Corteva, FMC partner on new herbicide technology to combat resistant weeds.
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Corteva, FMC partner on new herbicide technology to combat resistant weeds. Corteva and FMC Corporation have reached a major agreement to expand access to a next-generation herbicide technology that both companies say could help farmers better combat some of the most troublesome herbicide-resistant weeds threatening corn and soybean production across the Americas. The strategic supply and licensing agreement will allow Indianapolis-based Corteva and Philadelphia-based FMC to develop and market their own herbicide products built around FMC's proprietary rimisoxafen technology. The companies said the collaboration is designed to accelerate availability of the new chemistry to growers in North and South America. The agreement comes as farmers continue to battle increasingly resistant weed populations that can significantly reduce crop yields and increase production costs. Among the most challenging are Palmer amaranth and waterhemp, two aggressive pigweed species that have developed resistance to multiple herbicide classes and have become major concerns across much of the Corn Belt. Company officials describe rimisoxafen as one of the most significant herbicide innovations introduced in decades. The technology was recently classified by the Herbicide Resistance Action Committee as the industry's first herbicide featuring a dual mode of action, a characteristic that...
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