Milestone Herbicide

Milestone Herbicide, manufactured by DOW/CORTEVA, is a flexible post-emergent herbicide used to control susceptible weeds and certain woody plants, including invasive and noxious weeds, on ranges, pastures, industrial sites, and more.

What's great about Milestone is that it can control weeds while not damaging grasses or other native plants. Milestone is flexible in that it can be used in almost any treatment method such as broadcast, foliar, spot, cut-stump, basal, side-trim, dormant stem, or as a complement with grass herbicides for total vegetation control. If you are a land manager, this is a good product to have on your side.

Tools Needed

To use Milestone Herbicide, dilute the concentrate in a sprayer tank before use. A backpack sprayer will work for smaller applications, while a professional pesticide spray rig is recommended for larger applications.

How to Use

• Step 1: Determine how much Milestone Herbicide to use by measuring the square footage of the treatment area. To do this, measure the length and width of the treatment area in feet, then multiply them together (length X width = square footage). To get the acreage, divide the total square footage by one acre (square footage / 43,560 sq. ft. = acres). Milestone spot treatments should be applied at a rate of no more than 7 fl. oz. per acre in at least 20 gallons of water. The liquid amount varies depending on the height of the vegetation being sprayed. For example, you would need more liquid for taller vegetation and less liquid for vegetation that has been freshly cut before application. How much Milestone you need also depends upon what type of application you want to conduct and the size of the treatment area.
• Step 2: Fill the spray tank with half the required water, then add the appropriate amount of Milestone Herbicide. Add a selected surfactant as the label suggests and agitate the sprayer to ensure the solution is mixed well. You could also tank-mix Milestone with other selected herbicides (check the label for specifics)
• Step 3: Spray the application to targeted areas where weeds grow, preferably on a fan spray setting for uniform coverage. You could use the product as a ground broadcast, spot treatment, low-volume foliar application, or high-volume foliar application.

Where to Use

Milestone Herbicide can be used on rangeland, permanent grass pastures (including grasses grown for hay*), Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres, non-cropland areas including industrial sites, rights-of-way (such as roadsides, electric utility, and communication transmission lines, pipelines, and railroads), non-irrigation ditch banks, and natural areas.

When to Use

Use Milestone Herbicide when tough-to-control vegetation (unwanted trees, brush, woody plants) grows on a professionally managed worksite. For best results, apply Milestone when plants are actively growing, typically early in the summer.

Forbs can be seeded 90 days after a summer application as a dormant fall planting or the following spring. Do not use grasses treated with Milestone Herbicide for seed production in the preceding 18 months.

Safety Information

Milestone Herbicide is safe to use around children and pets when applied according to the product label instructions. Always wear the proper personal protective equipment (PPE) when mixing and applying this product.

Do not allow people or pets to enter treated areas until 48 hours after application. 

Special Considerations

It is recommended that Milestone be applied with a high-quality non-ionic surfactant to enhance the product's effectiveness against conditions such as high temperature, low relative humidity, drought, dusty plant surfaces, and more mature plants.

Milestone Herbicide is intended for use by land management professionals. It is not intended for use by non-professional do-it-yourselfers on residential lands.