Manager for the Southern Region. Chuck met up with him during the Mid-South Farm & Gin Show in Memphis last week and talked about what FMC has available for rice farmers. Don also reminded attendees as they walked through their booth that FMC has a wide product portfolio that includes something for all … Read More
Better Model, Better Weed Resistance Predictor
A better simulation model will give producers a better predictor of when weeds will develop herbicide resistance. An article in the journal Weed Technology talks about how the model will predict when rice fields’ biggest scourge, barnyardgrass, will become resistant to two widely used herbicides – propanil and quinclorac. [The] model that can analyze the simultaneous evolution of resistance to … Read More