Herbicide label

Rifle Herbicide Label

Rifle (EPA 34704-861) is a Group 4 dicamba herbicide labeled for 15 crops. The label lists 209 controlled weeds, plus partial-control, suppression, and partner-control categories.

Rifle label facts

Crops on the Rifle label

Rifle is labeled for these 15 crops and uses, per the EPA label.

Weeds on the Rifle label

The Rifle label names 240 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

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  • alfalfa
  • jerusalem artichoke
  • bindweed, hedge
  • blueweed, texas
  • bursage
  • dogbane, hemp
  • garlic, wild
  • horsenettle
  • knapweed, black
  • knapweed, diffuse
  • knapweed, spotted
  • redvine
  • smartweed, swamp
  • sowthistle, perennial
  • spurge, leafy
  • thistle, milk
  • thistle, plumeless
  • amaranth, spiny
  • aspen
  • aster, slender
  • aster, spiny
  • aster, whiteheath
  • basswood
  • bedstraw, smooth
  • beggarweed, florida
  • blackberry
  • blackgum
  • broomweed, common
  • buffalobur
  • burclover, california
  • burcucumber
  • burdock
  • bursage, woolly-leaf
  • buttercup, roughseed
  • buttercup, tall
  • campion, bladder
  • carrot, wild
  • cedar, eastern red
  • cherry
  • chickweed, field
  • chicory
  • chinquapin
  • clover, annual
  • clover, hop
  • cottonwood
  • creosotebush
  • croton, tropic
  • croton, woolly
  • cucumbertree
  • daisy, english
  • dewberry
  • dogfennel
  • evening primrose, common
  • fern, bracken
  • fleabane, annual
  • carolina geranium
  • goldenrod
  • goldenrod, missouri
  • goldenweed, common
  • goosefoot, nettleleaf
  • grape
  • gromwell
  • hawkweed
  • hemlock
  • henbane, black
  • honeylocust
  • honeysuckle
  • hornbeam
  • horseweed
  • huckleberry
  • huisache
  • poison ivy
  • ironweed
  • jimsonweed
  • knotweed
  • lambsquarters, triazine resistant
  • lespedeza, sericea
  • mallow, dwarf
  • mallow, venice
  • maple
  • mesquite
  • milkweed, climbing
  • milkweed, common
  • milkweed, honeyvine
  • milkweed, western whorled
  • morningglory, ivyleaf
  • morningglory, tall
  • mustard, black
  • mustard, yellowtops
  • stinging nettle
  • oak
  • onion, wild
  • pigweed, prostrate
  • pigweed, smooth
  • pigweed, triazine resistant
  • plantain, bracted
  • plantain, narrow-leaved
  • plum, sand
  • pokeweed, common
  • poorjoe
  • poplar
  • pusley, florida
  • rabbitbrush
  • ragweed, lance-leaf
  • ragweed, western
  • redcedar, eastern
  • redstraw
  • rose, macartney
  • rubberweed, bitter
  • sagebrush, fringe
  • serviceberry
  • sesbania, hemp
  • sicklepod
  • sida, prickly
  • snakeweed, broom
  • sneezeweed, bitter
  • sowthistle
  • sowthistle, spiny
  • spicebush
  • spikeweed, common
  • spruce
  • spurge, prostrate
  • spurry, corn
  • starbur, bristly
  • sumpweed, rough
  • sundrop, halfshrub
  • sunflower
  • sweetclover
  • sweetgum
  • sycamore
  • tarbush
  • teasel
  • thistle, bull
  • thistle, musk
  • toadflax, dalmatian
  • tropical soda apple
  • trumpetcreeper
  • waterhemlock
  • waterhemp, common
  • waterprimrose, creeping
  • waterprimrose, winged
  • witchhazel
  • woodsorrel, common yellow
  • woodsorrel, creeping
  • wormwood, annual
  • wormwood, common
  • wormwood, louisiana
  • yankeeweed
  • yaupon
  • bedstraw, catchweed
  • bindweed, field
  • chamomile, corn
  • chickweed, common
  • dock, curly
  • knawel
  • knotweed, prostrate
  • kochia
  • ladysthumb
  • lambsquarters, common
  • prickly lettuce
  • mayweed
  • sorrel, red
  • sowthistle, annual
  • thistle, canada
  • buckwheat, tartary
  • buckwheat, wild
  • carpetweed
  • cockle, corn
  • cockle, cow
  • cocklebur, common
  • dandelion, common
  • eveningprimrose, cutleaf
  • henbit
  • mallow, common
  • mustard, tansy
  • mustard, wild
  • nightshade, black
  • nightshade, silverleaf
  • pennycress, field
  • pepperweed, virginia
  • pigweed, redroot
  • pigweed, rough
  • pigweed, tumble
  • plantain, broadleaf
  • puncturevine
  • purslane, common
  • radish, wild
  • ragweed, common
  • ragweed, giant
  • shepherd's-purse
  • smartweed, green
  • smartweed, pennsylvania
  • starthistle, yellow
  • sunflower, annual
  • thistle, russian
  • velvetleaf
  • vetch
  • yarrow, common
  • buttercup, corn
  • buttercup, creeping
  • buttercup, western field
  • catchfly, nightflowering
  • chickweed, mouseear
  • cockle, white
  • poison hemlock
  • starwort, little
  • dock, broadleaf
  • knapweed, russian
  • ragwort, tansy

Suppression

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  • brome, ripgut
  • rattail fescue
  • windgrass, common
  • brome, downy

Controls with a tank-mix partner

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  • alkanet
  • chervil, bur
  • cornflower
  • dragonhead, american
  • falseflax, smallseeded
  • fiddleneck
  • flixweed
  • fumitory
  • gromwell, corn
  • groundsel, common
  • hempnettle
  • jacobs ladder
  • miner's lettuce
  • mustard, blue
  • mustard, treacle
  • mustard, tumble
  • nightshade, cutleaf
  • pineapple-weed
  • poppy, red horned
  • rocket, london
  • rocket, yellow
  • salsify
  • barley
  • bluegrass, bulbous
  • goatgrass, jointed
  • rye, common
  • volunteer wheat
  • brome, downy

Rifle 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.

Get the rate for your field: build a program and FieldMarshal gives you the exact per-acre rate for your crop from the label line.

Plant-back and rotation

Your interval depends on your application rate and the rotational crop.

Get the interval for your rotation: build a program and FieldMarshal gives you the exact plant-back for your rotational crop from the label line.

Rifle FAQ

What weeds does Rifle control?

The Rifle label names 240 weeds, including alfalfa, jerusalem artichoke, hedge bindweed, texas blueweed, bursage, and hemp dogbane. Control varies by crop, rate, and timing.

What crops is Rifle labeled for?

Rifle is labeled for 15 crops and uses, including field corn, wheat, cotton, barley, and sorghum.

What is the active ingredient in Rifle? Is it a generic?

Rifle's active ingredient is dicamba (MOA Group 4). Other products list the same active ingredient; rates, formulations, and labeled crops differ — verify each on its own label.

Sources

Last updated 2026-09-30.