In 2023, the Russian manufacturer of plant protection chemicals JSC Firm "August" increased the volume of supply of herbicides for the needs of JSC Russian Railways. The range of purchased Augusta products for railway protection has also been expanded. Increasing the number of types of herbicides used contributes to more effective control of resistant weeds and helps improve the safety of railway traffic. In addition, the use of new active substances helps to slow down the development of plant resistance to drugs that have traditionally been used to treat the ballast prism of railway tracks and technical right-of-ways. Also, tank mixtures of herbicides prevent the overgrowing of railway transport lands by trees and shrubs, including coniferous shoots.
In 2023, the range of Augusta products for combating unwanted herbaceous and tree and shrub vegetation on the railway has increased. In many respects, this was the result of systematic research work: for example, over the course of 15 years, multiple production tests were carried out in order to confirm the biological effectiveness of Augusta preparations and their tank mixtures in the North Caucasus, Oktyabrskaya, Moscow, South-Eastern, Northern, Western Siberian, Sverdlovsk, Far Eastern and other railways. In 2019, demonstration tests were carried out on the Crimean Railway, in 2020 on the Moscow Railway, and in 2022 on the Northern Railway.
“To increase the efficiency of herbicide treatments and expand the spectrum of action, we recommended the use of tank mixtures of continuous and selective herbicides. In cases where hard water is used when preparing the working solution, turn on the conditioner-softener,” notes Natalya Shevchenko, head of the industrial herbicide department of JSC Firm “August”.