Herbicide Supply Chain Challenges

Tim Hammerich

News Reporter

Supply chain challenges have impacted nearly every industry, and agriculture is no different. The issues run deeper than just transporting grains and oilseeds, however. Vital inputs have also been affected, including the popular herbicide glyphosate. Bayer Crop Science crop protection field sales rep Kyle Strachila says it’s important to have a contingency plan.

Strachila… “It's no secret in the industry that glyphosate is on tight supply, not only with our own branded glyphosate of RT 3 and PowerMax, but also generic glyphosate. It seems like everybody in the industry is just having supply challenges in one form or another. So glyphosate is going to be tight and that's something that we're going to have to address and plan for, and come up with alternative options on.”

Strachila says rotating herbicides is a good idea generally, but especially when supplies are tight.

Strachila… “RT 3 is a really popular summer fallow application, but it not only would help with supply, but it would also help with resistance to rotate to a different chemistry later in the season, such as a DEA 2,4-D chemistry. Those work well in hot, late summer applications. And Paraquat shows really good performance late in the season as well.”

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