Productive pastures do not happen by chance. They are built from the ground up, starting with a thoughtful approach to soil nutrition. When soil health is managed with intention, the result is higher-quality forage, improved livestock performance, and a more resilient grazing system that pays dividends year after year. Read more
ARGOS®
This rapid response, contact algaecide will bring beauty to your delicate and challenging to treat target waterways.
Performance Highlights
Alligare’s Argos is a liquid, copper-based formula used in numerous use sites to safely and effectively defend against floating and submersed algae.
- Excellent efficacy in a wide range of water quality conditions, including hard water systems
- Controls planktonic algae in 24 to 48 hours and filamentous algae in three to four days
- Argos control of Hydrilla can be obtained from copper concentrations of 0.4 to 1.0 PPM
- Water treated with Argos has no water use restrictions
States registered: AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
Mixers, loaders, applicators, and other handlers must wear:
- Long-sleeved shirt and long pants
- Shoes and socks
- Hydrilla
- Cyanobacteria
- Diatoms
- Filamentous algae
- Planktonic green algae
- Planktonic golden algae
- Chara
- Nitella
See product label for complete list.
- lakes
- fish hatcheries
- ditches
- potable water reservoirs
- irrigation conveyance systems
- canals
See product label for complete list.
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