Nufarm Americas Inc. has announced the launch of Longbow™ EC. Longbow EC is the latest in Nufarm’s versatile portfolio of herbicides and harvest aids, helping growers achieve with cleaner crops at harvest time and providing weed management by controlling more than 60 broadleaf weed species, such as various pigweeds, lambsquarters and waterhemp.

“Carfentrazone-ethyl, the active ingredient in Longbow EC, has been a mainstay in grower’s agronomic plans for decades, providing a multi-faceted tool that can be used as both a broadleaf herbicide and defoliant.” said Chris Bowley, Nufarm Customer & Brand Marketing Manager. “Nufarm is pleased to now provide channel partners and their customers with a choice in source of carfentrazone.”

Ready to supply for the season’s defoliation needs, Longbow EC is the latest addition to Nufarm’s growing lineup of solutions for challenges facing growers in the yield-critical “Harvest to Canopy™” window.

As well as having utility as an excellent defoliant and harvest aid, Longbow EC’s low-use rate as a herbicide makes it an economical and flexible tank mix partner with most burndown, non-selective herbicide products. Longbow EC is labeled for use in more than 40 crops, including cotton, corn, soybeans, peanuts, sorghum and sugarcane.

EPA REG. NO.: 71368-133
ACTIVE INGR.: carfentrazone-ethyl (22.3%, 2 lb ai/gal) 
FORMULATION: emulsifiable concentrate
CHEM. FAMILY: triazolinone
GROUP NO.: 14
MODE OF ACT.: PPO inhibitor 
REI: 12 hours
SIGNAL WORD: caution
RESTRICTED: no
PACKAGE SIZE: 1 quart container (4 per case)

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
FLEXIBLE TANK-MIX TOOL FOR BETTER RESULTS
• Wide spectrum broadleaf weed control
• Fast-acting weed control
• Very broad crop spectrum
– Compatible with more than 45 crops or crop groups
• Excellent tank-mix partner
• Low use rates 
• Labeled for herbicide and harvest aid uses
• Convenient package size for easy handling

APPLICATION
USE SUMMARY – SOYBEANS
Apply Longbow™ EC alone or as a tank mixture with other herbicides to emerged and actively growing weeds. Apply to soybeans in all tillage systems from prior to planting up to prior to emergence. Do not apply Longbow EC during a period from emergence to V2. After plants have reached V3, hooded sprayers or directed applications are allowed up to V10. For optimum performance, make application to actively growing weeds up to 4 inches tall and rosettes less than 3 inches across. Use the higher rates when treating more mature weeds or dense vegetative growth. 
Preplant burndown: Apply up to 1.5 fl oz (0.023 lb ai) per acre
Tank mix: Longbow EC may be tank mixed with other herbicides to control weeds not listed on the label.
Do not use with diphenylether herbicides (oxyfluorfen and acifluorfen).