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Florida Herbicide Pricing and Expectations1
M. A. Mossler2The following list (Table 1 ) has been compiled from various unnamed sources. Each price reflects a blend of the differing use rates for differing crops and sites. Sites where more active ingredient is used per application (e.g. pasture vs. row middles) may have higher costs. Likewise, if an active ingredient is used in a specialty site such as golf course, turf, or ornamental, it is likely to cost more per application.
It is important to appreciate the expectations users have for each active ingredient, which is reflected in the price. Materials that are off-patent or have a limited weed control spectrum (e.g. 2,4-D, atrazine, dicamba, MSMA, trifluralin) generally average between $2/acre and $9/acre.
aterials that provide control of a larger array of weeds or provide control of weeds in specialty areas such as vegetable or citrus production command higher prices. Costs for these herbicides range between $10/acre to almost $60/acre.
Tables
Table 1.
Active Ingredient
Price ($/acre)
2,4-D
1.98
2,4-DB
2.07
ACIFLUORFEN
11.62
AMETRYN
1.87
ASULAM
25.04
ATRAZINE
5.29
BENSULIDE
58.50
BENTAZON
5.08
BROMACIL
30.37
CARFENTRAZONE
3.60
CHLORIMURON
3.52
CLETHODIM
11.97
CLOMAZONE
9.16
DICAMBA
3.34
DICLOSULAM
7.11
DIQUAT
10.75
DIURON
10.80
EPTC
11.19
ETHALFLURALIN
10.31
FLUAZIFOP
9.46
FLUMIOXAZIN
8.00
GLYPHOSATE
9.47
HALOSULFURON
27.88
HEXAZINONE
19.00
IMAZAPIC
15.02
S-METOLACHLOR
16.27
METRIBUZIN
12.67
MSMA
4.35
NORFLURAZON
45.38
OXYFLUORFEN
14.08
PARAQUAT
8.46
PENDIMETHALIN
5.35
PROMETRYN
4.88
SETHOXYDIM
18.69
SIMAZINE
11.03
SULFOSATE
9.17
THIAZOPYR
19.25
TRICLOPYR
17.35
TRIFLOXYSULFURON
18.50
TRIFLURALIN
3.97
Footnotes
1. This document is PI-137, one of a series of the Pesticide Information Office, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date October 2006. Visit the EDIS Web Site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.2. Mark Mossler, Doctor of Plant Medicine, Pesticide Information Office, Agronomy Department; Florida Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611.
The use of trade names in this publication is solely for the purpose of providing specific information. UF/IFAS does not guarantee or warranty the products named, and references to them in this publication does not signify our approval to the exclusion of other products of suitable composition. Use pesticides safely. Read and follow directions on the manufacturer's label.
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