Minnesota Ag Department’s Director of Pesticide and Fertilizer Management Joshua Stamper says not all of the report information in the EPA dicamba incident report is coming from the states, including the statistic that says Minnesota has 711 dicamba complaints. “We had almost 300 total dicamba complaints through the state for the year. Some of the data we submitted was misrepresented in this report. The EPA is in a tough spot, because they’ll likely face lawsuits regarding the registration of dicamba because they had so many complaints from counties with endangered species.” Minnesota announced application cutoff dates for next year. Stamper says the EPA will work with registrants and states like Minnesota to create a supplemental label with stricter requirements. If registrants are okay with Minnesota’s proposed restrictions, they could eventually end up on the federal dicamba label. More will be known about Minnesota’s proposed dicamba changes in 2022.
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