New Pre-Plant Burndown SLN Labels for Permit Herbicide
YUMA, Ariz. (March 18, 2008) – Gowan Company announces the addition of Special Local Need labels approved in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas for the use of Permit Herbicide for pre-plant or at-planting burndown in rice for the control of annual broadleaf weeds and nutsedge. Applications of Permit herbicide may be applied for burndown of emerged weeds before planting, or at planting of rice.   More...  

Timely Volunteer Corn Control Gains Importance
Clean Soybean Fields May Keep Bt Resistance at Bay
Overland Park, KS. (March 03, 2008) – Early season control of volunteer corn in soybeans is taking on increased importance. While volunteer corn can rob young soybean plants of nutrients and moisture, and producers have always strived for a clean soybean field, volunteer corn escapes have been reluctantly tolerated up to this point.
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Volunteer Corn Could Be Sprouting Trouble
Producers Cautioned to Keep Soybean Fields Clean
Overland Park, KC. (February 02, 2008) – Volunteer corn is much more than a nuisance weed in soybean fields. It could also be a potential threat to the effectiveness of Bt corn hybrids.   More...  

Nexter® insecticide for fruit crops launched in Canada
CALGARY, AB, Canada (April 11, 2007) — Gowan Company has acquired the marketing rights to the active ingredient pyridaben and is marketing it under the NeXter brand name. NeXter miticide/insecticide provides quick knockdown of tough mite pests, including European Red Mite and Two Spotted Spider mite in apples, cherries, grapes, pears, strawberries, peaches and nectarines (Ontario only). NeXter delivers up to 40 days of residual control of mites.   more...