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Fall Applied Atrazine Works Well on Winter Annual Grasses

[ 0 ] October 13, 2008

From High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal: If you’ve ever had a weed control problem, you know that the earlier you get on it the better. That’s where a product like atrazine can work really well on winter annual grasses like cheat and volunteer wheat, or winter annual broadleaves like henbit or marestail plus have a little […]

atrazine to stay in australia

Atrazine to stay

[ 0 ] May 12, 2008

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 […]

legendary marketing of atrazine

Legendary Marketing
of a Legendary Molecule

[ 0 ] October 5, 2007

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, […]

Atrazine Usage Challenged

Atrazine Usage Faces Challenge

[ 0 ] June 21, 2006

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 […]