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S
o much of success in
agriculture is related to timing.
The right thing just needs to be
done at the right time. Things
work better, and you stay out
of trouble.
Some technologies make
timing easier than others. You can
put new GrazonNext™ herbicide
in the “easier” category. It also
tops the “superior pasture weed
control” category. It’s even better
than the longtime market standard,
Grazon® P+D herbicide.
Get better weed control
and fewer restrictions.
Agency. This exclusive program
is reserved for products that
demonstrate lower risk to
the environment and to
humans than the market standards.
GrazonNext™ herbicide combines
aminopyralid with high-quality
2,4-D for cost-effective weed control.
GrazonNext is not a federally
Restricted Use Pesticide, but it is
subject to state restrictions on 2,4-D.
In Texas, that means it still requires
a license to buy or apply.
Other options
More effective
In cases where you may want an
GrazonNext is more effective on
alternative to products containing
most broadleaf weeds, particularly
2,4-D, you still have other options
tough perennials such as nightshades,
for excellent weed control.
horsenettle and Texas bullnettle.
Ranchers can get the
Safe to desirable grasses, GrazonNext
environmental advantages of
provides soil residual activity to
GrazonNext with even fewer
control new weeds that germinate
restrictions by using Milestone®
for weeks after spraying, including
herbicide. Milestone contains
broomweed, cocklebur and ragweed.
aminopyralid without the 2,4-D.
While grass yields usually are
Milestone is not a federally Restricted
favored by early spraying, GrazonNext
Use Pesticide or a state-limited use
at the recommended rate of 2 pints
to
per acre is effective on many weeds
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New GrazonNext herbicide has fewer restrictions on grazing and haying than product. No license is required
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buy
or
apply
Milestone.
even as they mature. So, if you’re a
older, commonly used pasture herbicides.
If your pasture is infested with
little late in spraying, you can still get
woody species as well as broadleaf weeds,
good control. You can control early
“But we recommend that, with broadleaf
consider Surmount® herbicide. It’s active on
maturing thistles and later-germinating
weeds, you wait at least two weeks to mow
more woody species than either Milestone
perennials at the same time.
after spraying,” Langston says. “Give the
or GrazonNext. Surmount, however, is a
herbicide time to do its job.”
Fewer restrictions
federally Restricted Use Pesticide, requiring
Remember that to get the best control of
a license.
woody plants — like blackberry briars —
Compared with the older, commonly
you should delay mowing at least a year after
used pasture herbicides, GrazonNext has
One caution
spraying, Langston says. Earlier mowing of
less environmental risk and fewer grazing
woody plants will decrease control.
With all three herbicides — GrazonNext,
and haying restrictions. Look at the table
Milestone® herbicide and Surmount —
on this page.
Innovative chemistry
grasses in sprayed pastures may contain the
GrazonNext™ herbicide has zero days
withdrawal for lactating dairy animals. You
GrazonNext qualifies for fewer restrictions herbicide’s active ingredient for a time.
Consult the herbicide labels for information
can spray it with lactating dairy cattle in the because of its unique active ingredient,
pasture — something you can’t do with the aminopyralid — revolutionary chemistry that about transferring livestock from treated
areas onto broadleaf crop areas. Also, don’t
traditional herbicides.1
was reviewed and accepted for registration
use grass or hay from treated areas or
“Consider that an indicator of the low- under the Reduced Risk Pesticide Initiative
manure from animals on treated forage for
risk nature of GrazonNext,” says Dr. Vernon of the U.S Environmental Protection
composting or mulch. See
Langston, a Texas-based
Grazing and Haying Restrictions for Pasture Herbicides
the label for more details.
field research scientist for
(Required days interval after spraying before haying or grazing is allowed)
Dow AgroSciences.
Restrictions do apply to the transfer
GrazonNext also has
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of grazing animals to sites intended to
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grow sensitive crops. Refer to the label
for a complete list of transfer
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Grazon, GrazonNext, Milestone, Reclaim, Remedy and Surmount are trademarks of Dow AgroSciences LLC.
