NASDAQ The seeds in question are engineered to withstand applications of 2,4-D and dicamba herbicides by farmers. Dow has developed 2,4-D-tolerant corn, which it originally was hoping to sell to farmers for this growing season, as well as 2,4-D-tolerant soybeans.
TakePart But late last week, the Department of Agriculture announced that it would be taking a closer look at the safety and environmental impacts of new GE crops that a...
Agriculture.com "It's also possible to mix in some other POST herbicides such as Impact, dicamba , 2,4-D, Capreno, etc to control emerged weeds, instead of glyphosate or Liberty." If you do plan on applying a preemergence herbicide after the crop's emerged, though, don ... and more »
Reuters Monsanto's new soybeans are genetically altered to tolerate dousings of a herbicide concoction of glyphosate and dicamba chemicals. Monsanto developed the biot...
Wall Street Journal Critics of the proposed crops, including some environmental groups, have warned they would lead to significant increases in the use of 2,4-D and dicamba , which they say are more harmful to the environment than glyphosate. The herbicide 2,4-D was one of ... and more »
CropLife Dicamba and 2,4-D have been safely and widely used across the country since the 1960s to control weeds on crop and non-crop sites. If approved, these plants w...
Corn and Soybean Digest Most premixes or tank mixtures that contain atrazine can adequately control small broadleaf weeds, and especially those that contain another broadleaf herbicide (e.g. Lexar, Lumax, Instigate, SureStart). Grasses more than about an inch tall will ...
Reuters Both the Enlist system and the dicamba system are seen as replacements for the combination of Roundup herbicide used on Roundup-resistant crops that now dominates U.S. agriculture. The USDA has received thousands of comments on both of the new ... and more »
Businessweek Monsanto crops that tolerate applications of dicamba and Dow crops that tolerate 2,4-D will be evaluated in separate environmental impact statements, the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said today in a statement on its website. The ...
