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DuPont™ Agility® SG herbicide with TotalSol® soluble granules is an advanced formulation designed specifically to go after group 2 resistant kochia and other tough broadleaf weeds. It combines the power of four active ingredients— with two modes of action — in an advanced formulation that delivers reliable control of ALS-resistant varieties of kochia.
DuPont™ Asana® XL insecticide controls a broad spectrum of corn insect pests, including cutworm, black cutworm, western bean cutworm, corn earworm and stalk borer.
Dandelions have become an increasing problem since many growers shifted to reduced-tillage or no-till systems. After the crop has been harvested in the fall, weeds such as dandelions begin to grow as they prepare to overwinter.
DuPont™ Lannate® SP and Lannate® LV insecticides help control brown, marmorated stink bug (BMSB) infestations in the mainland U.S. (except in Texas and New Hampshire) on selected fruit, vegetable and grain crops. DuPont™ Vydate® L insecticide/nematicide also can be used for BMSB control in 19 states on selected fruit and vegetable crops.
A series of Brownfield Ag News podcasts describes how growers can maximize yields with a production program that includes minimizing weeds.
Count on DuPont is a promise to be there for you — today and in the future. It’s our commitment to helping you succeed for the long term. And it's your assurance that you're getting the tested and proven quality of our land management products, the support and program you can rely on, and our in-depth knowledge of local crop protection and land management concerns.
Dermacor® X-100 seed treatment works immediately to protect rice against damage from rice water weevil and later-season stemborers to help crops achieve their maximum yield potential. Learn what rice industry leaders have to say about the benefits of planting seed treated with Dermacor® X-100.
Growers who have long relied on DuPont™ Asana® XL insecticide now can turn to DuPont™ Assure® II herbicide, DuPont™ Express® herbicide and the DuPont™ ExpressSun® trait system for even more protection.
DuPont is committed to helping customers succeed by providing high-quality, proven sulfonylurea herbicides; exceptional support and programs; and in-depth knowledge of local crop production concerns.
DuPont™ Altacor® insect control and Avaunt® insecticide products used in sequence and rotation provide reliable, consistent control of damaging biting and chewing insects in Eastern stone and pome fruit crops. Using the DuPont portfolio, growers receive fast-acting, broad-spectrum control with strong residual activity to help crops reach their potential for yield and quality.
DuPont™ Altacor® insect control powered by Rynaxypyr® provides reliable, consistent control of major pests in Western pome and stone fruit crops. When used early in the pest life cycle, Altacor® prevents the build-up of pest populations to maximize yield potential.
DuPont™ Altacor® insect control powered by Rynaxypyr® provides reliable, consistent control of key pests in tree nuts. When used early in the pest life cycle, Altacor® prevents buildup of pest populations for maximum quality and yield.
DuPont™ Asana® XL insecticide holds up against sun and rain and stays active longer than the competition for reliable control of cabbage loopers, corn earworm, cutworm, soybean aphids and other damaging pests.
2011 field trials demonstrated that DuPont™ Asana® XL insecticide delivers a nearly four-bushel yield advantage in university soybean field studies compared to other leading insecticides.
Count on Assure® II for the best volunteer corn control in your soybeans and cotton
DuPont™ Classic® and Synchrony® XP postemergence herbicides can enhance the performance of a herbicide program for soybeans with the LibertyLink gene.
DuPont™ Coragen® insect control powered by Rynaxypyr® helps optimize yield and quality by controlling insect pests in key cucurbit vegetables.
DuPont™ Coragen® insect control powered by Rynaxypyr® is an important part of a pepper IPM program, optimizing yield and quality through reliable and consistent control of key pepper pests.
While the mint root borer continues its costly raid on Pacific Northwest mint crops, DuPont™ Coragen® insect control powered by Rynaxypyr® offers a fast-acting, long-lasting solution for optimal mint crop yields.
DuPont™ Coragen® insect control powered by Rynaxypyr® provides exceptional control of major worm pests in tobacco starting at transplant. Coragen® helps optimize tobacco crop yield and quality by controlling key insect pests with long-lasting residual.
DuPont™ Crop Protection Plus® is a product cost replacement program for growers in Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming who apply DuPont™ Assure® II herbicide to canola, chickpeas (garbanzo beans), crambe, dry beans, dry and succulent peas, dry lentils, and/or apply Asana® XL insecticide to chickpeas (garbanzo beans) dry beans, dry and succulent peas and/or lentils
Since 2000, the DuPont™ Crop Protection Plus® product cost replacement program has helped nearly 4,200 growers recover more than $8.6 million in lost herbicide costs on nearly 2.2 million acres.
