John B. JMS/.MN has it correct. The active ingredient in Roundup is glyphosate. Some generics are: Glystar Plus, Touchdown,Eraser,etc. Just make sure it is the 41% Glyphosate product and your good to go. The Roundup found at Lowes and others is around 24% Glyphosate. So watch for the LBS. of active ingredient per gallon. They run from a high of around 4.5 LBS per gallon for Roundup Powermax to as low as 3.5 LBS. per gallon for some of the cheaper generics. Just figure the cost per LBS. of the active ingredient when you comparison shop.
notjustair Maybe correct about Round up being the "better value" in his area but it is not that way in this area. We have some good independent suppliers that keep the COOPs in line. Roundup has more active ingredient per gallon and some built in crop oil/surfactant but if you match the rates of the generic and Roundup so that your applying the same amount of actual product then they will control the weeds the same. Then you need to look at the cost per acre not the cost per gallon of the product. I have done this calculation every year for the last 4-5 years since Roundup came off patent. Roundup has cost more per acre every single year even with the need for a higher rate using the generic product and additional crop oil/surfactant.
Missouri State University has a very good study they conducted on how the products stacked up and the results where that the weeds were controlled the same if you matched rates.
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