Lentils, dry peas, chickpeas, soybeans and sunflowers have been added to the label for Anthem Flex herbicide from FMC. Labeled for preplant and preemergence applications in those crops, the herbicide …
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BASF, AGCO collaborate on ‘Operation Weed Eradication’
BASF and equipment manufacturer AGCO plan to join forces on BASF’s Operation Weed Eradication initiative. The collaboration will provide farmers with agronomic expertise to help promote best practices for on-farm …
Read More »BASF launches weed ‘eradication’ initiative
• By Vicky Boyd, Editor • BASF recently launched an industrywide initiative – “Operation Weed Eradication” – that challenges growers and others within agriculture to take a zero-tolerance approach to …
Read More »Reports of Palmer amaranth escapes in Xtend crops continue to mount
• By Larry Steckel • I was thinking it might be 2021 or at least 2020 before we would start getting reports of Xtend soybean fields that were wrapped up …
Read More »WSSA advocates ‘no pigweed left behind’
Waterhemp and Palmer amaranth, both members of the pigweed family, have become significant threats to crop yields and farm incomes across the Americas. In the United States,
Read More »Missouri scientists find waterhemp resistant to 6 herbicide modes of action
A group of scientists recently reported a population of waterhemp in Missouri resistant to a record-breaking six herbicide modes of action. Their findings were recently published in the Weed Science …
Read More »Consider a disk if you have heavy horseweed problems
By Tom Barber • Horseweed (marestail) has always been an issue at spring burndown prior to planting. In the early 2000s, it became a much bigger problem in the Southern United …
Read More »K-State researchers crack pigweed resistance code
A team led by Kansas State University researchers has cracked the genetic code about how Palmer amaranth quickly grows resistant to glyphosate herbicide.
Read More »University of Arkansas’ Jason Norsworthy honored for weed resistance work
University of Arkansas weed scientist Jason Norsworthy received the Outstanding Research Award during the recent Weed Science Society of America’s Annual Meeting in Arlington, Virginia. He also was named a …
Read More »EPA clears handful of Syngenta herbicides as XtendiMax, Engenia tankmix partners
The Environmental Protection Agency has approved a handful of herbicides from Syngenta as tankmix partners for two of the three new dicamba formulations — XtendiMax with VaporGrip Technology and Engenia.
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