ADAMA adds SOMBRERO 600 FS™, HOTSHOT™ & SQUADRON™ to their 2016 line-up

Jan 20, 2016

Winnipeg, MB - 2016 is an exciting year for ADAMA Canada. The team is proud to announce the addition of three new products to their lineup.

SOMBRERO™ 600 FS, a systemic insecticide that provides early season control by delivering a knock out punch to wireworms in cereals, corn and soybeans as well as flea beetles in canola. As the plant grows, SOMBRERO is transported throughout the developing stem and leaves, ensuring lasting insect control and giving the crop the defence to grow to its potential. Its active ingredient, Imidacloprid, helps lay out bugs both above and below ground. This product is available in both Eastern and Western Canada.

HOTSHOT™, ADAMA’s new co-pack, is the ideal glyphosate tank-mix partner for pre-seed burn-off to control a wide range of annual broadleaf weeds including Group 2 & 9 resistant kochia, volunteer canola including glyphosate resistant, wild buckwheat, dandelion and narrow-leaved hawk’s beard. HOTSHOT consists of the active ingredients Bromoxynil and Florasulam, and when it’s combined with glyphosate, it creates a weed resistance tag team that smokes early season weeds.This product is available in Western Canada.

SQUADRON™, a broad spectrum herbicide registered for grass and broadleaf weed control in a wide range of crops, most notably lentils, peas, chickpeas, fababeans, soybeans and potatoes. Powered by the active ingredient Metribuzin, SQUADRON is an excellent resistance management tool. Resistant weeds can be a powerful enemy, but SQUADRON allows you to own the battlefield! This product is available in both Eastern and Western Canada.
These products hit the market in early 2016, and like all ADAMA initiatives, aim to bring something radically different to the agrichem industry in Canada: reliable solutions with no hoops to jump through, no grower programs, just a simple business approach.

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Source: ADAMA

Video: U.S.-China TRADE DEAL OR NO TRADE DEAL + Lower U.S./Canada Interest Rates Impact

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U.S. and Canada lowered interest rates this week with Canada’s 8th cut down to 2.5% while the U.S. Fed lowered interest rates for the first time in 9 months. Mexico and Canada are working closely together on trade ahead of the negotiations on USMCA review in 2026. The Canadian economy remains weak, so more cuts are most likely in the cards, and the U.S. Fed said 2 more cuts in 2025 and 1 in 2026. Do not fight the Fed or the tape!
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South American expected to get rain this coming week that could increase the soybean planting pace.
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