Backrow Max is your partner in ensuring that your pre-emergence herbicides deliver consistent, long-lasting weed control, no matter the conditions.
Backrow Max is a specialist residual herbicide adjuvant that can be incorporated into the pre- and peri-emergence tank-mix to maximise performance – in all conditions. Our advanced adjuvant formulation enhances the effectiveness and safety of your residual herbicides, ensuring even distribution, better retention, and less weeds emerging during the season.
Secure your fields with Backrow Max
- PROLONGED PROTECTION – Achieve consistent, longer lasting protection in suboptimal seedbeds and spraying conditions.
- ENHANCED ESTABLISHMENT – Prevent herbicides causing crop phytotoxicity.
- SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES – Protect off-targets by reducing chemical movement to nearby fields and watercourses.
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STRENGTHEN YOUR RESIDUAL HERBICIDE PROGRAMME WITH BACKROW MAX
PROLONGED PROTECTION
Enhanced coverage
Backrow Max enhances residual herbicide targeting and coverage across the soil surface, creating a stronger barrier to weed emergence.
Spray application research shows Backrow Max:
- Reduces the number of very fine droplets – smaller than 100 microns which are the most susceptible to drift
- Reduces the number of very coarse droplets – prone to bounce
- Creates a more optimal size droplet for on-target pre-em application.
Enhanced spray distribution
Spray application trials on farm using deposition papers has demonstrated that the inclusion of Backrow Max with pre-emergence herbicides produces better coverage than applying herbicides alone.
The trials showed optimal coverage utilising Backrow Max with both flat fan and low drift nozzles and a range of water volumes.
Stronger barrier against weed germination
Longer lasting weed control
Backrow Max works to consistently maintain a lethal dose of active herbicide in the weed germination zone, leading to longer lasting protection from weed emergence.
Enhanced residual activity
Increasing herbicide retention in the top 5cm of soil – better than other adjuvants tested – Backrow Max helps extend the residual activity of herbicides by enhancing their binding to soil particles, prolonging the weed control period and maximising their overall effectiveness.
This has been proven in research conducted by the Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation in Poland:
+6% Luximo; +7% clomazone; + 8% pendimethalin
Top-performing retention with clomazone and pendimethalin
Research conducted by the Institute in 2021 and 2022 showed that adjuvants vary greatly in their influence on herbicide retention, with Backrow Max securing the greatest retention in the top 5cm of the soil compared with three competitor adjuvants at their recommended rates, including one of the newer adjuvants, Adhere.
Improves herbicide performance in dry conditions
Backrow Max reduces dependency on rainfall for activation and uptake.
Likened to rain in a can, Backrow Max slows the drying of the top 5cm of the soil, reducing your dependency on rainfall for herbicide performance.
Research and trials have shown that Backrow Max improves the performance of residual herbicides in dry conditions and can benefit weed control by as much as 20%. Download our latest booklet for more info and trials results.
As effective as an inch of rainfall
TAKES WEED CONTROL TO THE MAX
ENHANCED ESTABLISHMENT
Protects crop safety
Backrow Max adds valuable protection to crop establishment by minimising chemical loss from the top 5cm of the soil.
Reduces chemical movement to the crop seed
Backrow Max protects crop safety by securing a higher proportion of your herbicides in the soil layer above the developing crop seed.
Research in the Netherlands, utilising lysimeters to collect leachate showed Backrow Max reduced chemical leaching by as much as 60%.
SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES
Wider benefits to groundwater
Optimising residual herbicide applications with Backrow Max could also reduce the risk of chemical loss to groundwater via leaching.
Backup with Backrow Max
Incorporating Backrow Max into your pre- and peri-emergence tank-mix will add valuable protection to groundwater safety by minimising chemical loss from the weed zone.
New research shows optimising residual herbicide applications with Backrow Max could also reduce the risk of nitrogen loss via leaching. Download our Backrow Max booklet here to learn more about the study and see the results.
Water stewardship
STRENGTHENING RESIDUAL HERBICIDE PERFORMANCE ON-FARM
With increasing weather constraints and challenging application conditions challenging effective weed control on-farm, more and more farmers are utilising the benefits of Backrow Max to take their weed control to the max. Read about their weed control tactics here.
HOW TO INCORPORATE BACKROW MAX INTO YOUR RESIDUAL HERBICIDE PROGRAMME
Backrow Max is approved for use with all residual herbicides in an extensive list of crops – download booklet here for approved crops – and can be utilised at both the pre- and peri-emergence spray timings.
HOW TO ORDER BACKROW MAX
Speak to your Agrii agronomist
Backrow Max is available to purchase through Agrii. You can either order through your Agrii agronomist or contact one of the local depots.
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Download a copy of our 2024-25 Backrow Max booklet for new farmer case studies, trials results and more.
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