THE ROUNDUP READY PLUS® PROGRAM

The Roundup Ready PLUS® program is designed to reward cotton growers who use herbicides sustainably and help slow or prevent development of glyphosate resistance in key weed species.

The program encourages growers to use a range of weed control practices through product recommendations, educations & stewardship campaigns and financial rebates.

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What is the Roundup Ready PLUS® program?

 

FREE HERBICIDE RESISTANCE TESTING

The free herbicide resistance testing program is available to all growers who have grown Roundup Ready Flex® cotton in any of the prior 3 seasons. Growers can test five of the major weeds present in cotton systems for resistance to program herbicides. 

WEEDS

  • Annual Ryegrass (Lolium Rigidum)
  • Awnless Barnyard Grass (Echinochloa Colonum)
  • Liverseed Grass (Urochloa Panicoides)
  • Red Pigweed (Portulaca Oleracea)
  • Milk (Sow) Thistle (Sonchus Oleraceus)

TO PARTICIPATE IN THE RESISTANCE TESTING PROGRAM, SIMPLY FOLLOW THE BELOW STEPS:

  1. Bayer have pre-printed testing envelopes that can be used for weed seed collection. Please contact your Regional Business Manager, or email australia.cotton@bayer.com.
  2. Samples will be sent to Plant Science Consulting, who will do the testing and provide results directly to the grower.

REBATES

For the 2020/21 season, cotton growers will be offered rebates for using participating products sprayed on Roundup Ready Flex cotton fields between 1 June 2020 and 30 April 2021.

Growers will also be eligible for a rebate on a single application of Roundup Ready® Herbicide with PLANTSHIELD® or Roundup Ready® PL Herbicide with PLANTSHIELD® Technology, if another program product is used on the same field.

Per hectare rebate is calculated at maximum label rate. Rebates will be adjusted accordingly for lower rates used. Rebates will not be paid for usage above the maximum label rate.

Growers should consult the Technology User Agreement (TUA) for full terms and conditions. 

 

PLANT

Plant Roundup Ready Flex cotton.
 

APPLY

Apply participating products between 1 June 2020 and 30 April 2021 to your crop at the label rate.
 

LODGE

Lodge your spray records, proof of purchase, and timing & rate information in the 'Record Herbicide Usage' portal on the Roundup Ready PLUS website between 15 January and 30 April 2021.
 

REBATE

The rebate will be processed by EFT into your nominated account by 30 June, 2021.

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