Profit Calculator

Not using a soil-applied herbicide in your herbicide-tolerant corn herbicide program may look like a good idea at first glance. But, data from 35 experiments in nine states over the course of two years found that a soil-applied herbicide followed by glyphosate yielded 7 percent more than a post treatment of glyphosate.1 Use our calculator below to determine the profit you can protect using SureStart™ herbicide.

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Price per acre of SureStart

SureStart&trade followed by
24 oz. of Durango® DMA®		 24 oz. of Glyphosate
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> (with 7% yield loss1)
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Potential additional net profit per acre using SureStart followed by glyphosate versus glyphosate-only program

This Profit Calculator is not a guarantee of earnings. All information provided by Dow AgroSciences in connection with the Profit Calculator is a good faith estimate of profit potential. Individual profits will vary.

1Additional 7 percent yield increase and gross revenue per acre gained from using a soil-applied herbicide followed by a post glyphosate treatment. Grower SA and others. 2003. Effect of postemergence glyphosate application timing on weed and grain yield in glyphosate-resistant corn: Results from a 2-year mutlistate study. Weed Technology 17:821-828.