Herbicide Recommendations for Forage Legumes (Established): Postemergence Broadleaf Herbicides

Pub 75: Guide to Weed Control > Forage Crops > Herbicide Recommendations for Forage Legumes (Established): Postemergence Broadleaf Herbicides

Excerpt from 2010-11 Publication 75, Guide to Weed Control, Order this publication

**Embutox or Caliber or Cobutox**
Trade Name	Embutox or Caliber or Cobutox
Active Ingredient	2,4-DB
Formulation	625 g/L
Rate per hectare (active)	1.4 to 1.7 kg/ha
Rate per hectare (product)	2.25 to 2.75 L/ha
Rate per acre (product)	0.9 to 1.1 L/ac

Precautions

For pure stands or mixtures containing alfalfa or bird's-foot trefoil apply as spot treatment or when regrowth after cutting or grazing is not more than 7 cm high.
Do NOT graze or cut for hay within 30 days of treatment.
Do NOT apply to crops grown for seed.
Apply in at least 150 L/ha (60 L/ac) water.

**Embutox or Caliber 625 or Cobutox 625**
Trade Name	Embutox or Caliber 625 or Cobutox 625
Active Ingredient	2,4-DB
Formulation	625 g/L
Rate per hectare (active)	1.4 kg/ha
Rate per hectare (product)	2.25 L/ha
Rate per acre (product)	0.9 L/ac

Precautions

Apply to actively growing weeds in September or October when regrowth after cutting or grazing is not more than 7 cm high.
Apply in at least 150 L/ha (60 L/ac) water.

**Clovitox Plus or Tropotox Plus or Topside**
Trade Name	Clovitox Plus or Tropotox Plus or Topside
Active Ingredient	MCPB/MCPA
Formulation	400 g/L (15:1)
Rate per hectare (active)	1.7 kg/ha
Rate per hectare (product)	4.25 L/ha
Rate per acre (product)	1.7 L/ac

Precautions

For pure stands or mixtures containing red and alsike clovers.
Apply as spot treatment, or when regrowth after cutting or grazing is not more than 7 cm high.

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