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Conrming Seed Orders STRATEGY A featured segment designed to share business- critical information to seed-selling professionals. Visit SeedWorld.com to download this department and other tools to help you sell seed to farmers. 34 SEEDWORLD.COM JUNE 2015 WILL 2015 BE the year that retailers and seed companies help growers turn the tide on weed resistance and begin supplementing their defensive strate- gies with a few offensive tools The developers of new traits and technologies available to corn soy- bean and cotton growers are confident theyre bringing products to the market that give farmers more options for controlling weeds and cultivating high quality crops. Dow AgroSciences received news in the fall of last year 2014 that their Enlist corn and soybean traits had been deregulated and authorities gave their approval to register Enlist Duo herbicide for use in six states Illinois Indiana Iowa Ohio South Dakota and Wisconsin. Then in April the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved the label for Enlist Duo in other key corn- and soybean- producing states including Arkansas Kansas Louisiana Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Nebraska Oklahoma and North Dakota. Similarly in January 2015 the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced they had deregulated dicamba-tolerant traits in cotton and soybeans clearing the way for Bollgard II XtendFlex cotton seed a product of Monsantos Deltapine to hit the market. BASF the maker of Engenia a new dicamba herbicide anticipates that EPA will register its product in mid- to late- New Tools Help to Fight Weeds Market introductions look to combat resistance issues. By Maria Brown 2015 allowing it to be used in tandem with those newly-approved dicamba- tolerant crops. As exciting as these advancements are scientists hope growers dont con- sider these products a magic bullet and forego proven management techniques. What Do They Offer Monsantos new cotton product part of the Roundup Ready Xtend Crop System is tolerant to dicamba glyphosate and glufosinate. In 2015 growers will be able to use glyphosate and glufosinate on the crop while over-the-top use of dicamba waits for approval by EPA. The Enlist Weed Control System includes corn soybean and cotton seed resistant to glyphosate and 24-D the Enlist Duo herbicide and management resources available through the Enlist Ahead program. Enlist corn also pro- vides tolerance to FOP herbicides and John Kalthoff serves as Dow AgroSciences cross-platform portfolio marketing leader. Monsantos Jordan Iverson has high expectations for Bollgard II XtendFlex varieties this year.