New Roundup Ready Xtend Crop System to extend weed control and maximize yield

Monsanto Company today unveiled its new Roundup Ready® Xtend Crop System, which is designed to provide farmers with flexible control of weeds, especially glyphosate-resistant weeds. Pending regulatory approvals, this system is expected to be available to US farmers for the 2014 growing season, consisting of a new soybean trait solution and herbicide formulation. Roundup Ready® 2 Xtend is Monsanto's newest Genuity® soybean trait that includes tolerance to dicamba. This trait will also be stacked with Genuity® Roundup Ready 2 Yield® soybean trait technology. The first biotech-stacked traits available in soybeans offers tolerance to both glyphosate and dicamba herbicides, once approved. Roundup® Xtend is an enhanced dicamba and glyphosate herbicide premix that will enable farmers to manage weeds before planting; with dual modes of action, this low-volatility formulation will give farmers additional choice for broad control of glyphosate-resistant and tough-to-control broadleaf weeds.