Grazon P+D and Surmount are federally Restricted Use Pesticides. State restrictions on the sale and use of GrazonNext
and Remedy Ultra apply. Consult the label before purchase or use for full details. Always read and follow label directions.
John Wilder sprays big clumps of blackberry with an
effective herbicide, lots of water and a big tractor.
Surmount also controls broadleaf weeds
and provides soil residual activity to control
weeds that germinate for weeks after spraying.
“In 2006, I sprayed berry vines and
persimmons and weeds I’ve never seen,”
Wilder says. “It did a good job. Some of
the persimmons came back, but there’s no
telling how much root system is down there.
They’d been mowed and mowed.”
In Dow AgroSciences demonstrations,
a labeled 1 percent solution of Surmount
has controlled persimmon when sprayed by
hand. Broadcast applications have been less
effective on persimmon. Experts speculate
that, for control, persimmon needs to be
saturated with the herbicide solution.
Use the right amount of herbicide,
surfactant and water. Wilder uses
Surmount at the labeled broadcast rate of
3 pints per acre. He also uses Sun-Pasture
— not a good thing. Foliar herbicides enter surfactant at the rate of 1 quart per 100
the plant through the leaves, so you need
gallons of spray mix. Surfactant helps the
plenty of them to absorb the herbicide.
solution spread out and stay on the leaves.
So, maximize foliage, Wilder says, as
His spray solution — herbicide,
long as you can still get over the brush and
surfactant and water — is usually 18.5
cover it with spray solution. In July 2007,
gallons per acre. But he’ll increase the
he sprayed blackberry clumps 5 to 10 feet
water to help coverage. “I do run as much
tall. “Thank God I had a four-wheel drive
as 20 gallons per acre,” he says.
tractor,” he says, “or I never would have
Thorough coverage of the leaves is
gotten through it.”
always a key to controlling brush with
Use the right brush killer. Product
foliar herbicides, experts say. It’s difficult
choice will vary by species, but for his targets, to penetrate big clumps of brush without
Wilder likes Surmount® herbicide. He’s used
adequate water.
it the last two years on the recommendation
Wilder knows what he applies because
of Darren Rozell of Red River Specialities in he calibrates his boomless sprayer. “I don’t
Tyler. Wilder’s broadcast applications have
spray anything without calibrating — it’s
controlled blackberry and locust and at least too expensive,” he says. “And this is no
suppressed persimmon.
guessing game.”
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pas t u re
m anagers
Kill armyworms for a full fortnight.
Fortnight
= 14 days and nights.
That’s how long Intrepid 2F insecticide controls
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armyworms, including fall armyworms, southern
armyworms, beet armyworms and true armyworms —
pests that can chew up a pasture overnight.
Given the high value of intensively managed
forage, it makes sense to protect it.
Now, just in time for the 2008 season,
Intrepid 2F is labeled for use in pastures and forage
grasses grown for hay.
“Armyworms are ferocious eaters, and they can
come at you over a period of time,” says Ralph
Lassiter, Dow AgroSciences product technology
specialist. “So, having 14-plus days of residual
control, as Intrepid 2F does, can save you repeat
treatments compared with other insecticides.”
Intrepid 2F also puts a halt on armyworm
appetites quickly.
Intrepid 2F has a novel mode of action that
mimics the action of the molting hormone of
armyworms. Upon ingestion of the insecticide,
armyworms undergo an incomplete and lethal
premature molt. This process stops their feeding.
He has 3 rules
for better brush control.
John Wilder’s landlords depend on him
advice
for more than just lease payments.
He defends their pastures from
encroaching brush that would turn their
tame grassland into the East Texas woods.
He’s gotten pretty good at it, too.
From the headquarters ranch he owns
at Tyler, Texas, Wilder operates mostly on
3,000 leased acres scattered around the area.
