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User Safety Recommendations
Users should:
Wash hands before eating, drinking, chewing gum, using tobacco or using the toilet.
Remove clothing immediately if pesticide gets inside. Then wash thoroughly and put on clean clothing.

Agricultural Use Requirements
Use this product only in accordance with its labeling and with the Worker Protection Standard, 40 CFR Part 170. This Standard contains requirements for the protection of agricultural workers on farms, forests, nurseries, and greenhouses, and handlers of agricultural pesticides. It contains requirements for training, decontamination, notification, and emergency assistance. It also contains specific instructions and exceptions pertaining to the statements on this label about personal protective equipment (PPE), restricted entry interval, and notification to workers (as applicable). The requirements in this box only apply to uses of this product that are covered by the Worker Protection Standard.
Do not enter or allow worker entry into treated areas during the restricted entry interval (REI) of 4 hours.
For early entry into treated areas that is permitted under the Worker Protection Standard and that involves contact with anything that has been treated, such as plants, soil, or water, wear:
Coveralls
Chemical-resistant gloves
Shoes plus socks

Non-Agricultural Use Requirements
The requirements in this box apply to uses of this product that are NOT within the scope of the Worker Protection Standard for Agricultural Pesticides (40 CFR Part 170). The WPS applies when this product is used to produce agricultural plants on farms, forests, nurseries, or greenhouses.
Entry Restrictions for Non-WPS Uses:
Do not enter or allow others to enter the treated area until sprays have dried.

Mixing Directions
Blackhawk - Alone: Fill the spray tank with water to about one-half of the required spray volume. Start agitation and add the required amount of Blackhawk. Continue agitation while mixing and filling the spray tank to the required spray volume. Maintain sufficient agitation during application to ensure uniformity of the spray mix. Do not allow water or spray mixture to back-siphon into the water source.

Blackhawk - Tank Mix: When tank mixing Blackhawk with other materials, conduct a compatibility test (jar test) using relative proportions of the tank mix ingredients prior to mixing ingredients in the spray tank. If foliar fertilizers are used, repeat the jar test with each batch of fertilizer utilizing the mixing water source. Vigorous, continuous agitation during mixing, filling and throughout application is required for all tank mixes. Sparger pipe agitators generally provide the most effective agitation in spray tanks. To prevent foaming in the spray tank, avoid stirring or splashing air into the spray mixture. 

Mixing Order for Tank Mixes: Fill the spray tank with water to 1/4 to 1/3 of the required spray volume. Start agitation. Add different formulation types in the order indicated below, allowing time for complete dispersion and mixing after addition of each product. Allow extra dispersion and mixing time for dry flowable products.
Add different formulation types in the following order:
1. Blackhawk and other water dispersible granules
2. Wettable powders
Maintain agitation and fill spray tank to 3/4 of total spray volume. Then add:
3. Emulsifiable concentrates and water-based solutions
4. Spray adjuvants, surfactants and oils
5. Foliar fertilizers
Finish filling the spray tank. Maintain continuous agitation during mixing, final filling and throughout application. If spraying and agitation must be stopped before the spray tank is empty, the materials may settle to the bottom. Settled materials must be resuspended before spraying is resumed. A sparger agitator is particularly useful for this purpose.
Premixing: Dry and flowable formulations may be premixed with water (slurried) and added to the spray tank through a 20 to 35 mesh screen. This procedure assures good initial dispersion of these formulation types.
Spray Tank pH: A spray tank pH between 6.0 and 9.0 is suggested to achieve maximum performance of Blackhawk. If the water source is outside of this pH range, or tank mixing other pesticides, adjuvants, or foliar nutrients will cause the pH to fall outside this range, consider adjusting the spray tank pH to be between 6.0 and 9.0 before adding Blackhawk. To do this, add all other tank mix components first, then check the spray tank pH, adjust if desired, and then add Blackhawk. If you require additional information on how to adjust spray tank pH, contact your Dow AgroSciences representative.
Use of Adjuvants: Adjuvants may be used to improve the control of leafminers and thrips in situations where achieving uniform plant coverage is difficult (such as closed crop canopy or dense foliage), or penetration into waxy leaf surfaces is necessary for pest control.
Use only adjuvant products labeled for agricultural use and follow the manufacturer’s label directions. A nominal concentration of 1 to 2 quarts per 100 gallons (0.25 to 0.5% v/v) is generally sufficient.
For leafminers and thrips, emulsified crop oils or methylated crop oil plus organosilicone combination products are recommended.
When using adjuvants, always conduct a jar test to determine the compatibility of the various components in the mixture. Determine crop safety in a small area of the crop whenever there is a significant change in spray mixture ingredients or source of water for the spray mixture.
Do not use diesel fuel or pure mineral oil.
When an adjuvant is to be used with this product, Dow AgroSciences recommends the use of an appropriate Chemical Producers and Distributors Association certified adjuvant.

