BASF announced today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registration of a new active ingredient, Kixor herbicide, for use on a wide range of no-till crops and effective on more than 70 broadleaf weeds. Starting this fall, four formulations Powered by Kixor herbicide — Sharpen herbicide, OpTill herbicide, Integrity herbicide and Treevix herbicide — will be available to help growers tackle today’s weed control challenges in their fields.

Scientist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug rose from his childhood on an Iowa farm to develop a type of wheat that helped feed the world, fostering a movement that is credited with saving up to 1 billion people from starvation.

No-tillers should be keeping an eye on their soybeans for water-borne diseases that may have cropped up during the recent heavy rains, says Ann Dorrance, an Ohio State University Extension plant pathologist says.

Many no-tillers have been wondering when the refuge requirement for Bt corn hybrids might be reduced. With a reduced refuge, they’ve been calculating how much corn yields could be raised across their operations.

Dow AgroSciences showcased a new refuge-in-the-bag concept at the Farm Progress Show.

The first product of an exciting new family of no-till herbicide tolerance traits has been submitted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Dow AgroSciences announced today at a press conference at the annual Farm Progress Show.

As you contemplate late-summer, no-till cover-crop establishment, remember that your spring herbicide program may limit your options, say Penn State agronomists.