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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

This product must be incorporated into the soil within 4 hours of application except where the crop is sown with minimum tillage sowing equipment (fitted with knife points or blades less than 12 mm wide, usually with press wheels), where application may occur up to 24 hours before incorporation by the sowing process.

INCORPORATION TABLE:

1. Prior to furrowing out: 2 workings at an angle required using Offset or Tandem disc harrows.
2. After furrowing out: 2 workings required using Go-Devil discs or Lilliston cultivators set at 10 cm depth.
3. Rotary Hoe: 1 working required at 5-7.5 cm depth. Sugar Cane: 7.5-13cm depth.
4. Offset or Tandem Disc Harrows: (preferably with spiked harrows in tandem) 2 workings at an angle required at 7.5-15 cm depth at 6.5-10 km per hour.
5. Heavy Diamond or Stump Jump Harrows: (weighted 20-30 kg per section) at 10-13 km/hr speed. Then cross work with offset or tandem disc harrows set to 7.5-15 cm depth at speed 6.5-10 km per hour.
6. Weighted Heavy Diamond or Stump Jump Harrows: (weighted with 20-30 kg per section) at 10-13 km/hr. Cross work with combine at 5-7.5 cm depth at speed of 10-13 km/hr.
7. Disc Ratoon Cultivator: 2 workings needed with discs and cultivator set at 7.5-13 cm depth.
8. Offset or Tandem Disc Harrows: set at 7.5-15 cm depth. A second discing is required working in opposite direction with discs set to throw treated soil into tree or vine row.
9. Rotary Hoe: 1 working needed at 5-10 cm depth.
10. Offset Discs (Bumpers): 2 workings needed at depth of 7.5-13 cm.
11. Incorporation by sowing (IBS) on suitably prepared seedbed with heavy diamond harrows trailing or as a separate operation.
12. Post-sowing/Pre-emergence: Use heavy diamond harrows cross working at right angles to the direction of sowing. DO NOT attempt this method of incorporation on poorly prepared, clumpy or cloddy soils.
13. Incorporation by Sowing (IBS) with knife or blade points. Use press wheels to avoid dragging treated soil back into the seed furrow. Maintain slow to moderate speed to ensure that soil throw is not into adjacent furrows.

Note:

a. Knife or blade point systems can result in poor weed control in the seed furrow as chemical displacement from this zone occurs. Stubble coverage above 40-50% ground cover can reduce weed control below acceptable levels. b. A Knife or blade point is 12 mm or less, has no wings, inverted T or blade, and is generally placed on a minimum member of the Dinitronilines group of herbicides. FARMALINX Trifluralinx 480 Herbicide has the inhibitors 8-inch tyne spacing.

MIXING:

This product is an emulsifiable concentrate which mixes readily with water. Add the recommended amount to the spray tank during filling operation and apply 70-450 L of water/ha (broadcast basis) dependent on soil type and stubble coverage level. For minimum tillage/stubble retention seeding systems, use of the higher water volumes may help reduce the impact of stubble. Ensure adequate agitation is continued throughout the operation. Leaving the made-up spray mixture for long periods of time without agitation is not recommended. Under hot conditions or where possible spray and incorporate into the soil in one operation. Delay may cause inferior weed control. Use properly calibrated standard low pressure (170-340 kilopascal) boom type sprayer with fan tips.

CONDITIONS FOR BEST RESULTS:

This product must be thoroughly incorporated as recommended. Soil should be well worked and free of weeds at the time of application. Product effectiveness may be reduced by inadequate incorporation, high organic matter, excess clods, crop or trash residues, stones, or other foreign matter and in areas of unnaturally high weed seed population such as header tracks or livestock rest areas. Trifluralin is volatile and disappears from exposed surfaces. Loss is hastened by high temperatures, winds or warm moist soil. Integrated Weed Management: The use of Integrated Weed Management techniques in conjunction with FARMALINX Trifluralinx 480 Herbicide is always recommended. Agronomic practices that reduce the weed seed bank in the soil prior to the use of FARMALINX Trifluralinx 480 Herbicide will result in higher weed control levels from FARMALINX Trifluralinx 480 Herbicide. Failure to use Agronomic and Integrated Weed Management practices that reduce the weed seed bank in the soil will result in higher weed seed populations. Paddocks with excessively high weed seed banks may have sufficient weed numbers surviving such that final weed control may be considered below a commercially acceptable level, and additional herbicide treatments may be necessary. The use of Integrated Weed Management techniques will also reduce the potential for the development or survival of Group D herbicide resistance weed biotypes.

WILD OATS:

Germinating wild oat seeds lying on the soil surface will be controlled. Therefore, specific wild oat control is only possible with shallow cultivation. Poor control will occur on self-mulching soils and all soil types where deep cultivation is practiced.

RESISTANT WEEDS WARNING:

FARMALINX Trifluralinx 480 Herbicide is a member of the Dinitronilines group of herbicides. FARMALINX Trifluralinx 480 Herbicide has the inhibitors of tubulin formation mode of action. For weed resistance management, FARMALINX Trifluralinx 480 Herbicide is a Group D herbicide. Some naturally-occurring weed biotypes resistant to FARMALINX Trifluralinx 480 Herbicide and other Group D herbicides may exist through normal genetic variability in any weed population. The resistant individuals can eventually dominate the weed population if these herbicides are used repeatedly. These resistant weeds will not be controlled by FARMALINX Trifluralinx 480 Herbicide or other Group D herbicides. Since the occurrence of resistant weeds is difficult to detect prior to use, FARMALINX Pty Ltd accepts no liability for any losses that may result from the failure of FARMALINX Trifluralinx 480 Herbicide to control resistant weeds.

PROTECTION OF CROPS, NATIVE AND OTHER NON-TARGET PLANTS:

DO NOT use in high winds. DO NOT exceed rates specified, to avoid crop damage. DO NOT plant sensitive grasses such as oats, sorghum, millets, phalaris spp., ryegrass, or wheat for 12 months following the use of this product except where wheat follows wheat or other winter crops. DO NOT plant oilseed poppies when a detectable residue of Trifluralin is present in the soil. Levels as low as 0.02 ppm may interact with other unfavorable factors (moisture, stress, disease, etc.) to reduce poppy growth and vigor. DO NOT apply to orchards and vineyards after the first flush of growth or when residues can lodge on or in fruit. Reduced germination of wheat and barley may occur due to a combination of the following circumstances and the use of this product: Short coleoptile cultivars, Use of seed dressings (except Vitavax*), Shallow or uneven seedling depth.

Drift Warning:

DO NOT apply under meteorological conditions or from spraying equipment that could be expected to cause spray drift onto nearby susceptible plants, adjacent crops, croplands, or pastures.