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Having a post-harvest herbicide plan

With harvest underway, an agronomist says this time of year is also when farmers should consider evaluating their herbicide programs. Dean Grossnickle, with Syngenta talks about best practices for the next growing season, some challenges facing farmers and other considerations farmers should be looking... Read More.

State directors have concerns about EPA’s herbicide strategy

Ensuring farmers have access to herbicides is a top priority for state directors of agriculture. Missouri Ag Director Chris Chinn says there are concerns with EPA’s herbicide strategy. “We have a lot of concerns about how the farming community is going to be able... Read More.

ASA expresses concern about preliminary herbicide tariff announcement

The director of government affairs at the American Soybean Association says the U.S. Department of Commerce has announced a preliminary decision to impose tariffs on herbicides. Virigina Houston tells Brownfield… “Corteva Agriscience filed a petition with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission... Read More.

Agronomist says farmers should be thinking ahead on herbicide programs

As farmers head into harvest an agronomist says they should be thinking about their herbicide programs. Dean Grossnickle, with Syngenta tells Brownfield… “We really rely on that canopy for suppression of weed germination,” he says. “Once that canopy drops, maybe you get some water hemp... Read More.

EPA releases final herbicide strategy

Jake Li, the deputy assistant administrator for pesticide programs at the U.S. EPA, says the final herbicide strategy gives growers more options on ways to minimize pesticide drift. “We’re giving credit to a number of mitigation measures a grower might want to adopt to... Read More.

Herbicide drift worse on rice this year

An extension rice specialist says herbicide drift has likely affected some of the rice as the crop headed this season. “It’s always been an issue, for several years anyway, but we definitely hit a particularly bad period.” Jarrod Hardke with the University of Arkansas... Read More.

EPA’s current draft herbicide strategy poses farmer concern

The Director of Government Affairs for the American Soybean Association says he’s concerned the EPA’s draft herbicide strategy could limit product availability. Kyle Kunkler says farmers need certainty. “We’ve seen a few instances where farmers have walked in out of the field and found... Read More.

ASA: herbicide strategy coming soon

The U.S. EPA is expected to release its final version of a herbicide strategy in the next few weeks that will make rules more compliant with the Endangered Species Act.  Kyle Kunkler with the American Soybean Association tells Brownfield the new draft insecticide strategy... Read More.

NCGA warns commerce department about herbicide tariffs

The director of public policy at the National Corn Growers Association says reducing imports of 2-4D could have a serious impact on farmers. Nancy Martinez says NCGA sent a letter to the Department of Commerce on behalf of their members. “Our goal is to... Read More.

Testing drones with herbicide applications

The University of Missouri is testing how drones can be used for herbicide applications.  Trace Thompson, a second-year graduate research assistant, is studying the efficacy of herbicide applications from drones compared to field sprayers.    “What we really found out that the droplet sizes weren’t there for a lot of herbicides and... Read More.
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