From Stock & Land (Australia): Australian farmers are delighted with the decision by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority to allow them to continue to use the popular chemical atrazine. Atrazine, which is used primarily in broadacre agriculture on triazine tolerant (TT) canola, sorghum and maize, came under review by the APVMA, who were […]
From AgriMarketing Magazine: “Over the years,” Knight says, “the market for atrazine has been consistent and farmers continue to use it to protect their crops, using it at rates that are one-fifth of what they were at introduction.” Knight says he and the others at Syngenta believe atrazine continues to have very good outlook. “First, […]
From No-Till Farmer: DESPITE THE FACT that U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials estimate that growing corn without atrazine could cost no-tillers as much as $28 an acre due to reduced yields and the need for more expensive herbicides, you might be in danger of losing this long-term weed control chemical product. It’s because of a […]
