The Environmental Protection Agency and registrants of flubendiamide continue to disagree about whether the insecticide should be pulled from the market.
Bayer CropScience markets the active ingredient as Belt Insecticide, and it is labeled to control worm pests on several...
The Environmental Protection Agency has extended the comment period on a new dicamba formulation for use on soybeans and cotton genetically engineered to be tolerant to the herbicide. The deadline to comment is now May 31. The previous deadline was...
Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Valent U.S.A. plans to expand its research facility in Leland, Miss., as well as build a new facility near Champaign, Ill. The investments are part of a wide-scale global research initiative announced earlier this month by...
Credit Moro, Ark., farmer Billy Don Hinkle with coming up with an easy way to connect two pieces of poly tubing together without any tools.
The Splice Device, as the invention is called, is being marketed by Delta Plastics of...
Bayer CropScience has taken the "unprecedented step" and requested a formal hearing before an Environmental Protection Agency administrative law judge over the agency's proposed cancellation of registrations for flubendiamide insecticide.
Bayer markets the active ingredient as Belt Insecticide, and it...
Moline, Ill.-based Deere & Co. has entered into a joint venture with Hagie Manufacturing, the maker of high-clearance sprayers, in which Deere acquires majority ownership. Hagie will continue producing sprayers at its current Clarion, Iowa, location.
Equipment made by the...
Citing accidental exposure that has caused injuries and even death, the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new worker protection rules for those handling the herbicide, paraquat.
Among the changes are:
• New closed-system packaging designed to make it nearly impossible to...
Dow AgroSciences plans to launch Elevore with Arylex active, a new burn-down herbicide that controls a broad spectrum of broadleaf weeds, including those resistant to glyphosate and ALS herbicides.
Dow expects the Environmental Protection Agency to register the herbicide in...
Draft a weed-control plan before planting, don’t skimp on preplant treatments and rotate modes of action.
Soybeans are expected to see another low point in commodity prices this year, but that won’t change the pre-planting habits of Mid-South growers, such...
Yuma, Ariz.-based Gowan Co. has agreed to acquire Dow AgroSciences' entire dinitroaniline (DNA) herbicide portfolio.
The deal includes global product registrations, trademarks, intellectual property and labels for herbicides based on the molecules trifluralin, benfluralin and ethalfluralin.
Among the brands included are...
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to withdraw registration of Enlist Duo herbicide from Dow AgroSciences, saying new information suggests the product is more toxic to nearby plants than previously thought.
In a court filing Nov. 24, the EPA asked the...
The Environmental Protection Agency is accepting comments through Jan. 5, 2016, on whether to revoke all tolerances for chlorpyrifos, a broad-spectrum insecticide marketed as Lorsban and a handful of other brands.
Chlorpyrifos, a restricted-use pesticide, is labeled to control insect...
Deere & Co. is on an acquisition mode, announcing Nov. 3 that it would acquire Monosem, a European manufacturer of precision planters.
The purchase includes the firm's four facilities in France and two in the United States.
Under the arrangement, Monosem...
■ Enlist Duo approved for use in additional states
The EPA has approved Enlist Duo herbicide for use in additional states. A key component of the innovative Enlist Weed Control System, Enlist Duo with Colex-D Technology is the only herbicide...
Insect Growth Regulator For High-Yield Soybean Programs
Cavalier 2L is an insect growth regulator for controlling insects in soybeans. It’s active ingredient, diflubenzuron, is a chitin inhibitor that provides excellent, economic insect control for at least three weeks. Cavalier 2L...
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