Gradual Phase-Out of Bladex Herbicide
                                    
DuPont has announced the phase-out of Bladex herbicide by the
year 2002. This decision was negotiated with the EPA in an effort
to meet the long term needs of DuPont products and introduction
of new products into the market. There will no changes in 1996
and many of the current uses of Bladex will not be affected until
1999. Below is a table showing the maximum formulated product use
rates per acre per season. 

               Maximum Product Use Rates per Acre per Season  
             1995   1996    1997   1998  1999   2000-2002   2002+ 

Bladex 
  4L (qt.)    6.5    6.5    5      3     1         1         0 

Bladex 
  90DF(lb.)   7.2    7.2    5.5    3.3   1.1       1.1       0 


This action demonstrates what can happen to many of our crop
protection products because of heavy expense and constant
negotiation that goes with the severe requirements chemical
companies must meet to reregister existing products. Perhaps
others companies may decide to go through this route rather than
pay for the costs of herbicide reregistration.