# New Herbicide Site of Action, Gene-edited Short-stature Corn, XtendFlex Coming From Bayer

> Bayer Crop Science told investors and agricultural media on February 13 that it has a new herbicide site-of-action molecule in development for crops including corn and soybeans, effective against several herbicide-resistant grasses. The company is also using gene editing alongside conventional breeding and transgenic methods to develop short-stature corn, and plans to launch its three-way herbicide stack XtendFlex this spring.

- Date: 2020-02-13 · published 2020-02-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54555-new-herbicide-site-of-action-gene-edited-short-stature-corn-xtendflex-coming
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

These are long-term product pipeline updates with no immediate supply change, so they have little direct effect on feed grain or oilseed prices. Herbicide-resistant weed control could eventually support yields, but the herbicide timeline runs to the late 2020s.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-07-11 | [PF Reaction to USDA Reports \| USDA cuts old-, new-crop corn ending stocks - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23714-pf-reaction-to-usda-reports-usda-cuts-old-new-crop-corn-ending-stocks-pro-farmer.md) | -0.7% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2019-05-10 | [Higher New Corn, Soybean Ending Stocks Projected](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59042-higher-new-corn-soybean-ending-stocks-projected.md) | +5.8% | +12.3% |
| CORN | 2022-04-08 | [PF Report Reaction: U.S. corn, wheat ending stocks higher than expected - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41798-pf-report-reaction-u-s-corn-wheat-ending-stocks-higher-than-expected-pro-farmer.md) | -0.7% | -6.4% |
| CORN | 2026-01-12 | [Shocking New Records in Yield and Production Pummel Corn Futures](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7092-shocking-new-records-in-yield-and-production-pummel-corn-futures.md) | -2.8% | -1.7% |
| CORN | 2026-06-11 | [Report Reaction \| Corn, wheat see higher global ending stocks despite production concerns - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18733-report-reaction-corn-wheat-see-higher-global-ending-stocks-despite-production.md) | +0.4% | -0.5% |

## Sources

- agriculture.com: https://www.agriculture.com/news/crops/new-herbicide-site-of-action-gene-edited-short-stature-corn-xtendflex-coming-from-bayer

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