2004 Herbicides Familiar faces, new names 

By: by David Hest

With a couple of exceptions, the focus of new corn and soybean herbicides for 2004 is convenience, competitive pricing and new marketing programs, not new chemistry....

Crops department 

Charged spray improves coverage. Thumbs up to atrazine. Smart fertilizer spreading.

Making adjuvants add up 

By: by Rhonda Brooks

Correct product produces $6 to $10/acre returns.

Define SC Herbicide receives EPA registration 

Bayer Crop Science's Define SC herbicide is now officially approved for use in corn. The product, based on oxyacetamide chemistry, provides residual control...

New Touchdown products 

Syngenta plans to launch two new Touchdown glyphosate herbicides in the USA for the 2004 season.

Business of buying department 

CNH turnaround? Fueling production costs. Farmland sells fertilizer assets. New corn herbicide.

Equip corn herbicide receives EPA approval 

By: Wayne Wenzel

Bayer CropScience recently announced that its new Equip corn herbicide has received U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approval in time for the 2003...

Crops department 

New label. Plant 'em early. New adjuvants. Bayer, Dow market herbicides....

Glyphosate helpers 

By: Wayne Wenzel

Adjuvant Rx for the glyphosate glut.

Saving glyphosate 

By: Rhonda J. Brooks

Experts say glyphosate-resistant weeds are a real threat.