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Clarendon Agricare are for the 2009-10 season stocking ATOL Chlorotoluronto help with grass weed control in winter cereals as IPU is no longer available.However the down side of this product is that it has varietal restrictions.To find out which varieties Chlorotoluron may be used on please visit www.nufarm.co.uk and make a link to CTU variety list.
New! Information on the lifting of the suspension of aminopyralid approvals
The approval of the Dow AgroSciences herbicide, aminopyralid found in FOREFRONT, has been reinstated by ministers on the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides. The move lifts a voluntary suspension of approval for sales and use which the company sought in July 2008 after sensitive crops on some allotments and gardens were affected by manure containing traces of the herbicide.Aminopyralid is a highly effective weedkiller for professional users. It is valued by farmers seeking to control pernicious and poisonous weeds such as ragwort, thistles and docks in pasture. In specific formulations it also has the potential to control invasive weeds, such as Japanese knotweed, in amenity areas and industrial sites. Since sales and use were suspended, farmers have campaigned for the product's return because of the high levels of long lasting weed control aminopyralid-based products offer. Those who have used the product since its launch in 2006 saw improved pasture and enjoyed increased output from their fields, compared to that offered by other products on sale to control weeds in grassland.
The active ingredient will be re-introduced with new recommendations and a stringent stewardship programme devised to prevent inadvertent movement of manure from farms. Key to this is the requirement that products containing aminopyralid are only applied to land that will be grazed by cattle or sheep; not land where forage will be conserved. This requirement aims to ensure manure generated from treated grassland remains on the pasture. Problems have arisen when conserved forage from treated pasture was fed to housed livestock and manure created in large quantities.
Supporting these new recommendations is an enhanced stewardship package which will require anyone supplying or advising on the use of aminopyralid to be re-trained in the details of product use. Those applying, or using, products containing aminopyralid are required to confirm in writing that they have been instructed on product use and manure management issues. These records form part of user traceability system. The new stewardship requirements are stringent. It is believed they will mitigate against manure leaving farms where aminopyralid has been used and so help to safeguard against repeats of sensitive crops being affected.
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