An University of Missouri report estimates that 1.1 million acres of soybeans have been damaged by off target movement of dicamba in 2018. Last year at this time, 2.5 million acres of soybeans were reported damaged nation-wide. Five hundred thousand damaged acres have been reported in Illinois, and Arkansas is estimating 300,000 acres. Iowa State University is reporting 121 complaints of dicamba drift, compared to 82 complaints in July of 2017.
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