New Grassy Weed Alternative

Farmers of North America (FNA) has teamed up with one of its crop protection suppliers to launch MPower Aurora, a generic grassy weed herbicide that contains the active ingredient clodinafoppropargyl. The same active ingredient is found in the brand Horizon NG. FNA says the product is available under its MPower brand, which is a program

Nothing To Hide

Forty-five years may have dimmed a frame or two of memory, but I can still see my father emptying small bags of flour-like powder into a five-gallon bucket and then, slowing stirring in a trickle of water until the two ingredients combined to make a chalky, white cream. The bags contained the still-new, pre-emergent herbicide


DuPont Seed Strategy Unruffled By Rival

DuPont does not plan to alter its pricing strategy in key North American corn and soybean markets despite moves by rival Monsanto to ease prices for some products, a DuPont official said May 4. James Borel, who oversees DuPont’s production agriculture businesses, including corn and soybean seed developer Pioneer Hi-Bred, said in an interview DuPont

45S51 – for May. 6, 2010

It’s a symbol of Pioneer Hi-Bred’s leadership in providing valuable canola seed disease resistance traits. The first and only canola hybrid on the market with built-in sclerotinia resistance. TM When you see the new Pioneer Protector logo on your Pioneer brand canola hybrids, you’ll know your canola is protected. Roundup Ready is a registered trademark


New Canola Hybrids

DEKALB has received registration on six new canola hybrids from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The new 73 Series will be available on a limited basis this spring with wide distribution planned for the 2011 growing season, the company announced in a release. “With the introduction of our new 73 Series, DEKALB brand now

Nuance Approved As Generic Express

Cheminova Canada has picked up registration for Nuance, a sulfonylurea product billed as an “effective and economical alternative” to DuPont’s Express, a tank-mix partner for weed killers such as glyphosate or 2,4-D. Nuance will be available throughout Western Canada this year with the Group 2 chemical tribenuron methyl as its active ingredient. The broadleaf weed


Nufarm Marks Down Glyphosate Combo

Herbicide maker Nufarm says it has knocked $40 per case, or about $1 per acre, off the price of its Group 9 and 14 combination product CleanStart. The herbicide, a co-packaging of glyphosate and carfentrazone, is billed as “the only non-residual burndown herbicide for use ahead of pulses and canola” and may also be used

45S51 – for Apr. 22, 2010

It’s a symbol of Pioneer Hi-Bred’s leadership in providing valuable canola seed disease resistance traits. The first and only canola hybrid on the market with built-in sclerotinia resistance. TM When you see the new Pioneer Protector logo on your Pioneer brand canola hybrids, you’ll know your canola is protected. Roundup Ready is a registered trademark


Are U. S. Regulators Dropping The Ball On Biocrops?

“Science is not being considered in policy setting and deregulation. This research is important. We need to be vigilant.” – ROBERT KREMER Robert Kremer, a U. S. government microbiologist who studies Midwestern farm soil, has spent two decades analyzing the rich dirt that yields billions of bushels of food each year and helps the United

Regulatory Oversight Inadequate

Fourteen years after commercialization of the world’s first biotech crop, the U. S. regulatory agencies charged with overseeing biotech crops – USDA, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the U. S. Food and Drug Administration – are under attack on several fronts. The USDA is most directly in the line of fire after a string of