FMC was talking with farmers about the new season during the 2014 National Farm Machinery Show. The announcement last December that their Anthem herbicide is now registered for soybeans adds some nice flexibility for weed control. FMC’s Nick Hustedde told me, “The Anthem registration in soybeans is really going to help allow growers to be flexible because it can be … Read More
Palmer Amaranth Weeds Show Fitness & Persistence
An article featured in the current issue of Weed Science offers results from a greenhouse experiment focused on how resistance might affect the continued fitness of Palmer amaranth plants by comparing glyphosate-resistant plants to glyphosate-susceptible plants. Palmer amaranth is a weed native to the southwestern U.S. that has developed resistance to various herbicides since the late 1980s. Its resistance to … Read More
Weed Control for Soybean Growers
FMC Agricultural Solutions announces a new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) crop registration of its Anthem SE herbicide now for use on soybeans. Anthem herbicide offers both corn and soybean growers control of broadleaf weeds and grasses with flexible application timing up to 45 days preplant, preemergence and early postemergence. Introduced for corn in fall of 2012, Anthem herbicide provides powerful … Read More
Cotton Growers Battle against Herbicide Resistance
For nearly a decade, cotton growers have been battling to save crops from the ravages of glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri). Though in many ways they are finally gaining the upper hand, an expert with the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) says the progress has come at a great cost. Palmer amaranth is no ordinary foe. This prolific weed … Read More
Results from BASF Survey on Weed Resistance
A new grower survey by BASF Crop Protection shows majority of are facing challenges with glyphosate-resistant weeds. Three out of four growers who participated in a recent survey by BASF suspect that glyphosate resistance is a cause of their tough to control weeds. As a result, a staggering 76 percent of these growers have already changed their weed management program … Read More
Monsanto Invites Farmers to Follow a Field
Monsanto is encouraging farmers to “Follow-A-Field” in order to learn more about the next innovation in soybean and cotton weed control. The Follow-A-Field initiative from Monsanto is an interactive experience featured on XtendFollowAField.com that follows three farmers as they take their Roundup Ready 2 Xtend™ soybean fields from burndown through harvest as part of the Monsanto Ground Breakers® Field Trials … Read More
Global Epidemic of Weed Resistance
Weed resistance just might have been the hottest topic of discussion at the Bayer CropScience tent during the 2013 Farm Progress Show. They hosted a panel on Weed Resistance in the Americas, to highlight the global epidemic. The commonality each of these panelist seemed to bring to the table was diversity and how it needs to be implemented across each … Read More
Monsanto’s Ground Breaker Growers
Monsanto hosted a Ground Breakers Media Event right before the 2013 Farm Progress Show kicked off last week. Media gathered for dinner and then headed out into the field to see first hand the results from Monsanto’s Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Soybean Ground Breakers. Tony White is the Soybean Technology Development Manager for Monsanto. His main responsibilities are managing the … Read More
Precision.AgWired.com Podcast: New old technologies
What was once considered old is now becoming popular again. Cameron Mills is a Beck’s Hybrids seed dealer and farms in Indiana. Earlier this month he was presenting at Becknology Days in Atlanta, Ind. He says farmers are looking for ways to carry over nutrients in the soil. One of the best ways to do that, he says, is by … Read More
Late Application of Herbicide Can Reduce Yields
It’s all in the timing. Delaying herbicide application until later stages of weed growth can result in lower crop yields. A field survey found that when glyphosate is applied to glyphosate-resistant soybeans with weeds taller than 6 inches, crop yields can be reduced by as much as 27 percent. The journal Weed Science examines weed competition across 64 site-years in … Read More