Those acres support a cow/calf herd and
a significant hay business. In pastures, he
continually fights blackberry, persimmon,
locust and other woody species.
“If we don’t do something, they’ll take
over a place,” Wilder says. “Cows won’t go
in these bushes. They stay away from that
stuff. And there’s no grass under these big
clumps of berry vines anyway.”
To control that brush,
Wilder — who does his
Need another option for blackberry?
own spraying — follows
three cardinal rules of
application that he shares
Surmount® herbicide has become a popular option to control blackberry and other encroaching brush. But it’s not
with his landowners and,
the only option.
now, you.
PastureGard® herbicide also controls blackberry, either in a broadcast or hand-applied spray solution. So does
Spray brush, don’t
Remedy® Ultra herbicide.
mow it. “If it’s been
You can base your herbicide choice on availability, license requirements and control of associated species.
mowed, skip a year or two
Surmount is a federally Restricted Use Pesticide that requires a license to buy and apply. And it’s not available
before you spray,” Wilder
everywhere. PastureGard and Remedy Ultra are not Restricted Use Pesticides, so usually a license is not required
says. “Then after that, you
to use those products. They also are more widely available.
can kill it.”
While Surmount provides soil residual activity to control broadleaf weeds and brush seedlings that germinate
If cut, the woody
for a period of weeks after spraying, PastureGard and Remedy Ultra do not. Because they have no soil activity,
species Wilder fights tend
PastureGard and Remedy Ultra also won’t interfere with clover germination in the fall. To further customize your
to resprout with more
spraying, you can tank-mix any of the products with a broadleaf weed control herbicide.
stems and tougher roots.
To tailor a brush control program to your situation, contact your Dow AgroSciences sales representative.
The ratio of leaf surface
to root mass goes down
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lackberry is a tough competitor in
many southern pastures, but it can be
controlled. A determining factor, though,
is when you spray.
Don’t spray
blackberry in the
same year you’ve
mowed, shredded
or bush hogged it.
You want the most foliage you can have
and still get over it with a sprayer.
With ample foliage, there are two good
times of year to spray. The first is in the
spring after leaves turn from light green to
dark green. But the best time is after fruit
drop, for as long as the leaves are healthy.
Don’t spray during flowering, when the
plants are putting on berries or the plants
are drought-stressed. Drought stress often
While feeding typically ceases within hours,
complete mortality may take several days.
“We call them walking dead worms,” Lassiter
says. “You may still see them crawling, but they’re
not doing any damage.”
While highly effective against armyworms,
Intrepid® 2F insecticide has no grazing restrictions
for livestock and does not disrupt populations of
most beneficial insects,
including bees.
Treatments with
Intrepid 2F should begin
at the first signs of
feeding damage or when
threshold levels of
feeding damage occur.
The labeled application
rate is 4 to 8 fluid ounces
per acre. The higher rate should be used for heavy
infestations or advanced growth stages of targeted
pests. Intrepid 2F is available in 1-gallon containers.
To learn more about Intrepid 2F, contact your
Dow AgroSciences sales representative.
complicates that second period.
You have three good herbicide
options: Surmount® herbicide;
PastureGard®
herbicide; or
Remedy® Ultra
herbicide tankmixed with
GrazonNext™
herbicide. At recommended rates, all
three have worked well.
Don’t skimp on water in broadcast
applications — 20, 30 or even 40 gallons
of total volume is not too much. All the
foliage should be wet with spray solution.
Don’t mow dead-looking blackberry
too soon after spraying. Allow the
herbicide time to reach the roots.
Wait a year.
Spray blackberry
at the right time.
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Trademark of Dow AgroSciences LLC. Surmount is a federally Restricted Use Pesticide. State restrictions on the sale and use
of GrazonNext, Intrepid 2F and Remedy Ultra apply. Consult the label before purchase or use for full details. Always read and follow label directions.
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