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Dow/Syngenta cross-licensing agreement

Dow AgroSciences and Syngenta now have access to each company's corn traits. Under a recent agreement between the two companies, Syngenta will receive...

90 feet of nitrogen

May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By John Russnogle

Side-dressing most of your nitrogen is a good deal for your crop, the environment and your bottom line, according to Amboy, MN, farmer David Burk. He...


Adjuvants

New life for old chemistries

Jan 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Mark Moore

Dicamba, One of the most popular broadleaf herbicides, has been used by growers for effective weed control in corn. But in 2013, dicamba-resistant soybeans...

NEW ADJUVANT

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Growers may purchase a new adjuvant to use with glyphosate and other postemergent herbicides requiring a methylated seed oil. Destiny HC from Agriliance...

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Fertilizer

Meter indicates plant health

May 1, 2009 12:00 PM

A New meter will help growers determine if crops need more nitrogen. The new FieldScout CM 1000 NDVI meter will instantly measure light absorption and...

Correction

May 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Readers who want more information on the TerraGator 3244 that was shown on the Good Buy page of our April issue (page 44) should visit the Web site nms.agchem.com....

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Fungicides

Fungicide soybean seed treatment

May 1, 2009 12:00 PM

For A second season, Bayer CropScience has included a biological fungicide in its Trilex 6000 soybean system. Called Yield Shield, this biological fungicide...

Eye in the sky

May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Jeff Ryan

Cropcam is an unmanned aerial vehicle with a GPS-guided autopilot that is a used to take high-resolution digital aerial images. It is launched by hand...

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Herbicides

EPA approves label updates for Laudis herbicide

May 19, 2009 9:22 AM

Just in time for the 2009 growing season, the EPA has approved several label updates for Laudis herbicide...

Flexstar GT receives EPA registration

May 4, 2009 2:44 PM

The EPA has issued Section 3 registration for Syngenta Crop Protection’s Flexstar GT herbicide, a premix of fomesafen and glyphosate, for use on soybeans. ...

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Insecticides

Gene research for insect control

Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM

DuPont and Athenix are collaborating to develop the next level of insect-resistant trait genes. Under their agreement, DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred...

New trait for pest control

Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Now that the EPA has given registration approval to Syngenta's new Agrisure corn trait event, MIR162, the company has given the trait a name: Agrisure...

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Seed Treatments

Dow/Syngenta cross-licensing agreement

May 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Dow AgroSciences and Syngenta now have access to each company's corn traits. Under a recent agreement between the two companies, Syngenta will receive...

In Defense of Wheat

Feb 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Lynn Grooms

When a crop is worth more dollars per bushel, it pays to protect your investment and increase the potential of a higher return per acre. With wheat bringing...

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