The DuPont™ Crop Protection Plus® program is helping provide peace of mind for producers in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. To participate, growers much purchase and apply Assure® II or Express® herbicides and/or Asana® XL insecticide to a qualifying crop. If that crop is destroyed by drought, frost, freeze, flood, hail or fire, DuPont will provide product cost-replacement credit at their local retailer where the product was purchased, in the amount of the in-season purchase used to treat the lost areas.
The DuPont™ Crop Protection Plus® sugar beet cost replacement program protects early season herbicide and insecticide investments for sugar beet growers who apply UpBeet® and/or Assure® II herbicides and/or Asana® XL insecticides during the growing season.
Soybean growers and agronomists report early, longer-lasting weed control, including control of glyphosate-tolerant or resistant weeds, with DuPont™ Envive® herbicide.
DuPont™ Finesse® Cereal and Fallow herbicide provides preplant/preemergence weed control in winter and spring wheat (except Durum wheat and Wampum variety of Spring Wheat).
For more than 15 years, DuPont™ Harmony® Extra SG herbicide has protected wheat against wild garlic, henbit and other tough broadleaf weeds to maximize yields and grain quality.
DuPont™ Kocide® 3000 fungicide/bactericide delivers the excellent performance that tree fruit, tree nut, vine, vegetable and cereal growers have come to expect from Kocide® brands, but with less copper, for more environmentally favorable disease control.
DuPont™ Prevathon™ insect control protects yield potential, reduces applications and gives growers seed selection flexibility. By preserving beneficial insects, Prevathon™ avoids mite flare.
DuPont™ Prevathon™ insect control powered by Rynaxypyr™ protects against the entire key cotton worm complex, giving cotton growers more freedom to select the cotton varieties best for their fields.
Increased no-till and reduced-till production has led to numerous benefits for corn growers, but it also has contributed a shift in the weed spectrum. For example, Italian ryegrass has become a significant problem in many fields.
Soybean varieties with the STS®/Roundup Ready stacked-trait provides the opportunity for excellent weed control with a combination of glyphosate and DuPont™ Synchrony® XP herbicide
With Temik no longer available, count on DuPont™ Vydate® C-LV insecticide/nematicide to help manage thrips and plant bugs, extending nematode control following nematicide seed treatments.
Over the past several years, farming practices and herbicide programs have changed significantly, resulting in more winter annual weed pressure. Now, herbicide applications to winter wheat have become even more important. A fall application of Harmony® Extra SG provides control of a wide spectrum of broadleaf weeds.
A cold, wet spring can push planting dates to the limit, leaving little time for preplant herbicide applications. A fall application of DuPont™ Canopy® EX or Basis® herbicide post harvest can halt development of winter annual weeds and allow for earlier planting in a warmer, cleaner seedbed.
DuPont™ TotalSol® soluble granule technology helps avoid herbicide problems like poor tank mixing, uneven application and messy cleanup.
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For Progressive Forage Growers
Craig Alford shares forage management tips to help beef producers increase grass per acre, boost overall operation efficiency and increase profit potential.
DuPont™ Velpar® L herbicide delivers effective smutgrass control with reduced grazing restrictions for more forage production and better pasture management.
Canopy® herbicide delivers burndown plus residual activity to help maximize early-season control of tough weeds, allowing the postemergence application to be made closer to canopy.
The DuPont product portfolio optimizes tomato yield and quality in the eastern United States. A variety of solutions give growers remarkable pest protection with excellent crop tolerance.
DuPont defends against key potato pests, including, insects, nematodes, diseases and weeds, giving growers tools they need to optimize potato yield and quality. Count on DuPont to provide reliable, consistent control. (See product labels for crop/pest combinations controlled or suppressed.)
Growers describe how the DuPont™ Crop Protection Plus® product cost replacement program helps them manage weather and other uncertainties in cereal crop production.
Count on DuPont to provide dependable, season-long control of damaging insect pests in California and Arizona grapes.
DuPont offers a whole portfolio for citrus — for suppression of citrus canker, insects, nematodes and weeds.
Count on Resolve® Q to deliver focused weed control on contact
DuPont™ Rynaxypyr® insect control quickly controls important Lepidoptera pests and other selected species, keeping populations in check to maximize yields.
Count on DuPont™ Coragen®, Lannate® brands, Avaunt® and Asana® XL insect control products to control damaging insects that can hurt sweet corn quality and yield.
The DuPont TankMix Calculator Application lets you quickly and easily calculate product amounts for your field or tank size. A demonstration video shows you how.
DuPont™ Finesse® Cereal and Fallow herbicide can be applied with a topdress fertilizer in just one pass to promote lush, healthy wheat plants and a clean, efficient harvest. Its exellent residual performance keeps working through the season to deliver a clean crop for faster and easier harvesting.