Alternatives have been named for the herbicide flufenacet, which will be banned in the EU by the end of September.

Herbicides containing flufenacet will be removed from the EU's plant protection product registers by the end of 2026 due to environmental and health risks. Within the framework of the Association Agreement and the new phase of trade cooperation between Ukraine and the EU, which began on October 29, 2025, with the entry into force of decision No. 3/2025, Ukrainian agricultural producers should also prepare for this. This is stated in the article: "Flufenacet is a thing of the past: how to build protection for grain crops, especially in no-till, strip-till, and mini-till systems." Given this, farmers should plan the use of alternative herbicides for the coming autumn and spring. To do this, there are several other mechanisms for controlling wild oat and other cereals, as well as broadleaf weeds. In particular, alternative active substances. Groups of substances with the highest score on the HRAC scale include: Group 1 (A) — graminicides, acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitors: ...