Pesticides

Learn about the latest pesticide products and application methods to protect your crops. This section includes information about herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides.

What You Need to Know About Pesticide Use on the Farm

Pesticides serve many functions and come in many forms, including herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides. The goal in all cases is to increase yields by reducing competitive environmental factors.

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Illinois Extends Dicamba Application Date, Minnesota Stands Pat

Illinois farmers who planted soybeans June 1 and afterwards have until July 15 to apply dicamba. The Minnesota deadline remains June 20.

The dicamba application date has been pushed back in Illinois for soybeans planted June 1 and afterward.

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Follow Best-Management Practices When Planting Treated Seed

Follow practices like using the right amount of an appropriate seed lubricant to minimize dust.

If you're planting treated seed this spring, follow all label directions.

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Successful Farming TV Show

Farmer-Made Drill Bit Carousel

By Successful Farming TV Show

On All Around the Farm, the crew heads to Roger Johnson’s farm to see his drill bit carousel. This carousel makes quick-access to a variety of bits.

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Women in Agriculture

How to Raise a Farm Family in the City

By Women in Agriculture

When my husband and I found out we were expecting a baby, a troubling thought struck me: How am I supposed to raise my child without living on a farm?

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Top Shops

Huge Jump Start Comes in a Small Package

By Top Shops

The use of lithium-ion phosphate batteries cut the weight of the Crankenstein jump starter by 80%.

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Syngenta Announces EPA Registration of Tavium Plus VaporGrip Technology

Company officials say the herbicide premix broadens the activity spectrum.

Soybean growers have another dicamba premix to use to control weeds.

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Pasture Weed Control

There’s a new pasture herbicide to combat tough weeds. This will be the first new active ingredient for pastures and rangeland in more than a decade.

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What Farmers Need to Know About Burndown Herbicides

Burndown herbicides key season-long weed control.

Nixing mares tail before it bolts is the best way to control it.

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When Glyphosate Is Legal to Apply to the LibertyLink GT27 and GT27 Soybeans

There’s lots of confusion about when glyphosate can be applied postemergence to LibertyLink GT27 and GT27 soybeans. Mark Loux, Ohio State University Extension weed specialist, gives his take on it.

Confusion has reigned about if glyphosate can be applied to LibertyLink GT27 and GT27 soybeans

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Palmer Amaranth That Resists 2,4-D and Dicamba Confirmed in Kansas

Kansas State University (KSU) weed scientists have confirmed a Palmer amaranth population that resists the synthetic auxin (Group 4) herbicides dicamba and 2,4-D.