FMC

• Brigade EC; active ingredient bifenthrin

— Replaces Capture 2EC. Capture LFR still labeled for use at planting in corn.

• Hero 1.24 EC; active ingredients bifenthrin and zeta-cypermethrin

— Labelled on corn and various vegetable crops

• Mustang Max EC; new formulation of Mustang Max

— Same use rates, amount of active ingredient (ai), crops, pests as before
— Goes from "Warning" to "Caution" with new formulation
— Now labeled for use on pasture/range and other grass crops, sunflowers, potatoes, and a number of other crops

Dow AgroSciences

• Lorsban 15G, 4E, and 75WG; label changes for field corn uses
  — Preharvest interval drops from 35 to 21 days
  — 1.0 lb ai per acre maximum application with exception of 1.3 lb ai per acre Lorsban 15G at-plant application

• Cobalt
  — Active ingredients 2.5 lb chlorpyrifos + 0.045 lb gamma-cyhalothrin per gallon
  — Registered for use on alfalfa, field corn, sweet corn and seed corn, sorghum, soybeans, sunflowers and wheat against a variety of insect pests

Bayer Corporation

• Leverage 2.7
  — Active ingredients1.6 lbs imidacloprid and 1.1 lb cyfluthrin per gallon
  — Registered for soybeans November 2007
  — May be registered for other crops in the future
  — 3.8 oz/acre rate on soybeans, 45-day pre-harvest interval

Bob Wright
Extension Entomologist

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