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EPA registers BASF’s Engenia dicamba herbicide

The Environmental Protection Agency has registered Engenia dicamba-only herbicide from BASF Corp. for over-the-top use on dicamba-tolerant soybeans and cotton. State registrations are pending. Before making its decision, the EPA reviewed nearly 22,000 public comments. Engenia contains a BAPMA form of...

Valent introduces liquid formulation of Valor herbicide for 2017

a {color: green; text-decoration: none;} a:hover {color: green; text-decoration: underline;} Valor EZ, a liquid formulation of Valent U.S.A.'s herbicide, Valor, will be available for the 2017 season. As a liquid, it provides an easy-to-mix tankmix partner with other residual herbicides for the...

Arkansas Plant Board unanimously OKs dicamba restrictions

After about three hours of public hearings before an overflow audience, the Arkansas Plant Board on Nov. 21 passed a rule that would severely restrict the use of dicamba herbicide. The proposed restrictions now go to the governor. The hearing...

Purdue updates adjuvant guide, offers free downloads

Ah, have times have changed. When Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., published its first "Compendium of Herbicide Adjuvants" in 1992, it contained 76 listings from 22 companies. Thirteen editions later, and the 2016 version lists 779 products from 38...

EPA OKs XtendiMax dicamba herbicide

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BASF launches new soybean herbicide premix, Zidua Pro

After receiving Environmental Protection Agency registration earlier this year, BASF Inc. of Research Triangle Park, N.C., has launched Zidua Pro herbicide for soybeans. The residual herbicide premix controls a broad array of grassy and broadleaf weeds, including Palmer amaranth. It contains...

2017 Southern Soybean Varieties

Check out the myriad existing and new varieties available for the 2017 planting season. Each variety is followed by a list of bullet points that highlight its traits. Don't see a variety that fits your particular planting program? The 2017 Southern Soybean...

Bayer decides not to fight EPA over Belt insecticide

Bayer officials have decided not to fight the Environmental Protection Agency over the registration cancellation of flubendiamide insecticide. In a statement Wednesday, the company said it was too risky to appeal the case. The insecticide is marketed by Bayer as Belt...

EPA registers new insect growth regulator

Tampa, Fla.-based Helm Agro US recently received Environmental Protection Agency Section 3 registration for its insecticide/miticide Diflumax 2L. The product, an insect growth regulator, contains the active ingredient diflubenzuron. It blocks the production of chitin, which is used to build...

Bayer commits to Southern soybeans with new breeding stations

A relative newcomer to soybean development, Bayer has reconfirmed its commitment to the Mid-South industry with the recent completion of a new soybean breeding station near Marion, Ark. The Marion facility joins the Soybean Breeding and Trait Development Station Bayer completed...

Appeals board sides with EPA, cancels Belt insecticide registration

An Environmental Protection Agency appeals board has upheld the agency’s decision to cancel registration of Belt insecticide from Bayer CropScience, but it will let growers use existing stocks. Belt, which contains the active ingredient flubendiamide, is labeled to control lepidopteran...

DuPont inks multi-year supply deal with Monsanto for dicamba

Monsanto Co. and DuPont signed a multi-year dicamba supply agreement for the United States and Canada. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. St. Louis-based Monsanto has invested more than $1 billion in a dicamba production facility in Luling, La.,...

Judge upholds EPA’s cancellation of Belt insecticide

An administrative law judge has upheld the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to cancel registration of the insecticide, flubendiamide. The active ingredient, marketed by Bayer CropScience as Belt, received a conditional registration in 2008. Bayer is joined by Nichino America as...

EPA proposes allowing use of Transform insecticide, but not on soybeans or cotton

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed allowing the use of sulfoxaflor insecticide again but on fewer crops and with additional pollinator-protection measures. The insecticide, marketed as Transform and Closer by Dow AgroSciences, was pulled from the market in 2015 after the...

BASF submits registration request for new insecticide

BASF recently submitted a registration request for Inscalis, a novel insecticidal active ingredient that controls piercing and sucking insects. Among those are whiteflies, aphids, psyllids, scales and leafhoppers. The first tier of registrations, expected in 2019 pending regulatory approval, are...

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