Herbicide label
Liberty 280 SL
Liberty 280 SL (EPA 7969-448) is a Group 10 glufosinate herbicide labeled for 8 crops. The label lists 121 controlled weeds, plus partial-control, suppression, and partner-control categories.
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“Liberty® 280 SL herbicide is a nonselective herbicide that provides control of a broad spectrum of broadleaf and grassy weeds.”
Liberty 280 SL label facts
- Product Liberty 280 SL
- EPA Reg. No. 7969-448
- Registrant BASF Agricultural Solutions US, LLC
- Active ingredient glufosinate
- MOA group 10
Crops on the Liberty 280 SL label
Liberty 280 SL is labeled for these 8 crops and uses, per the EPA label.
- field corn
- soybean
- cotton
- sugar beet
- canola
- corn silage
- sweet corn
- fallow
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Weeds on the Liberty 280 SL label
The Liberty 280 SL label names 131 weeds and rates each by how the product handles it: full control, partial control, suppression, or control with a tank-mix partner. A weed can fall at more than one level, because control varies by crop, rate, and timing.
Controls
full control121- alfalfa
- amaranth, palmer
- anoda, spurred
- barley
- barnyardgrass, common
- bedstraw, catchweed
- beggarweed, florida
- bermudagrass
- bindweed, field
- bindweed, hedge
- black medic
- bluegrass, annual
- bluegrass, kentucky
- blueweed, texas
- bromegrass, smooth
- buckwheat, wild
- buffalobur
- burcucumber
- burdock
- bursage, woolly-leaf
- volunteer canola
- carpetweed
- chickweed, common
- chickweed, mouseear
- clover, red
- cocklebur, common
- copperleaf, hophornbeam
- corn, volunteer
- cotton, volunteer
- crabgrass, large
- crabgrass, smooth
- croton, tropic
- croton, woolly
- cupgrass, woolly
- dandelion
- devilsclaw
- eclipta
- fleabane, annual
- foxtail, bristly
- foxtail, giant
- foxtail, green
- foxtail, robust purple
- foxtail, yellow
- galinsoga, hairy
- galinsoga, smallflower
- geranium, cutleaf
- goosegrass
- groundcherry, cutleaf
- hempnettle
- horsenettle
- jimsonweed
- rhizome johnsongrass
- johnsongrass, seedling
- junglerice
- knotweed
- kochia
- ladysthumb
- lambsquarters, common
- mallow, common
- mallow, venice
- horseweed
- marsh elder, annual
- millet, proso volunteer
- millet, wild-proso
- morningglory, entireleaf
- morningglory, ivyleaf
- morningglory, pitted
- morningglory, sharppod
- morningglory, smallflower
- morningglory, tall
- mustard, wild
- nightshade, black
- nightshade, eastern black
- nightshade, hairy
- nightshade, silverleaf
- wild oats
- orchardgrass
- panicum, fall
- panicum, texas
- pennycress, field
- pigweed, prostrate
- pigweed, redroot
- pigweed, smooth
- pigweed, spiny
- pigweed, tumble
- pokeweed, common
- puncturevine
- purslane, common
- pusley, florida
- ragweed, common
- ragweed, giant
- red rice
- rice, volunteer
- sandbur, field
- senna, coffee
- sesbania, hemp
- shattercane
- shepherd's-purse
- sicklepod
- sida, prickly
- signalgrass, broadleaf
- smartweed, pennsylvania
- smellmelon
- sorghum, volunteer
- sowthistle, annual
- sowthistle, perennial
- volunteer soybean
- sprangletop
- spurge, prostrate
- spurge, spotted
- starbur, bristly
- stinkgrass
- sunflower, annual
- sunflower, prairie
- sunflower, volunteer
- thistle, canada
- thistle, russian
- velvetleaf
- waterhemp, common
- volunteer wheat
- witchgrass
Suppression
suppression10- dock, smooth
- dogbane, hemp
- milkweed, common
- milkweed, honeyvine
- muhly, wirestem
- nutsedge, purple
- nutsedge, yellow
- poinsettia, wild
- thistle, bull
- timothy
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Liberty 280 SL rates and plant-back
The label answers both with a table, not a single number. Here is what drives each answer.
Application rate
Your rate depends on your crop.
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Plant-back and rotation
Your interval depends on your application rate, the rotational crop, and your state, region, and rainfall — some intervals differ in CA.
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Liberty 280 SL FAQ
What weeds does Liberty 280 SL control?
The Liberty 280 SL label names 131 weeds, including alfalfa, palmer amaranth, spurred anoda, barley, common barnyardgrass, and catchweed bedstraw. Control varies by crop, rate, and timing.
What crops is Liberty 280 SL labeled for?
Liberty 280 SL is labeled for 8 crops and uses, including field corn, soybeans, cotton, sugar beet, and canola.
What is the active ingredient in Liberty 280 SL? Is it a generic?
Liberty 280 SL's active ingredient is glufosinate (MOA Group 10). Other products list the same active ingredient; rates, formulations, and labeled crops differ — verify each on its own label.
What's the plant-back interval after Liberty 280 SL?
It depends on your rotational crop, application rate, and region, so the label gives a table, not one number. Build a program and FieldMarshal cites the exact interval for your rotation to the label line, so you can verify it.
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Last updated 2026-07-10.