Start Clean in 2020 With Gramoxone

It’s important for growers to plant into a weed-free seedbed to maximize their crop’s yield potential. The 2019 growing season has made this tougher in 2020, however, due to these weather-related issues in many areas:

• A compacted 2019 growing season resulted in preemergent herbicides not being applied and post-emergent treatments not being used in a timely manner.
• Weed escapes in fields where farmers took the prevented-planting option in their crop insurance policies due to excessive rain meant they planted no crops and, therefore, used no herbicides in these fields during the 2019 season.

All this contributed to more weeds going to seed. The increased seed bank could mean heavier weed pressure in 2020, which demands an effective burndown treatment to avoid early-season weed competition with the crop.

“Gramoxone is fast acting and rainfast, with results in as little as 48 hours.”

Syngenta offers a portfolio of herbicides, including Gramoxone^® SL 3.0, to help corn and soybean growers plant into a weed-free seedbed in 2020. “Gramoxone is fast acting and rainfast, with results in as little as 48 hours,” says Dane Bowers, technical product lead for herbicides at Syngenta. “It’s a convenient, dependable product that offers a nice tank-mix option with our other preemergent products.”

Gramoxone SL 3.0, which Syngenta recently launched, is a more concentrated product than previous Gramoxone formulations. Its increased active ingredient load leads to lower application volumes and reduced handling.

“Gramoxone targets an alternative site of action to glyphosate, so it’s an effective resistance management tool against tough weeds, including Palmer amaranth, waterhemp and barnyardgrass,” Bowers adds.