Supply Chain Headaches: Why U.S. Farmers, Ag Retailers Are Planning Their Herbicides Early for 2022
If you are a retailer, grower, or custom applicator, chances are you are paying close attention to how well the new(ish) 2,4-D and dicamba technologies are controlling Palmer amaranth and pigweed populations. In a limited number of fields, the answer is, not so well — and naturally, there is a fear of the snowball effect, writes Jackie Pucci at CropLife.
To put into perspective how costly the battle has become, farmers surveyed by BASF say they are spending 10X the amount to control pigweed than they were just 10 years ago, according to Kate Greif, Liberty Product Herbicide Manager with BASF.
Greif was part of the initiative BASF launched to take on waterhemp and pigweed in 2019, dubbed Operation Weed Eradication, which is now an industry-wide coalition. That effort is aimed at changing the approach and entire mindset around weed management.
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To put into perspective how costly the battle has become, farmers surveyed by BASF say they are spending 10X the amount to control pigweed than they were just 10 years ago, according to Kate Greif, Liberty Product Herbicide Manager with BASF.
Greif was part of the initiative BASF launched to take on waterhemp and pigweed in 2019, dubbed Operation Weed Eradication, which is now an industry-wide coalition. That effort is aimed at changing the approach and entire mindset around weed management.
Click Here to read more.