Canada approved new 2,4-D and glyphosate product

The Canadian Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has approved a new 2,4-D and glyphosate formulation for use on corn and soybean crops.


The seeds that will be resistant to Dow’s new Enlist Duo formulation were approved last fall.


However, Dow says it won’t sell the new system in Canada until approval is received in the United States.


American regulators recently announced they would need more time to examine the product combination before granting approval. 


Dow had already delayed the release of Enlist Duo in the U.S. to 2014 from 2013 amid an outcry from U.S. environmental groups who claim that the product would result in more weeds developing resistance to 2,4-D and glyphosate and that its popularity would cause increased use of 2,4-D.


“Growing farmer concern of hard to kill and resistant weeds in corn and soybeans in Canada supports the need for this technology,” Jim Wispinski, president of Dow’s agricultural division in Canada, said in a statement.


The company had planned to sell the corn variety in Canada this year and soybeans in 2015.