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NW Illinois | As a reply to both you and Otis. To my knowledge Enlist has only ever been made in Webster City, IA for Corteva from day one. There is no alternative version of Enlist. It is possible for the ingredient vendors to change(think changing the Choline source or even the acid itself source), but not the mixture itself. Corteva makes the acid itself in Texas at their newer mega plant, it also proves a fair amount of the acid used in US produced 24D formulations. The mixture that makes Enlist what the EPA originally approved and gave a registration number to has to stay the same or a new product has been formed requiring new testing and approvals.
As to knock versions. Yes there are many versions of non Enlist amine and ester that are out there. The name LV6 for example means virtually nothing. Every jug has an EPA registration number(product ID) and an EPA establishment number(where the product was packaged/usually made). There may be some cross sharing of the same formulation of LV6 for example, but in fact literally every different name brand can have different amounts/types of surfactants or other ingredients in it's mix. This is no different than the dozens of versions of Roundup that exist today. Even if product comes packaged from China, the EPA has EPA establishment numbers for Chinese manufacturing sites. There is a public website that you can google each EPA establishment number and find out where it's been packaged. Final note, while not common, there can be rare instances where import products can be brought in a bulk container into the US and repackaged and that number becomes the EPA establishment number you see on the jug or minibulk. This is rare because it's just too costly to repackage products once they have been put in one container(example minibulks shipped from China, then repackaged into 2.5's and boxed and resold).
In the chemical manufacturing world, never say never.
Edited by SimpleJoe 8/3/2026 17:56
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So why aren’t you killing EVERYTHING with 2-4D?
