Crop bleaching called into question

Shannon Beattie
Updated June 25 2021 - 9:57am, first published 6:30am
A lupin crop belonging to a farmer in Bolgart has suffered elevated levels of bleaching after the paddock beside it was sprayed with Overwatch.
A lupin crop belonging to a farmer in Bolgart has suffered elevated levels of bleaching after the paddock beside it was sprayed with Overwatch.

ELEVATED levels of bleaching in crops sprayed with Overwatch, a new mode of action from chemical company FMC, have been reported around the State, with the whitening also found in paddocks near ones that were sprayed with the Group Q herbicide.

Shannon Beattie

Shannon Beattie

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