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Dicamba Use Returns to the Courts

Published April 17, 2023

The Center for Biological Diversity, National Family Farm Coalition, Pesticide Action Network and Center for Food Safety are asking a federal judge to vacate the registration of the Bayer, BASF and Syngenta dicamba products. The case is being heard in…

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EPA Amends Dicamba Labels in SD, IA, IL, IN

Published February 17, 2023

The EPA has adjusted the deadline for spraying dicamba in four states nationwide, including South Dakota. For South Dakota, the deadline has tightened up from June 30 to June 20. June 12 is the new deadline in Iowa, Illinois and…

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MN Dicamba Regs Remain in Place

Published January 11, 2023

Minnesota’s dicamba restrictions will remain in place for 2023. The application of Engenia, Tavium and XtendiMax cannot be made south of I-94 after June 12th and June 30th north of the interstate. There is also a temperature cutoff of 85…

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Ag Groups Sue EPA Over Dicamba Rules

Published December 9, 2022

The American Soybean Association and Plains Cotton Growers are in federal appeals court in a dispute over EPA rules and dicamba. The groups filed the lawsuits two years ago, arguing the EPA’s approach led to the agency imposing arbitrary and…

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Dicamba Drama

Published September 2, 2022

The EPA is asking the federal courts to maintain a temporary suspension of a lawsuit over the use of dicamba. The Center for Food Safety and Center for Biological Diversity asked the courts to vacate the registrations of XtendiMax, Engenia…

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EPA Releases Dicamba Draft Risk Assessment

Published August 19, 2022

In its draft risk assessment of dicamba, the Environmental Protection Agency says drift is still a problem for the herbicide. Despite the new label measures from 2020, EPA received nearly 3,500 incident reports for the 2021 growing season in non-dicamba…

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Appeals Court Rules on Dicamba Case

Published July 8, 2022

A federal appeals court upheld a $15 million damage award for a Missouri peach farmer whose crops were reportedly damaged by dicamba drift. Bader Farms claimed Bayer and BASF failed to adequately warn farmers about off-target movement of dicamba. The…

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MN Dicamba Cut-off Date Reminder

Published June 12, 2022

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is reminding farmers about the cutoff dates for the use of dicamba. That date has come and gone south of I-94. The cutoff date north of the interstate is June 30. In addition, the dicamba…

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Dicamba Application Cutoff Deadlines Coming Up

Published June 10, 2022

For farmers south of I-94, the over-the-top dicamba application cutoff date has passed in Minnesota. Minnesota Soybean’s Drift Task Force Chairman Bob Worth says the Minnesota Ag Department could not extend the application cutoff date because EPA took away the…

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Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over State Dicamba Registrations

Published June 8, 2022

The Center for Food Safety and three other environmental groups have revised their ongoing dicamba lawsuit against the EPA and Bayer CropScience. The groups are challenging EPA’s amended dicamba registrations for Iowa and Minnesota. In a statement, Center for Food…

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