Four new products on the way from Bayer

1. Raxil WW cereal seed treatment. The “WW” stands for wireworm. It combines the fungicide component of Raxil with imidacloprid insecticide. Bayer has applied for “on farm application” so you can apply it yourself.

2. Trilex AL seed treatment for pulses and soybeans. This combines trifloxystrobin (the active ingredient in Stratego foliar fungicide) and metalaxyl to protect seed and seedlings from a wide range of pathogens.

3. Prosper FX seed treatment for canola. Original Prosper has clothionadin insecticide for flea beetles and thiram fungicide. Prosper FX replaces thiram with trifloxystrobin for “more rhizoctonia protection,” Bayer reps say.

4. Velocity M3 herbicide for spring wheat and durum. M3 stands for three modes of action. The product combines a new group-2 herbicide (thiencarbazone-methyl) from Bayer with Infinity and bromoxynil. The group-2 component provides wild oat and green foxtail control and suppression of yellow foxtail and Persian darnel. The other actives provide broadleaf control.

Also a new formulation of Puma, called Puma Advance, improves crop safety on barley. You can apply it on barley from the one to six leaf stages, up to three tillers. (This matches the wheat label.) Also, Puma Super used to need a tank mix for barley. Puma Advance does not, but you will probably use one anyway for broadleafs.