NEW TPR FRUITING VEGETABLE COBRA HERBICIDE LABEL AVAILABLE

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced Sept. 28 the approval of a new Third Party Registrations, Inc. Special Local Need label for the use of COBRA Herbicide (lactofen). COBRA is used to manage weeds in row middles of all plastic mulch-grown fruiting vegetable and okra crops. The label is valid immediately and available to any commercial fruiting vegetable (tomato, pepper, eggplant, etc.) and okra farm in good standing and a member of FFVA. As a result of potential crop damage or non-performance issues, COBRA must be used under very specific conditions; therefore, access to the label is managed through a waiver and limitations of warranty and liability process. This process requires that a registration agreement and a waiver and limitation of warranty and liability document be processed by TPR before receipt of the label. Once this paperwork is completed and the $2-per-acre label administrative fee is received, participants will be provided with the label and allowed access to the product. The approved label allows for application pre- or post-transplant with hooded or shielded spray equipment. COBRA manages numerous broadleaf weeds (dozens of different species are listed on the label such as nightshade, lambsquarters, pigweeds, ragweeds, Eclipta, purslane, etc.) in both pre-emergent and post-emergent manners. Growers who indicated interest in this label through the COBRA/Fruiting Vegetable Grower Interest Questionnaire, which was sent out in the spring, will be sent the paperwork necessary for signup. Other growers who may be interested in access to this or any other TPR, Inc. label are encouraged to contact the Environmental & Pest Management Division for assistance in the enrollment process.

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