Farm Progress

Reduce your risk of herbicide failure with these tips.

Kristy Foster Seachrist, Digital editor

May 9, 2018

6 Slides

It's no secret that by using the same weed strategy year after will eventually result in herbicide failure. Farmers are facing the biggest challenges from marestail, waterhemp and Palmer amaranth. A weed management program must include different herbicides and even other management strategies. 

This gallery illustrates different scenarios in which various herbicide programs are used year after year, derived from a resistance model developed by Syngenta.

Farmers will find that programs with fewer sites of action in pre- and post-emergence applications will result in herbicide failure after just a few years.What producers need to aim for is a weed management program that contains overlapping residuals with multiple effective sites of action will provide weed control for many years. 

About the Author(s)

Subscribe to receive top agriculture news
Be informed daily with these free e-newsletters

You May Also Like