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If you haven't been following the news since early June, get ready for a few big surprises. Over-the-top dicamba products, Engenia, FeXapan and XtendMax spent time under the court's microscope, [...]

There was a time when Doug Winter wouldn't have blinked at the site of a little waterhemp in his fields. After the steep rise in resistance, the southeastern Illinois corn [...]

Next year, things have to be different, says Forest City, Iowa, farmer Doug Tweeten. This past summer he, and thousands of U.S. farmers, walked into cupped, crinkled soybean fields with [...]

Weeds resist, insects persist and fungus continues to grow-that is, unless stewardship is practiced and new tools are introduced. One of the biggest barriers to introducing new pesticides, which includes [...]

Farmers will have new defenses against problem weeds this year, with more options to come as technology is fine-tuned. That's good news because weeds are constantly evolving. Here are five [...]

EPA approved three dicamba formulations for over-the-top use for five years, 2021 through 2025. The formulations included are BASF's Engenia, Syngenta's Tavium and Bayer's XtendiMax. This unconditional registration lists these [...]

As of press time, EPA is yet to make a decision regarding over-the-top use of dicamba in soybeans and cotton. Farmers and the retail supply chain will be left with [...]

After years of hiding in the shadows of corn and soybeans, sorghum is finally receiving attention. The small grain recently acquired tolerances to certain herbicides and the attention of a [...]

In a world where resistant weeds run rampant, one chemical company will introduce a novel rice herbicide and a com and soybean herbicide in the next five to 10 years. [...]

In the first case involving dicamba, a jury sided with the plaintiff and found Bayer and BASF responsible for $15 million in actual damages and $250 million in punitive damages. [...]

While harvest might still be your priority, keep field prep for 2020 in mind and take notes from the combine. Specifically, which weeds you're seeing and where. 'Fall burndown is [...]

Farmers harvested near-record soybean yields again this year, leaving many to wonder how dicamba damage fits into the equation. With nearly 3.6 million acres, or 4%, of U.S. soybeans impacted, [...]

Right now there are more questions than answers when it comes to dicamba damage. Among the biggest questions is what role do drift, volatility and temperature inversions play. 'I've heard [...]

This is the third season farmers have had access to certain dicamba products for in-crop application. EPA made federal label changes but remember your state might have additional requirements. APPLICATOR [...]

Adding to its XtendiMax platform, Bayer plans to introduce XtendFlex soybean technology in 2020, pending regulatory approval. The new soybean trait stack includes tolerances to glyphosate, dicamba and, newly added, [...]

BASF and its licensee partners are rolling out the LL-GT27 and GT27 soybean traits in a variety of maturities and varieties this year. The new LL-GT27 trait features tolerances to [...]

Helm Agro announced it's adding Zone Elite to its Zone lineup. The company says it is tank-mix compatible with fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides and adjuvants. It's packaged in 2x2.5-gal. cases and [...]

For the first time in 18 months, China approved the following products for import: * Enlist E3 soybeans, jointly developed by Dow Agrosciences and MS Technologies. * Dow's DP4114, Qrome, [...]

Do your insurance policies align with your current farming practices? Now is a smart time to review your coverage, says Ray Massey, University of Missouri economist.'Recent issues with dicamba spray [...]

As farmers prepare for the first year of over-the-top dicamba application, questions cloud the horizon. With drift concerns at the forefront of many minds, uncertainties about stewardship and expectations bubble [...]

After more than 3 million soybean acres were damaged in 2017, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reached an agreement with dicamba manufacturers and licensees to change product labels to minimize [...]

Herbicide residue has a way of hiding in hoses, some more so than others. Of the hoses tested (pictured above) at Mississippi State University, the VersiGard synthetic rubber hose showed [...]

Cupped, crinkled soybeans are never a sight you want to see. If you run across those symptoms this year, know dicamba drift could be the culprit. However, double check plants [...]

In the battle against yield-robbing weeds, it's critical each chemical application is effective. Check your herbicide passes this season to get a leg-up on resistance. 'Pre-emergent herbicides are the foundation [...]