BASF
New for 2001: Repackaging is pending for Conclude Xact and Rezult herbicides. The new jug design will feature a single pour spout, instead of the dual spout on the current jugs.
Excited about: BASF enters the 2001 growing season presenting one face to the market after acquiring American Cyanamid in July 2000. The acquisition doubles BASF’s crop protection business and advances BASF into the top tier of global crop protection companies.

“More important than the size of the new BASF, however, is the additional value we can provide growers,” says Paul Redhage, soybean communications manager. The company says the acquisition provides: • a comprehensive portfolio of proven crop protection products, giving growers effective solutions for their specific agronomic problems; • a highly motivated team committed to serving growers; • an expanded research program committed to the development of innovative, market-focused products. The acquisition also includes the Harvest Partners preferred customer program and the Clearfield Production System. Conclude Xact, Rezult and Harvest Partners are registered trademarks of BASF. Clearfield is a trademark of BASF.

BAYER CORPORATION
New for 2001: New for the 2001 soybean market is the Bayer Intermediate Bulk Container (IBC) system for conveniently transporting, handling and mixing large quantities of dry flowable Domain and Axiom herbicides. The IBC holds 2,600 pounds of product, delivers 60 pounds of product per minute, fits seamlessly into existing automated liquid mixing systems and offers retailers and custom applicators the flexibility of connecting to multiple IBC units containing different Bayer herbicides. In addition, the IBC system for dry flowable herbicides provides the convenience of stacking, greater accuracy, increased mobility, outside storage and reduced liability over liquid bulk systems.
Excited about: Most exciting for Bayer is the growing retailer and grower use of and satisfaction with the Bayer portfolio of dry flowable soybean herbicides, especially Domain herbicide as a pre-emergence setup in a planned post weed control program. The company says retailers, consultants and growers are seeing the benefits of highly effective, early season residual weed control in soybeans.

DOW AGROSCIENCES
Excited about: With the addition of our own glyphosate products, Glyphomax and Glyphomax Plus herbicides, as well as Pendimax herbicide, agronomists, dealers and consultants can now turn to Dow AgroSciences for herbicide treatment program recommendations that address all their customers soybean weed challenges. From soil-applied treatments using Treflan herbicide, Python WDG herbicide or Pendimax, to post-applied programs using FirstRate herbicide and Glyphomax Plus, Dow AgroSciences now has a soybean product portfolio that fits all tillage and application practices and controls the full spectrum of tough broadleaf weeds and grasses. And dealers can feel confident recommending any one or a combination of these products while realizing economies that will help contribute to their bottom line.

DUPONT
New for 2001: With the shift away from soil-applied herbicides, winter annuals have become an increasing problem in many areas of the Midwest. Soybean growers in the Midwest can now treat winter annual broadleaf weeds with a fall tank-mix application of DuPont Canopy XL and Express herbicides to have more time for planting soybeans in the spring. Applied in the fall, a Canopy XL and Express program controls winter annual broadleaf weeds such as chickweed, purple deadnettle and henbit, so growers will have cleaner fields at planting time. With cleaner fields, growers will have more time to plant soybeans because they won’t have to wait for a spring burndown treatment to work, or for fields to dry out for a tillage pass. By controlling winter annuals, growers also will manage soybean cyst nematode. Winter annuals such as henbit and purple deadnettle are alternative hosts for soybean cyst nematodes. Controlling these weeds helps growers manage this pest. The bottom line: Soybean growers can extend their spring and have more time for planting soybeans with a fall tank-mix application Canopy XL and Express herbicides.

Other benefits of a fall application of Canopy XL and Express herbicides: • Controls winter annuals in the fall helps keep fields healthy. • Soils dry out faster, reducing the potential threat of yield-robbing diseases such as phytophthora and pythium. Warmer, drier soils also are important for no-till soybeans. • The reduced weed pressure in the spring makes it easier to plant – resulting in better seed to soil contact, better emergence and better overall soybean stand. • A fall tank-mix application of Canopy XL and Express offers burndown plus residual activity to keep winter annuals under control till spring. • Growers have a wide application window to make a fall tank-mix application of Canopy XL and Express herbicides; they can make the application from right after harvest to before the ground freezes.

Another benefit of a fall-apply Canopy XL and Express program is risk management. By making a fall application, growers won’t have to battle the weather in the spring to make a burndown treatment or a tillage pass to control winter annuals. A fall tank-mix application of Canopy XL and Express herbicides improves productivity, reduces risks and gets the crop off to a healthy start to maximize yields, the company says.

Excited about: “We’re continuing to look for ways to offer retailers and growers more choices to manage weed problems, while helping them manage time, risks and profitability,” says Troy Dean, soybean product manager for DuPont Crop Protection. “A fall tank-mix application of Canopy XL and Express herbicides is a good example of that. Winter annuals are becoming more of a problem on farms throughout the Midwest as more growers shift away from soil-applied products with residual control. These weeds explode in the fall after the crop is off, leaving a heavy mat across the field in the spring. We’ve been working with retailers and growers alike in studying the agronomic benefits of a fall application. Based on this work, we’re now marketing two fall-apply programs to control these weed problems – one for soybeans and one for corn. Besides the fall-apply Canopy XL and Express program for ground going into soybeans, DuPont Basis herbicide can now be applied in the fall for ground going into corn for control of winter annual broadleaf weeds such as chickweed, henbit and dandelion, as well for limited residual control the following spring of foxtails and other winter annual grasses. Besides helping growers, a fall-apply program also benefits retailers by generating herbicide sales and application income in the fall, as well as stretching out the application workload. A fall-apply program with Canopy XL and Express or with Basis will help retailers and growers improve productivity, reduce risks and get the crop off to a timely, healthy start to maximize yields.”

