Weed resistance an increasing problem
By Jeff Rectenwald, Monsanto territory agronomist
Weed resistance to glyphosate is a growing problem. Making plans to incorporate residual herbicide chemistry into the upcoming season’s weed control strategy can be one of the keys to protecting yield potential.
Marestail in soybeans treated with glyphosate in Champaign County.
Adding diversity to weed management programs is key to reducing the development and spread of glyphosate-resistant weeds. Here are some tips to minimize the risk of weed resistance:
· Start clean and control weeds early. Tank mix 2,4-D herbicide with glyphosate when possible.
· Scout fields regularly, control weeds throughout the season and reduce the weed seed bank.
· Apply glyphosate at labeled rates and the correct stage of weed and crop growth to reduce the risk of poor control.
· Apply a residual herbicide before glyphosate or tankmix a residual herbicide with glyphosate.
· Use cultivation and other cultural methods as appropriate with the cropping system to help control weeds.
· Rotate glyphosate with herbicides with different modes of action.
To make herbicide selection easier, the Roundup Ready PLUS Soybean Incentives and Roundup Ready PLUS Corn
Incentives provides weed management recommendations for Genuity Roundup Ready crops for each farm situation and is designed to provide effective and sustainable weed control benefits. This new simplified platform combines Residual Rewards and Roundup Rewards and continues to offer up to $10 per acre in incentives on a wide range of herbicides for broad spectrum weed management.
The goal of Roundup Ready PLUS is to develop a set of best management recommendations to control glyphosate resistant weeds where they exist and reduce the risk of developing these weeds on other fields where Genuity Roundup Ready crops are grown.
To be eligible, use Roundup brand agricultural herbicides as the only glyphosate-containing herbicide for use on Monsanto technology acres and choose eligible herbicides from the Roundup Ready PLUS platform.
Eligible herbicides for the Roundup Ready PLUS Soybean Incentives include: Warrant Herbicide, Valor Herbicide, Valor XLT Herbicide, Gangster Herbicide, Cobra
Herbicide, Authority Assist herbicide, Authority First DF herbicide, Authority MTZ DF herbicide, Authority XL herbicide, and Phoenix Herbicide.
Eligible herbicides for the Roundup Ready PLUS Corn Incentives include: TripleFLEX Herbicide, Degree Xtra Herbicide, Harness Herbicide, Harness Xtra Herbicide, Harness Xtra 5.6L herbicide, and IMPACT Herbicide.
By using a diverse mix of herbicide chemistries and incorporating residual chemistry into the weed control program, weed resistance can be effectively managed.
The use of a residual herbicide will not only help with weed resistance management, but will increase the overall level of weed control in your fields.
Agri Gold Feeding Farmers in the Field
I am 63 years old. I moved to crnteal IL in Nov 2009 to be closer to my aunt and cousins. I live in a small town surrounded by fields of roundup-ready corn and soybeans. Since spring of 2010 I have been almost incapacitated at times by shortness of breath, particularly when there is corn pollen in the air, and when the fields are disked or harvested. Considering that I moved from the LA basin, and before that lived next to the diesel-spewing largest rail shunt yard in the west, with NO breathing problems, this really puzzles me. I do have other pollen allergies, but they are the runny-nose type. My heart has been evaluated — it works great. My lungs have been evaluated — no COPD, no asthma, no obstruction, no tumors, no pneumonia — they work fine. I am doing pulmonary rehab to see if it will help. One possibility is that irritation by pollen, particulates, etc. causes spasms of the bronchial tubes. I think it’s the GMO crops around me. I don’t have a large disposable income and I’d rather give the money to you than to the doctors, hospitals, labs, etc.