Herbicide label
Sterling Blue DGA Herbicide Label
Sterling Blue DGA (EPA 228-615-1381) is a Group 4 dicamba herbicide labeled for 16 crops. The label lists 221 controlled weeds, plus partial-control, suppression, and partner-control categories.
“This product may also be used on rights-of-way (including roadways, utility, railroad, highway, pipeline, and rights-of-way that run through pasture and rangeland), utility facilities (including substations, pipelines, tankfarms, pumping stations, parking and storage areas, non-irrigated ditchbanks, and fencerows), fencerows, natural areas and forest site preparation.”
Sterling Blue DGA label facts
- Product Sterling Blue DGA
- EPA Reg. No. 228-615-1381
- Distributor WinField Solutions, LLC
- Active ingredient dicamba
- MOA group 4
Crops on the Sterling Blue DGA label
Sterling Blue DGA is labeled for these 16 crops and uses, per the EPA label.
Weeds on the Sterling Blue DGA label
The Sterling Blue DGA label names 236 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 control221- alkanet
- alfalfa
- amaranth, palmer
- amaranth, powell
- amaranth, spiny
- jerusalem artichoke
- aspen
- aster, slender
- aster, spiny
- aster, whiteheath
- basswood
- bedstraw, catchweed
- bedstraw, smooth
- beggarweed, florida
- bindweed, field
- bindweed, hedge
- blueweed, texas
- broomweed, common
- buckwheat, tartary
- buckwheat, wild
- buffalobur
- burclover, california
- burcucumber
- burdock
- bursage, woolly-leaf
- buttercup, corn
- buttercup, creeping
- buttercup, roughseed
- buttercup, tall
- buttercup, western field
- campion, bladder
- carpetweed
- carrot, wild
- catchfly, nightflowering
- chamomile, corn
- cherry
- chervil, bur
- chickweed, common
- chickweed, field
- chickweed, mouseear
- chicory
- chinquapin
- clover species
- clover, hop
- cockle, corn
- cockle, cow
- cockle, white
- cocklebur, common
- copperleaf, hophornbeam
- cornflower
- cottonwood
- croton, tropic
- croton, woolly
- cucumbertree
- daisy, english
- dandelion
- dock, broadleaf
- dock, curly
- dogbane, hemp
- dogfennel
- dragonhead, american
- eveningprimrose, common
- eveningprimrose, cutleaf
- falseflax, smallseed
- fern, bracken
- fleabane, annual
- flixweed
- fumitory
- gallberry
- garlic, wild
- carolina geranium
- goldenrod
- goldenrod, missouri
- goldenweed, common
- goosefoot, nettleleaf
- grape
- gromwell
- hawkweed
- hemlock
- hempnettle
- henbane, black
- henbit
- honeylocust
- honeysuckle
- honeyvine, climbing
- hornbeam
- horsenettle
- huckleberry
- huisache
- ironweed
- ground ivy
- poison ivy
- jacobs-ladder
- jimsonweed
- knapweed, black
- knapweed, diffuse
- knapweed, russian
- knapweed, spotted
- knawel (german moss)
- knotweed, prostrate
- kochia
- ladysthumb
- lambsquarters, common
- lespedeza, sericea
- miner's lettuce
- prickly lettuce
- mallow, common
- mallow, dwarf
- mallow, venice
- maple
- marestail (horseweed)
- mayweed
- black medic
- mesquite
- milkweed, common
- milkweed, western whorled
- morningglory, ivyleaf
- morningglory, tall
- mustard, black
- mustard, blue
- mustard, tansy
- mustard, treacle
- mustard, tumble
- mustard, wild
- myrtle, wax
- needles, spanish
- stinging nettle
- nightshade, black
- nightshade, cutleaf
- nightshade, silverleaf
- oak
- onion, wild
- pennycress, field
- pepperweed, virginia
- pigweed, prostrate
- pigweed, redroot
- pigweed, rough
- pigweed, smooth
- pigweed, tumble
- pineapple-weed
- plantain, bracted
- plantain, broadleaf
- plantain, narrow-leaved
- pokeweed, common
- poppy, red-horned
- poorjoe
- poplar
- puncturevine
- purslane, common
- pusley, florida
- rabbitbrush
- radish, wild
- ragweed, common
- ragweed, giant
- ragweed, lanceleaf
- ragweed, western
- ragwort, tansy
- redvine
- rocket, london
- rocket, yellow
- rose, mccartney
- rubberweed, bitter
- salsify
- senna, coffee
- serviceberry
- sesbania, hemp
- shepherd's-purse
- sicklepod
- sida, prickly
- smartweed, green
- smartweed, pennsylvania
- smartweed, swamp
- snakeweed, broom
- sneezeweed, bitter
- soda apple, tropical
- sorrel, red
- sowthistle, annual
- sowthistle, perennial
- sowthistle, spiny
- spicebush
- spikeweed, common
- spruce
- spurge, leafy
- spurge, prostrate
- spurry, corn
- starbur, bristly
- starthistle, yellow
- starwort, little
- sumpweed, rough
- sundrop, halfshrub eveningprimrose
- sunflower, annual
- sunflower
- sweetclover
- sycamore
- tarbush
- teasel
- thistle, bull
- thistle, canada
- thistle, milk
- thistle, musk
- thistle, plumeless
- thistle, russian
- thistle, scotch
- toadflax, dalmatian
- trumpetcreeper
- velvetleaf
- vetch
- violet, wild
- waterhemlock, spotted
- waterhemp, common
- waterprimrose, creeping
- waterprimrose, winged
- witchhazel
- woodsorrel, creeping
- woodsorrel, yellow
- wormwood
- wormwood, common
- wormwood, louisiana
- yankeeweed
- yarrow, common
- yellowtops
Suppression
suppression15- blackberry
- blackgum
- brome, downy
- brome, ripgut
- cedar, eastern red
- creosotebush
- dewberry
- rattail fescue
- hawthorn (thornapple)
- plum, sand
- redcedar, eastern
- sweetgum
- windgrass, common
- yaupon
- yucca
Sterling Blue DGA 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.
Sterling Blue DGA FAQ
What weeds does Sterling Blue DGA control?
The Sterling Blue DGA label names 236 weeds, including alkanet, alfalfa, palmer amaranth, powell amaranth, spiny amaranth, and jerusalem artichoke. Control varies by crop, rate, and timing.
What crops is Sterling Blue DGA labeled for?
Sterling Blue DGA is labeled for 16 crops and uses, including field corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, and barley.
What is the active ingredient in Sterling Blue DGA? Is it a generic?
Sterling Blue DGA'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.
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Last updated 2026-09-30.