Dicamba Drift | Published by Modern Farmer | By Dan Nosovitz | Sep 11, 2019 --- Despite efforts, hundreds of complaints of problems related to the herbicide are rolling in. You might remember the phrase “dicamba drift,” assuming you’re not a farmer who has to deal with it every...
Published by Illinois Times By Bruce Rushton Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019 12:08 am --- Genetically modified soybeans bring costs Complaints about a herbicide used by soybean farmers have soared in Illinois. Dicamba isn’t considered harmful to humans, but it has wrought havoc in fields since 2016, when the herbicide, invented in...
Published by FernsAG Insider By Liza Gross April 30, 2019 --- Dicamba-tolerant corn seeds aren’t available yet. But if the seeds reach the market, and tens of millions more acres are sprayed with the herbicide, some scientists expect a repeat of the soybean disaster, in which the highly volatile...
Published by Arkansas Public Media By ANN KENDA January 9, 2019 3:25 pm Jars of local honey from Crooked Creek Bee Co. will disappear from Arkansas stores following a decision from the state's largest commercial beekeeper to end its retail operations amid concerns over the weedkiller dicamba. Owner Richard...
Published by Harvest Public Media By Jonathan Ahl DEC 24, 2018 Dicamba, the controversial herbicide used on soybeans and cotton, is responsible for thousands of acres of damaged crops in recent years. Experts say that despite new federal rules that go into effect in 2019, the drift will continue...
Published by Successful Farming By Bill Spiegel Dec 20, 2018 TENNESSEE SPECIALIST CAUTIONS ON OVERUSE OF DICAMBA-TOLERANT CROPS. Dicamba-resistant pigweeds already? Believe it, says Larry Steckel, weed specialist at the University of Tennessee. Just north of Memphis, Steckel identified a single pigweed plant that emerged unscathed from an application of...
Published by The St. Louis Post Dispatch By Bryce Gray Dec 1, 2018 Less than three weeks after the Environmental Protection Agency extended approval through 2020 for top varieties of the controversial weedkiller, dicamba, agricultural officials in Missouri said that the state would not adopt any stricter regulations...
Published by The Legal Reader By Sara Teller Nov 20, 2018 A joint investigation by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting and the Food & Environment Reporting Network has found that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (FDA) could have stopped the destruction of dicamba long ago. Yet,...
Published by News Channel 5 Nashville By Ben Hall 6:34 PM, Nov 19, 2018 NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Some farmers are claiming a controversial weed killer is forcing them out of business. Just last month the EPA approved the use of Dicamba use for another two years with some new...
Published by DTN By Emily Unglesbee 11/8/2018 | 2:57 PM CST States Struggle to Interpret and React to New Dicamba Rules ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Just how complex will dicamba use be in 2019? So complex that the three new dicamba labels released by EPA last week are each around...