Reformulating Bayer 

By: By Jodie Wehrspann

Bayer Ag, a name known for its original brand of aspirin, is ready to take on a new kind of headache that is flaring up on crop farms: glyphosate resistance....

Two-pass weed control 

Dow AgroSciences adds to the 2008 corn herbicide market a new product designed to help stem weed resistance problems. SureStart is soil-applied herbicide with a flexible application time ranging from...

Tailored-to-fit weed control 

By: By Karl Ohm

New glyphosate-tolerance trait from DuPont will increase the number of weed-control options for your fields...

Giant leap for GENERICS 

By: By Mark Moore

The year 2000 was a watershed event for agricultural chemical companies. That year, Monsanto's patent to its popular Roundup expired, and suppliers jumped...

GOING STRONG 

By: By Lora Berg

ORDER EARLY if you plan to plant Roundup Ready Alfalfa seed during the next year. Monsanto expects supplies of the seed to be tight this fall for most...

WHEAT HERBICIDE 

THE NEW herbicide Rimfire will fight many grass and broadleaf weeds in spring wheat fields. Bayer CropScience recently received EPA registration for the...

NEW HERBICIDES 

TWO NEW broadleaf weed herbicides from Dow AgroSciences recently received EPA registration. CleanWave and Starane NXTcp herbicides expand the company's...

NEW BEAN HERBICIDE 

VALENT U.S.A. Corporation introduces the new Select Max herbicide with Inside Technology. The company states that its new formulation offers more complete...

Weed resistance gains 

By: By Rhonda Brooks

IF YOU'VE turned a deaf ear to industry concerns about glyphosate-resistant weeds in corn and soybeans, now might be a good time to listen. Most experts...

Double-crossed 

By: By Sherry Collins

YOUR CORN might not be the only hybrid you find in your field. While corn breeders have been making strides since they first hybridized corn back in the...