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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Articles tagged under: dicamba

Dicamba Drama

EPA Releases Dicamba Draft Risk Assessment

Appeals Court Rules on Dicamba Case

MN Dicamba Cut-off Date Reminder

Dicamba Application Cutoff Deadlines Coming Up

Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over State Dicamba Registrations

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

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