Last week China gave verbal approval to importing Enlist® E3 soybeans from Corteva® (with formal written approval coming soon). This is great news for Federated’s soybean growers. Enlist™ E3 is the first three-way herbicide tolerant, post emerge, in-crop traited soybean. These beans can be sprayed with Enlist, Liberty®, or Roundup®.

“I think this one is a big event,” said Kevin Carlson, Federated’s agronomy sales manager, because “it offers a great solution for our customers to clean up problematic weeds post emerge, like giant ragweed, and have less concerns with off-target movement—and it’s easier to manage the spray application,” he added.

Carlson said “We had some [Enlist soybean] seed production (0.8 maturity) in eastern Wisconsin last year . . . and weed control was excellent.”

While it’s likely only trial amounts of the seed will be available for growers in 2019, the new seed will be widely available for 2020. Federated plans to “get a good look at them in plots in 2019,” said Carlson.

Note the following Enlist E3 advantages.

1. Enlist herbicides have significantly less application restrictions.
2. Only minimal buffers are required when applying Enlist near sensitive areas.
3. Enlist herbicides feature 2,4-D choline and Colex-D® technology that provide near-zero volatility and reduced potential for physical drift.
4. They offer a wide application window: through R2 on soybeans (and V8 on corn).
5. They offer flexible tank-mix options.
6. Enlist herbicides are labeled for 23 different spray nozzles.

Talk to your Federated Agronomist to learn more about this great news!

Learn more about the Enlist Weed Control System here .