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Above is a photo of us blowing our own trumpet.  Yep in these tough times our business, like many others, tries as best we can to support New Zealand businesses,  and of course we are one of the few 100% owned companies left in NZ still  manufacturing herbicides for farmers. Many of the well-known brands are big multi-national companies and althoug..

Test if your soil is ok to grow cloverIf you have sprayed with any herbicides that have residual activity or you want to see if your soil quality and condition will support clover growth, a quick and easy way to do this is to just plant a few radish plants.Radishes are reasonably quick growing and if these grow with no adverse effects then this is ..

Rainbow & Brown's MSF600 gorse killer is ideal for control of gorse and other scrub weeds.  MSF600 herbicide is probably the most cost-effective weedkiller for gorse in NZ and is certainly the cheapest gorse killer Rainbow & Brown has to offer.You need to be patient though.  The mode of action of MSF600 is basically to stop the gorse growing and on..

You asked if you could use our product BuckShot to control gorse among a Leyland Cypress hedge, without damaging the hedge. I’m afraid I don’t know. BuckShot contains picloram, and of the many NZ registrations for herbicides containing pictorial there is not a word of advice regarding its effect on cypress hedge plants. Use within a hedge was never..

Got Buttercups and your not sure whether to use Rainbow & Brown Decision (flumetsulam) or Ranger (thifensulfuron-methyl) then read on.  Prices below were effective February 2020.DECISIONBoom spray at around 50g/ha for Creeping buttercup and 65g/ha for Giant Buttercup. So that is only $19.50/ha to spray for Creeping buttercup and a heap of other wee..

Tank cleaning between sprays is always important but no more important that if you have been using sulfonylurea herbicides like Rainbow & Brown’s MSF600. Even though this is on the labels it is worth reinforcing this.The sulfonylurea herbicides, like MSF600, have an affinity for binding to plastic tank walls, filters and hoses and then if not clean..

Most of you would be aware of these top Dye Spray Markers that have been market leaders in spray marker. Now Rainbow & Brown are pleased to be able to offer these at competitive prices.We always struggled to get a suitable spray marker that we could safely deliver to you on the farm. The rural posties, quite rightly, didn’t want to be carrying flam..

Due to a number of requests from customers we have extended the special organosilicone wetting agent prices we had running for Fieldays until 4:30pm on Friday 12th July 2019 Check out the prices and info below and http://www.rainbowbrown.co.nz/penetrants Rainbow & Brown have a great range of wetting agents and penetrants to aid the performance of..

You asked if it’s OK to apply Gibber900  to a paddock grazed 14 days ago. The answer is yes, though the full benefit does take about 18 days or so from application, so to some extent it depends how long before you want to use that paddock again.  If you can wait 18-21 days after you’ve sprayed, it will give you the Full Monty as far as the grass bo..

The Question:  Customer has a blueberry orchard that was planted in March 2017 – The plants are very shallow rooted. They to spray black nightshade and want to know if GA200 would be safe to use (Their sprayer has a hood over the nozzle, so they should not have spray drift, but they are worried about the shallow roots) Is there a possibility that t..

Question:GA200 looks interesting, it seems to be like a broad spectrum glyphosate?If it kills clovers does that mean it also kills gorse and other legumes?  I want to control gorse growing under and around  4 year old alder and poplar trees. I have been cutting the gorse and using MS600  Metsulfuron to spray the stumps, but don't??? want to go too ..

My partner sprayed the gibber  on the paddocks today - he wasn't supposed to do the one the sheep are currently in but did. The instructions say stock should not graze the area for 6 odd weeks so is there a problem and do I need to get the sheep off - they are ewes and lambs A: No need to move the stock, including the lambs. Gibber  has no toxic ef..