Intensifying weed pressure and resistance to herbicides is requiring farmers to find a better solution for hard-to-control weeds. For Brian Frahm, owner of Frahm Ag, Inc. in Nebraska, recommending Kyro™ herbicide for the most challenging weeds on his customers’ acres has proven to be a powerful tool. Frahm started recommending Kyro herbicide to his customers in 2023. Now finishing his second season using the corn herbicide, Frahm said multiple modes of action is paramount to defend corn acres against problem grass and broadleaf weeds.

“Our most challenging species are waterhemp, Palmer amaranth and kochia,” Frahm said. “We have a lot of trouble with trying to keep them under control. In the past, we have used products to which weeds are now developing resistance. So, we have to prioritize the use of multiple modes of action.”

Frahm was initially attracted to Kyro herbicide because it provided a different mode of action against weeds on non-GMO corn acres. After spraying the same product for more than 10 years, he needed something new to control grass weeds. Frahm started spraying Kyro herbicide on 250 of his own acres last year. After seeing the results, he implemented it on 100% of his corn acres and began recommending it to customers. The outcome has left Frahm and his customers with clean fields.

“The biggest thing has been the result at the end,” Frahm said. “When you have shoulder-high corn and there isn’t a weed to be found, that makes a customer very happy.”

Because Kyro herbicide offers control in postemergence corn, it is an ideal program partner for farmers who use a two-pass approach. Frahm said this program approach has been more consistent – delivering reliable results across a variety of fields. Kyro herbicide has provided Frahm and his customers with much more flexibility because it can be sprayed on multiple corn types, including conventional corn, traited corn, seed corn and popcorn.

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“It is nice to have a product you can use on multiple crops,” Frahm said. “The farmer might say, ‘I just want to put one tank of a product in my spray rig and go. I don’t want to have to change three or four times.’ It’s nice to be able to put one product layer over the entire farm.”

Options to tailor a weed control program that best fits their operation has allowed the farmers Frahm works with to streamline management decisions. The three active ingredients, encapsulated acetochlor, topramezone and clopyralid, offer excellent contact and residual control for a well-rounded solution. For more efficient sprays, Kyro herbicide can also be tank-mixed with a wide variety of other products, including insecticides, fungicides and micronutrients.

“The other thing I like about Kyro is its three modes of action,” Frahm said. “That’s rare. Sometimes you have to mix multiple amounts of products to get that similar result. Customers really like to make their life simpler and not have to worry about mixing herbicides. It makes everyone a little happier.”

To learn more about Kyro herbicide, visit Corteva.us/Kyro.

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