CORN (FIELD, SWEET, POPCORN, SEED CORN) AND TEOSINTE
Pests: European corn borer, fall armyworm, true armyworm
Rate: 1.67 – 3.3 (oz/acre)

Pests: beet armyworm, corn earworm, southwestern corn borer, western bean cutworm
Rate: 2.2 – 3.3 (oz/acre)

COTTON
Pests: cotton bollworm (pre-bloom), cotton leafperforato,r European corn borer, tobacco budworm
Rate: 1.6 – 3.2 (oz/acre)

Pests: armyworms, cotton bollworm (post-bloom), leafminers loopers, cabbage looper, soybean looper, saltmarsh caterpillar, thrips
Rate: 2.4 – 3.2  (oz/acre)

GRASS CROPS, GRASS GROWN FOR SEED, PASTURES, RANGELAND AND SOD FARMS
Pests: beet armyworm, fall armyworm, sod webworms, southern armyworm, true armyworm, other lepidopterous species
 (oz/acre)
Rate: 1.1 – 2.2 (oz/acre)

LEGUME VEGETABLES (SUCCULENT AND DRIED BEANS AND PEAS)
Pests: European corn borer (eggs and larvae)
Rate: 1.7 – 3.3 (oz/acre)

Pests: armyworms, corn earworm, loopers
Rate: 2.2 – 3.3 (oz/acre)

Pests: leafminers, thrips
Rate: 2.5 – 3.3 (oz/acre)

PEANUT
Pests: armyworms, cabbage looper, corn earworm, European corn bore,r green cloverleaf worm, red-necked peanut worm, saltmarsh caterpillar, soybean looper, velvetbean caterpillar
Rate: 1.7 – 3.3 (oz/acre)

ROOT AND TUBER VEGETABLES
Pests: armyworms, dipteran leafminers, European corn borer, eabeetle loopers, thrips
Rate: 1.7 – 3.3 (oz/acre)

Pests: Colorado potato beetle, European corn borer
Rate: 1.7 – 3.3 (oz/acre)

Pests: armyworms, artichoke plume moth, dipteran leafminers (Liriomyza), loopers, thrips
Rate: 2.25 – 3.5 (oz/acre)

SMALL CEREAL GRAINS AND GRAIN AMARANTH
Pests: cereal leaf beetle, true armyworm
Rate: 1.1 – 3.3 (oz/acre)

Pests: armyworms, fall yellowstriped, corn earworm (headworm), grasshopper (suppression), southwestern corn borer, webworms
Rate: 1.7 – 3.3 (oz/acre)

SOYBEAN
Pests: green clover worm, soybean looper, true armyworm, velvet bean caterpillar
Rate: 1.1 – 2.2 (oz/acre)

Pests: armyworms, corn earworm (podworm), saltmarsh caterpillar
Rate: 1.7 – 2.2 (oz/acre)

TABACCO
Pests: thrips, tobacco budworm, tobacco hornworm
Rate: 1.6 – 3.2 (oz/acre)

TREE FARMS OR PLANTATIONS
Pests: European grapevine, moth lepidopterous larvae, bagworm, fall webworm, gypsy moth, hemlock looper, jackpine budworm, pine tip moth, redhumped caterpillar, spruce budworm, tent caterpillar, tussock moths, light brown apple moth, sawfiy larvae
Rate: 1.1 – 4.4 (oz/acre)