herbicide

Helm Agro US Inc. has added Zone Elite to the company’s "Zone" herbicide family for U.S. soybean growers. The newcomer is a pre-emergence herbicide for broad-spectrum control of more than 45 species of grasses and small-seeded broadleaves, according to a...

American Vanguard Corp., also known as Amvac, has acquired the quizalofop line of herbicides from Corteva Agriscience. The primary uses are in soybeans, canola and pulse in the United States and Canada, according to a news release. The transaction includes...

Metribuzin (Sencor, Canopy, etc.) is a PSII inhibitor (Group 5) herbicide that provides residual control of an assortment of annual grasses and broadleaf weeds in soybean, including Palmer amaranth. With the extensive use of PPO inhibitors (Group 14) and chloroacetamide...

Nufarm Americas Inc. plans to expand its North American manufacturing operations with a new facility in Greenville, Mississippi, designed to support its growing herbicide and cotton portfolios. The Australian-owned company selected a 16-acre site after an extensive review of locations...

MS Technologies and Bayer have commercially launched LibertyLink GT27 soybeans, which are tolerant to Liberty, glyphosate and a new HPPD herbicide. The HPPD herbicide that will be paired with the new releases, Balance Bean, is pending Environmental Protection Agency approval. But...

A team led by Kansas State University researchers has cracked the genetic code about how Palmer amaranth quickly grows resistant to glyphosate herbicide. The findings could have broad implications for agriculture and other industries, according to a university news release. Their...

BASF has launched an SC formulation of its previously registered herbicide, Zidua, for use in  corn, cotton, peanuts, soybeans, sunflowers and wheat. The liquid SC, or suspension concentration, formulation provides one of the lowest use rates of any Group 15 herbicide,...

Dow AgroSciences has partnered with Archer Daniel Midland on a closed-loop system designed to provide growers access to Enlist E3 soybeans and allow them to deliver their crop to customers within North America. Enlist E3 soybeans are tolerant to applications...

The Environmental Protection Agency has registered Elevore herbicide. which contains Arylex active, for fall and spring burndown in cotton, corn and soybeans. Arylex active, a synthetic auxin from Dow AgroSciences, is the brand name for the active ingredient halauxifen-methyl. When tankmixed...

DuPont Crop Protection has introduced EverpreX herbicide for soybean weed control. Containing the active ingredient S-metolachlor, the product controls most annual small-seeded grasses and select broadleaf weeds, including waterhemp, Palmer amaranth and other pigweed species. EverpreX belongs to the Weed Science...

Dicamba drift complaints are up sharply this year compared to 2016 in Arkansas, with 117 having already been logged with the Arkansas State Plant Board as of June 19. Jason Bond, a weed Extension specialist at Mississippi State University, also...

King of Prussia, Pa.-based United Phosphorus Inc.—also known as UPI—recently launched two post-patent herbicides. • Moccasin contains the active ingredient S-metolachlor. Labeled for a wide spectrum of crops, including soybeans, cotton and peanuts, the soil-applied herbicide has multiple application timings. Moccasin...

BASF Corp. officials cut the ribbon today on the recently completed $270 million expansion of the company's Beaumont, Texas, dicamba manufacturing plant. The three-year project was the largest investment in the history of the BASF crop protection unit, Debbie Dalley,...

The University of Arkansas has launched an herbicide injury image database, https://plants.uaex.edu/herbicide/default.aspx, to help users identify potential off-site movement of several herbicides. Users can search from among several drop-down menus: herbicide group, herbicide, plants, and plant/herbicide. The images are designed to represent expected...

Alabama is the latest state to require training for anybody who will apply auxin herbicides in season and over the top of crops. It applies to growers and custom applicators—anyone who will be making the actual application. The training is...