2019 Spring Farm Outlook

2019 Logan County Farm Outlook Magazine Lincoln Daily News March 21, 2019 Page 7 D ow AgroSciences has been working to develop a new generation of 2,4-D products that will be safer to use, easier to apply and will still offer the highly effective weed control of the original product. This is being accomplished with a GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) seed with high tolerance to 2,4-D coupled with new herbicides Enlist Duo and Enlist One. Enlist One is a straight broadleaf control herbicide with an impressive list of hard to kill weeds such as Palmer Amaranth, Waterhemp, Giant Ragweed, Lambsquarters, Marestail, Morning Glory Velvet Leaf, Velvet Leaf and Common Ragweed. Enlist Duo offers the same broadleaf control and adds to it glyphosate for control of grasses. A big hurdle for any GMO seed in the U.S. is the acceptance of the end product in China. While crops are still grown in the U.S. that are not acceptable in the China market, extensive control measures are practiced getting those crops to market. Receiving the China stamp of approval on Enlist corn and now for Enlist soybeans makes it easier for local producers to grow and sell GMO grains. The Enlist GMO seed corn and Enlist chemical herbicides combination were marketed to producers in 2018 after being approved by China in June of 2017. In January of 2019, China also agreed to accept the Enlist GMO soybeans, paving the way for widespread marketing in 2020. “We are very excited to bring the Enlist system to farmers in the U.S. and Canada,” said Dow AgroSciences President and CEO Tim Hassinger in 2017. “The feedback China’s approval of Enlist E3 Soybeans added to corn gives farmers more options By Nila Smith Continue 8