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Glyphosate price reduction?

The last 2 years have been a wild ride in the glyphosate business, making it tough for farmers to "manage through" when it comes to pricing and managing crop protection products, and the glyphosate market has been one of the bellwethers of that volatility, Stith explains. That's why Monsanto is cutting Roundup prices by up to 50%, he says.
full article: Agriculture Online

I heard something locally about cheaper Glyphosate available but it was one of those "I'll believe it.." So driving by the local Co-op the sign says "Glyphosate - $4.40/L" Wow.
Has anyone else seen this?

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Permalink Reply by Roadrunner on September 24, 2009 at 1:40pm
I think the patents are finally coming off on glyphosate and with all of the new generic manufacturers starting to sell their products, Monsanto has finally had to reduce their price to stay competitive. Roundup has been a very important tool for weed control...price reductions are great but I am more concerned about the price of grain...
Permalink Reply by Wayne Black on September 24, 2009 at 1:56pm
The patents came off of R-up many years ago (1995 or 1996?) The patents were for 20 or 25 years - US and Can. I would wonder if the volume is high enough now, China has figured out what to sell here, the CDN gov't is allowing more herbicides in?
The patent came off prior to Vantage (Dow?) and Credit (Nufarm) coming to the marketplace. Dad recalls buying R-up when it first came out for $18 per litre.

Roadrunner said:
I think the patents are finally coming off on glyphosate and with all of the new generic manufacturers starting to sell their products, Monsanto has finally had to reduce their price to stay competitive. Roundup has been a very important tool for weed control...price reductions are great but I am more concerned about the price of grain...
Permalink Reply by David on October 6, 2009 at 12:51pm
There are a pile of generic glyphos products coming into the market currently. The high prices of late drove the Chinese to overdevelop the infrastructure needed to manufacture these products. The market is flooded, maybe with unknown quality of products. I'm nervous using these products because you just don't know what liability you may be attaching yourself too. For now, Im happy to ride the price wave down and stay with products of known origin. D

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