• By Larry Steckel • Poor control of poa (annual bluegrass) and ryegrass have been the most numerous calls of late. This is becoming more common every spring. It would …
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Focus on Soybean webcast highlights integrated pigweed management
Ask most Mid-South and Southern soybean growers what their most troublesome weed is, and they’ll say Palmer pigweed—also known as Palmer amaranth.
Read More »ChemChina, Syngenta agree to divest 3 pesticides
ChemChina and Swiss-based Syngenta AG have agreed to divest three types of pesticides to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their proposed merger would harm competition in several U.S. markets.
Read More »FMC to acquire part of DuPont’s pest control portfolio
As part of its planned merger with Dow, DuPont has entered into an agreement with FMC to divest part of its agricultural business. In return, DuPont plans to acquire FMC’s health …
Read More »EPA adds nozzles to labels of dicamba, 2,4-D herbicides
The Environmental Protection Agency has added 20 more nozzles to those approved for use with XtendiMax dicamba herbicide, bringing the total to 21.
Read More »EPA registers DuPont dicamba herbicide for use on Xtend beans
The Environmental Protection Agency has registered FeXapan herbicide plus VaporGrip Technology for over-the-top in-season use on Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans and cotton. State registrations are pending.
Read More »Web seminar to give overview of new Palmer pigweed decision tool
Muthu Bagavathiannan, an assistant professor of weed science and agronomy with Texas A&M AgriLife Research, will hold a free Web seminar at 3 p.m. EST, Feb. 15, to demonstrate a …
Read More »North Carolina to require mandatory auxin herbicide training
Following the Environmental Protection Agency’s conditional registration of Engenia and XtendiMax dicamba herbicides for use on dicamba-tolerant cotton and soybeans, North Carolina will have Special Local Need (SLN) labels for …
Read More »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.
Read More »A ‘perfect storm’
Deregulated herbicide trait and illegal herbicide use converge for historic drift injury to crops.
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