FMC CORPORATION
New for 2001: Gauntlet Herbicide (new product, labeled in July 2000): Combination of sulfentrazone (Authority - FMC) and cloransulam methyl (First Rate – Dow AgroSciences). Soil applied herbicide that controls nearly all broadleaf weeds in soybeans, including waterhemp, giant and common ragweed, cocklebur, wild sunflower, etc. Gauntlet has no corn rotation issues like other soil applied broadleaf weeds. FMC will market the product but both FMC and Dow will promote the product in the field. Aim Herbicide (new label): Burndown label for use prior to planting soybeans. Excellent tank mix partner for Roundup - Aim will enhance and speed up Roundup applications. Also, there is no need to wait to plant after an Aim application like you have to do with 2-4,D. Aim Herbicide (new label): Use on soybeans post emerge. Use at 1/6 ounce per acre as a velvetleaf spike with post emergence herbicides. Inexpensive at about $1.30 per acre, excellent on velvetleaf. Command Xtra Herbicide - Combination of sulfentrazone (Authority) and Command 3ME for use in soybeans. Labeled late in 2000 growing season, will be launched in 2001. Outstanding on grasses and broadleaves - especially heavy waterhemp, lambsquarters, velvetleaf and nightshade. Furadan 4F. Adding bean leaf beetle and Chinese Aphid to the soybean label. EUPs for 2001/2002: Mustang insecticide is an advanced pyrethroid that demonstrates excellent performance on bean leaf beetle, armyworms, cutworms, loopers, etc.
Excited about: The most exciting thing FMC has to offer in 2001 is the breadth of new products and applications for growers to use. Gauntlet and Command Xtra are two herbicides that will allow growers to control weeds pre emergence like they have never been able to before. Meanwhile, Furadan 4F proved in 2000 trials and field use how well it performs on bean leaf beetle, which appears to be an emerging pest in Midwest soybeans. Furthermore, Furadan 4F has shown tremendous activity on the new Chinese aphid that has shown up in the Illinois/Wisconsin soybean growing area. It controls Chinese aphids at a very low and econmical use rate. FMC will offer growers solutions to nearly all of their weed and insect problems in soybeans.

MONSANTO
New for 2001: Monsanto introduced Roundup UltraMAX herbicide earlier this year. Roundup UltraMAX is a formulation that provides 25 percent more power per gallon and exclusive TranSorb technology, delivering the absolute in weed control and crop safety to Roundup Ready technologies. At recommended use rates, growers can spray about 30 more acres from every 30-gallon drum.
Excited about: Monsanto is excited about the ability to offer growers a complete program for pest control, utilizing the advances of biotechnology along with state-of-the-art formulations or more traditional herbicides. Monsanto is also excited about the continued growth of Roundup Ready soybeans.

NOVARTIS CROP PROTECTION
New for 2001: Boundary soybean herbicide (S-metalochlor plus metribuzen). Registered in January 2000. Boundary controls 32 broadleaf weeds and 13 grasses, including nightshade, waterhemp, nutsedge and smartweed. Boundary widens the gap between planting and post-emergence application of Roundup or conventional post-emergence herbicide by providing short-term residual control. It can be used as part of a resistance management strategy for glyphosate and ALS-inhibitors.

VALENT U.S.A.
New for 2001: Valor herbicide should be available in 2001. It delivers quick burndown and residual control with no carryover to rotated crops. Flumioxazin is the new active ingredient behind Valor. It provides pre-emergence broadleaf control by inhibiting an enzym critical in the production of chlorophyll. Excited about: In addition to launching Valor in 2001, Valent has seen a lot of excitement for Resource. Resource was developed to control velvetleaf in corn and soybeans in the Midwest. As Roundup Ready soybeans have grown in acreage, so has Resource grown to improve quality of morningglory in combination with Roundup and to speed up Roundup’s activity. Growers are also learning that Resource is a great tank mix with Roundup to improve weed control and speed up Roundup in spraying over the top and burndown applications.

ZENECA AG PRODUCTS
New for 2001: Zeneca Ag Products anticipates registration of a new and improved formulation of Touchdown herbicide in time for use during the 2001 growing season. New Touchdown features a new balanced adjuvant delivery system for the active ingredient, glyphosate. It delivers high-performance, non-selective weed control in all burndown uses and is crop safe for over-the-top applications on Roundup Ready soybeans, corn and cotton.
Excited about: Pending registration of the new Touchdown, Zeneca will be pleased to offer soybean growers an improved non-selective herbicide choice. Its unique balanced adjuvant delivery system delivers the glyphosate ion more efficiently, while also being more gentle to Roundup Ready crops. CD