Posted: May 1, 2011

Oat growers have a new combination seed treatment option available this spring.

Syngenta Crop Protection Canada announced that its Cruiser Maxx Cereals product previously available for wheat and barley now has an expanded label that includes oats. The product offers a combination of two seed treatments against cereal diseases along with an insecticide to suppress wireworm.

"Cruiser Maxx is proven to be an effective, preventative treatment for wheat and barley, protecting these seeds from damaging diseases and insects, so we are very pleased to extend this protection to oats this year," says Paul Allen, Seed Care Brand Manager, Syngenta Canada.

The product is based on the active ingredients thiamethoxam, metalaxyl-M and difenoconazole, the company says.

More information is available on the Syngenta Crop Protection Canada website.

Posted: May 1, 2011

Wheat and barely growers have a new off-patent option for grassy weed control.

Farmers of North America (FNA) announced availability this spring of HellCat, a Group 1 herbicide with the active ingredient fenoxaprop-p-ethyl.

The Saskatoon-based company says the product can be used to control grassy weeds in all types of wheat and barley, and can be tank mixed with a wide variety of broadleaf herbicides. More information is available on the FNA website.