If Mother Nature throws a curve this spring, prairie canola growers have an economical new way to control early- and late-germinating grassy weeds in their Liberty Link® canola.

Under the Liberty Plus Program launched today by AgrEvo, farmers will get $5 per acre cash back when they spray Fusion either before or after spraying Liberty on their Liberty Link canola.

According to Stan Prokopchuk, AgrEvo’s director of sales for Canada, Liberty Plus will be a welcome option.

“Farmers count on Liberty for fast burndown of a broad spectrum of weeds in their Liberty Link canola,” he says. “However, timing can be an issue – either when some weeds emerge at a different time, or when a rain shower causes an unexpected flush.

“Since Fusion’s extremely effective on grassy weeds, some farmers have used Fusion either before or after their Liberty, to give them the weed control they need. We want to make this easy and economical, so we’re offering farmers $5 in cash for every acre treated with both Liberty and Fusion. It’s that simple.”

Liberty Link is a production system in which farmers plant canola varieties and hybrids genetically modified to be resistant to applications of AgrEvo’s broad-spectrum herbicide Liberty. These include InVigor hybrids, as well as the open-pollinated varieties Exceed, Independence, 2631 LL and Innovator.

AgrEvo is a global leader in biotechnology, seeds, crop protection and environmental health. The company globally markets a wide range of products for enhancing crop production and urban pest control. AgrEvo operates in more than 70 countries and has approximately 8,500 employees worldwide.

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