Contractors Rank Herbicides

Results of landscape contractor survey

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When it comes to managing weeds, lawn care contractors simply want a product that works. Few are intensely loyal to a given brand of herbicide, and most haven't even had any experience with the majority of the brands out there.

According to a Brand Favorability survey completed by Green Industry PRO magazine subscribers, only 2% of contractors (on average) don't like a given brand of herbicide. At the same time, just 3% identify a specific brand as being the best.

The overwhelming majority of contractors fall somewhere in the middle. The percentage that has no opinion of a given brand ranges from 51-94%, depending on the brand (see listings below). The percentage that has a favorable opinion of a given brand ranges from 4-46%.

For example, the most popular brand out there, Bayer, received just a 46% favorability rating. At the same time, 51% said they had no opinion of the Bayer brand, while 3% said they did not like the Bayer brand.

The below data shows how each of the more well-known brands of lawn care herbicides performed on the survey:

Brand ….. % with Favorable Opinion ….. % with No Opinion

Arysta Life Science ….. 4% ….. 94%

BASF ….. 26% ….. 70%

Bayer ….. 46% ….. 51%

Dow ….. 33% ….. 64%

DuPont ….. 39% ….. 57%

Fiesta (Engage Agro USA) ….. 8% ….. 89%

FMC ….. 17% ….. 79%

Monsanto ….. 39% ….. 55%

Nufarm ….. 14% ….. 83%

PBI/Gordon ….. 35% ….. 62%

Quali-Pro ….. 12% ….. 85%

Syngenta ….. 27% ….. 70%

Valent ….. 12% ….. 85%

EDITOR’S NOTE: Favorable opinion represents contractors who answered either “like them” or “they are the best” on the survey. Other options were “don’t like them” and “no opinion”.

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