Staying Put:How to minimize off-target movement while spraying

摘要

Herbicide-resistant weeds in corn and soybeans threaten your bottom line. Fortunately, help is on the way. Soybeans that tolerate new formulations of 2,4-D, di-camba, and HPPD inhibitors should debut later this decade. Firms are also looking for a newrow-crop herbicide action mode - something that hasn't been developed since the 1980s.However, these new products and increased use of older ones raise herbicide-contamination concerns. Off-target management by drift and volatilization is also a potential threat. If you grow row crops in areas where specialty crops (such as grapes and tomatoes) are grown, you need to be even more vigilant.Here are four steps you can take to minimize drift potential and to avoid product contamination.