NAFTA Crop Protection BLOG

This week in the Resistance Fighter Management Minute, we travel to Iowa where 2010 Northern RFOY, Steve Muhlenbruch, shares current field conditions, planting progress and weed outlooks. After getting eight inches of snow in April, growers are now back in their fields and have planted approximately 75 percent of their corn. Click below to listen ...

As manager for weed resistance strategies for Syngenta, my number one priority is helping producers fight weed resistance.  But, obviously, the war on glyphosate resistance cannot be fought by one person.  Syngenta understands that consultants, retailers and county extension agents across the U.S. are playing a vital role in helping ...

Controlling weeds with glyphosate alone in a GT system is becoming more and more difficult, and in most cases impossible, for growers across the Midwest. Syngenta understands the challenges associated with proactive management and increased input costs, but it is necessary in order to stay ahead in this fight and will ultimately pay off. Growers ...

You know weeds hinder yield potential. But just how damaging can they be to your wallet? Michigan State University conducted extensive research reinforcing the importance of controlling weeds early. The study breaks down plant growth and corresponding yield potential, shining a light on the daily effect of weed competition on your bottom line. ...

The 2009 Resistance Fighters of the Year, Paul Barchenger, agronomy division manager at Hutchinson Coop in Hutchinson, Minn., and Jeremy Kichler, Georgia Cooperative Extension agent in Macon County, Ga., continue to educate growers on ways to fight weed resistance in their regions and epitomize what it takes to be true resistance fighters. While ...

A waterhemp population in a central Illinois seed corn production field has been found resistant to several commercially available HPPD-inhibitor herbicides. Last year, the field contained waterhemp populations that were not controlled by foliar-applied HPPD-inhibitor herbicides. Syngenta greenhouse testing has confirmed resistance in this ...

A professor and extension specialist in the crop science department at North Carolina State University, Dr. David Jordan along with his colleagues in weed science, conducts extensive research on weed management practices and directs statewide educational programs. In a recent interview, Jordan discussed his findings related to weed resistance in ...

At a recent Syngenta South Delta crop tour in Alexandria, La., participating retailers and consultants learned about potentially dangerous effects of weed resistance and ways to avoid it. As one of the tour presenters, I cautioned participants that though it may not be an impossible issue for the area now, weed resistance has the potential to ...

In a recent web poll by AgProfessional.com, which surveyed site visitors from June 9 to June 23, participants were asked "What percentage of your customers are using multiple modes of action to control weeds in their corn fields?" The poll resulted in a tie, with 20 percent of respondents answering that zero to 20 percent of their ...

  Glyphosate resistance has been all over the national news recently.  Articles have brought to light the serious threat resistance poses to production agriculture, to many in the general public, which is quite alarming in the context offered.  What the mainstream media fail to mention is the viable and safe practices being ...