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Bayer Proposes Label Change for XtendiMax

Published May 20, 2022

Bayer has submitted voluntary new label restrictions to EPA for XtendiMax. Additional restrictions are proposed for counties with threatened or endangered species, beginning in 2023. EPA now has until December to consider this proposal. For this year, the agency’s only…

MDA Issues 2021 Dicamba Investigation Findings

Published April 21, 2022

As the Minnesota Department of Agriculture investigates cases of possible off-target dicamba movement, label violations are being found. Incidents include incomplete application records, failure to measure wind speed at boom height and application when sensitive plants, crops or residual areas…

Minnesota’s Dicamba Rule Gains EPA Approval

Published April 15, 2022

The Environmental Protection Agency approved Minnesota’s state-specific dicamba restrictions. Dicamba products cannot be sprayed after June 30 north of I-94. South of the interstate, the application deadline is June 12. The temperature cutoff for application is 85 degrees.

EPA Ordered to Provide More Info on Dicamba

Published March 30, 2022

A federal judge in the District of Arizona is telling EPA to provide more information on the options to deal with the off-target movement of dicamba. This pushes back any decision on dicamba use since the agency has until mid-May…

Petersen: Reducing Dicamba Complaints is the Goal

Published March 18, 2022

Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen is glad to finally have an announcement from the EPA on dicamba. "We are disappointed it took this long, but glad it's done. The biggest concern right now is the trainings, but registrants are working…

The EPA Approves MN-Specific Dicamba Requirements for 2022

Published March 16, 2022

The Environmental Protection Agency approved Minnesota’s request to set specific dates for dicamba application in 2022. Over-the-top dicamba applications cannot be made south of Interstate 94 after June 12 in Minnesota. Dicamba’s application cut-off date north of Interstate 94 continues…

SD Won’t Adjust Cutoff Dates for Dicamba Applications

Published January 19, 2022

This past year, the South Dakota Department of Agriculture received well over 100 calls about dicamba, but there were only 23 official complaints. Out of those 23 investigations, there was only one valid drift complaint. State Agriculture Secretary Hunter Roberts…

Activist Groups Ask Courts to Expedite Action on Dicamba

Published January 10, 2022

The Center for Food Safety, the Center for Biological Diversity, the National Family Farm Coalition and the Pesticide Action Network have filed a motion in federal court to take action on dicamba. The activist groups want the EPA to vacate…

Top Story #9: A Changing Regulatory Environment

Published December 31, 2021

At least three things come to mind looking back at the challenging regulatory environment: the Waters of the United States rule, chlorpyrifos and dicamba. The Environmental Protection Agency is re-defining WOTUS again. Agriculture wants certainty and the EPA wants a…

MN Ag Department: Dicamba Data “Misrepresented”

Published December 24, 2021

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…

Articles tagged under: dicamba

Bayer Proposes Label Change for XtendiMax

MDA Issues 2021 Dicamba Investigation Findings

Minnesota’s Dicamba Rule Gains EPA Approval

EPA Ordered to Provide More Info on Dicamba

Petersen: Reducing Dicamba Complaints is the Goal

The EPA Approves MN-Specific Dicamba Requirements for 2022

SD Won’t Adjust Cutoff Dates for Dicamba Applications

Activist Groups Ask Courts to Expedite Action on Dicamba

Top Story #9: A Changing Regulatory Environment

MN Ag Department: Dicamba Data “Misrepresented”

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