DuPont™ Stout™ (mp) Herbicide Registered for Use in Corn

Postemergence Applications Affordably Control Many Grasses and Key Broadleaf Weeds

JOHNSTON, Iowa, Feb. 24, 2006 — The Environmental Protection Agency has approved the registration of new DuPont™ Stout™ (mp) herbicide for postemergence grass and broadleaf weed control in corn. The new product gives growers a new and cost-effective choice for consistent control of many grasses and key broadleaf weeds.

“Stout™ (mp) provides broad-spectrum contact control of many grasses, including woolly cupgrass, Italian ryegrass, yellow foxtail, field sandbur plus velvetleaf and lambsquarter at an affordable cost,” said Jim Flater, product manager for DuPont. “Corn growers can achieve the weed control they need with much more flexibility in rates, tank-mix partners, application window and bottom line costs.”

Growers can target specific weed problems by tank mixing Stout™ (mp) with many herbicides registered for use on corn, including atrazine, dicamba, Distinct, Callisto or DuPont™ Cinch® herbicide. Applications must include either a crop oil concentrate or a non-ionic surfactant, and an ammonium nitrogen fertilizer also must be used unless prohibited by tank-mix partner labeling. “With rising fuel costs, corn growers need to get the best possible return on their input investments this spring,” Flater said. “That’s why we are excited to introduce Stout™ (mp) herbicide, which will give them cost-effective control of many grasses and key broadleaf weed problems.”

For more information, please visit your DuPont retailer or cropprotection.dupont.com.

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2/24/06

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