This herbicide is the first Group 27 available in Western Canada for cereal pre-burn application
By Diego Flammini
Staff Writer
Farms.com
A new herbicide will be available to farmers in Western Canada for the 2025 growing season.
“Huskie PRE is our newest addition to our cereal herbicide management toolkit,” Ashley Smith, crop protection west marketing manager at Bayer, told Farms.com. “It is the first Group 27 (pyrasulfotole) that’s registered for cereals for a pre-burn application.”
The herbicide also includes Group 6 bromoxynil, and can be used in spring, winter and durum wheat, as well as barley and triticale.
The product is designed to be tank mixed with Roundup to provide early-season control of broadleaf weeds, including those resistant to Groups 2, 4, 5, 9 and 14.
When combined with Roundup Weathermax, Huskie PRE provides over 93 per cent control in kochia and 94 per cent control in broadleaf weeds overall.
“Where it stands out and shines is its rapid burndown and consistent rapid weed control,” Smith said. “It’s got aggressive adjuvants in it, and we don’t have a crop safener in it. This is fully registered for pre-burn, pre-emergent.”
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Using Huskie PRE will help farmers give their cereal crops a better start to the season.
Fewer weeds mean less competition for resources, Smith said.
“When you have your in-crop applications when your crop is established, your crop won’t have to outcompete weeds right from the beginning for those limited resources,” she said.
This year, Bayer tested Huskie PRE on about 9,000 acres across the Prairies.
And those who did use the product are pleased to have it product available.
The herbicide “gives a new mode of action for the pre-seed burnoff application in front of cereals that we haven’t had access to before,” a Manitoba grower said in a Bayer press release.
Once Huskie PRE comes to market, farmers can get it in a 20-acre jug, 320-acre drum or a 1,000-acre tote.
Producers interested in learning more about the herbicide can visit Bayer’s website or contact a local rep.