FMC Canada’s crop protection lineup for 2026 will include four products marketed for control of kochia.
Avireo is a pre-seed/pre-emergent herbicide combining Group 27 and Group 14 active ingredients. FMC promotes it as the first product of its kind in Western Canada.
Avireo targets such broadleaf weeds like Group 2, 4 and 9 herbicide-resistant kochia, Group 2 and 4 herbicide-resistant cleavers, volunteer canola and others.
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Barricade III is a post-emergent herbicide with a higher-than-normal rate of fluroxypyr for enhanced control of kochia and other troublesome broadleaf weeds.
Also claiming kochia control is PrecisionPac CF-18-878 Pro. FMC says the burnoff blend provides extended control of more than 50 broadleaf weed species, among them kochia, narrow-leaved hawk’s-beard, Russian thistle and volunteer canola. It features four modes of action when mixed with glyphosate.
Express FT is also marketed for kochia control and others like cleavers and dandelions.
The three other crop protection products on the company’s 2026 slate include:
- Avoda Pro seed treatment for protection of wheat, barley, oats and rye against seed and soil-borne diseases. Its three active ingredients are tebuconazole, prothioconazoleb and metalaxyl.
- Focus NXT herbicide — a preseed herbicide formulated with spring wheat growers in the black soil zone in mind.
- Optimize FXC DS — a soybean innoculant meant to help support early nodulation and crop establishment.
