What is Respect the Rotation™
?
Respect the Rotation is a Bayer CropScience initiative to elevate the importance of and grower adoption of herbicide diversity. In July 2010, more than 200 participants took part in a three-day event in Memphis to kick off Respect the Rotation. Participants included the weed science community, consultants, growers, agribusiness, grower associations and organizations, federal agencies and media -- all in attendance to learn more about the threat of weed resistance.
How do we preserve herbicide technology?
Glyphosate-resistant weeds continue to spread at an exponential rate – both in geography and in number of species affected. They threaten efficient weed management and profitable, sustainable crop production. Growers struggle to manage these weeds at the cost of unplanned herbicide applications, intense manual labor and crop destruction or abandonment.
Good stewardship practices enable growers to prevent, manage, or delay the spread of weed resistance and protect all useful technologies. It is the right thing for crop production agriculture to preserve the utility of glyphosate and properly steward current and future technologies.
Working together, the weed science community, growers, consultants, and other key influencers can steward weed management technology, preserve conservation tillage opportunities, and promote sustainable and profitable row crop production.
Respect the Rotation is a Bayer CropScience initiative to elevate the importance of and grower adoption of herbicide diversity. Herbicide mode of action (MOA) rotation is essential to improve weed resistance management.
• Rotate Crops. Crop Rotation provides opportunity for herbicide diversity.
• Rotate herbicide-tolerant traits. Alternate herbicide-tolerant traits or use herbicide-tolerant
stacks for more efficient rotation of both nonselective and selective herbicides.
• Rotate modes of action. Rotate MOA and use multiple MOA to reduce the selection pressure
caused by overusing a single MOA.
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Rotation of crops, traits and herbicides is critical to the success of an Integrated Weed Management (IWM) plan. IWM elements are effective to reduce challenges of herbicide-tolerant and/or herbicide-resistant weed biotypes. It is best to use multiple practices, as no single strategy is likely to be completely effective. In addition to rotation, these elements are key:
• Know your weeds, know your fields. Closely monitor problematic areas with
difficult-to-control weeds or dense weed populations.
• Start with clean fields. Proper tillage or the use of a burndown herbicide program
should be used to control all emerged weeds prior to planting.
• Apply herbicides correctly. Ensure proper application, including timing, rates
and spray volumes.
• Control weed escapes. Consider spot herbicide applications, row wicking, cultivation
or hand removal to improve weed management.
• Reduce the seed bank. Do not allow surviving weeds to set seed, which will help decrease
weed populations from year to year and prevent weed shifts.
• Clean equipment. Prevent the spread of herbicide-resistant weeds and seeds.
It's time to bring the issue of herbicide diversity to the forefront. Join us to see what weeds are up to in your area at the Respect the Rotation™ Tour showcasing Bayer Innovative Weed Management Solutions.
Respect the Rotation is an initiative that addresses the growing problem of weed resistance and the importance of herbicide diversity. Conducted in conjunction with university scientists, the goal is to promote sustainable and profitable row crop production, while protecting the utility of glyphosate-tolerant technologies.
• Tuscola, Ill. – July 11 & 12
• Portageville, Mo. – Aug. 2
• Red Bud, Ill. – Aug. 9 & 10
• Clarksburg, Ohio – Aug. 23
• Beaver Crossing, Neb. – Aug. 24
• Ames, Iowa – Sept. 13 & 14
For information on any of the Respect the Rotation events, please check the links above.
For media, please visit our News page for more information and resources
Tuscola, Ill. – July 11 & 12
Below is a schedule of events that will take place at the July 11-12 Tuscola Respect the Rotation event.
Guest speakers include: Aaron Hager, Pat Tranel, Bill Johnson, Larry Steckel and Daren Bohannan
Portageville, Mo. – Aug. 2
Below is a schedule of events that will take at the Aug. 2 Portageville Respect the Rotation event.
For your convenience, following are two hotels in the area for overnight accommodations if needed. You will be responsible for your own reservations at the following hotels.
• Drury Inn, 2608 East Malone Ave., Sikeston, MO, 573-471-4100
• Holiday Inn Express, 120 S. S. interstate Dr. Sikeston, MO, 573-481-9500
Website with directions to Lee Farm: http://agebb.missouri.edu/irrigate/bhconf/2008/map.htm
Red Bud, Ill. – Aug. 9 & 10
Below is a schedule of events that will take place at the Aug. 9-10 Red Bud Respect the Rotation Event.
Clarksburg, Ohio – Aug. 23
Below is a schedule of events that will take place at the Aug. 23 Clarksburg Respect the Rotation Event.
Hotel information:
Deer Creek Lodge and Conference Center
P.O. Box 125
22300 State Park Road 20
Mt. Sterling, OH 43143
740.869.2020
Hotel Website
Beaver Crossing, Neb. – Aug. 24
Below is a schedule of events that will take place at the Aug. 24 Beaver Crossing Respect the Rotation Event
Directions To Big Cob Corn Hybrid Headquarters:
Beaver Crossing, Neb. – Take the Beaver Crossing exit off of I-80 and go south 1/4 mile. (The Beaver Crossing exit is about 35-40 miles west of Lincoln, Neb. on I-80.) After going south 1/4 mile, turn west (right) on 'O' Street about 2 miles
Ames, Iowa – Sept. 13 & 14
Below is a schedule of events that will take place at the Sept. 13-14 Ames Respect the Rotation Event.
There are two identical tours to choose from. You can join for cocktail hour and dinner following the tour on Sept. 13, or the night before the tour on Sept 14th.
Hotel accommodations will be at Gateway Hotel or Hilton Garden Inn at Ames, Iowa.
