• By Larry Steckel •
Some reports have come from folks concerned by the lack of Palmer amaranth response to applications of dicamba plus glyphosate applied in the last 10 days. I expect to get more of these calls as...
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation recently registered Sefina Inscalis insecticide from BASF for use on cotton.
Containing the active ingredient Inscalis, the brand name for afidopyropen, the product is both an insecticide and ovicide.
It is labeled for whiteflies and...
Alabama Cooperative Extension System scientists have confirmed the presence of cotton leafroll dwarf virus in Alabama cotton. This confirmation comes one month earlier than it did in 2019 and that concerns them.
“Typically, the earlier disease onset occurs, the greater...
UPDATED — BASF and Corteva Agriscience have filed emergency motions to intervene following the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to vacate federal registrations of three dicamba-based herbicides.
If approved, the motions would allow the...
The same environmental groups that successfully filed a suit in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate registrations for three dicamba products have since asked the court to find the Environmental Protection Agency administrator in contempt.
They filed an...
The Environmental Protection Agency recently approved 10 herbicides, four insecticides and one fungicide — all from FMC — as new tankmix partners for Enlist Duo herbicide.
Once these products are posted on the Enlist Duo herbicide website of approved tankmix...
• By Kay Ledbetter •
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service stands ready to advise producers on agronomic alternatives and options in the wake of a June 3 ruling from the U.S Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to...
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller plans to request a Section 18 from the Environmental Protection Agency to allow the continued use of dicamba in Texas under emergency conditions despite last week's court ruling.
"The Texas cotton crop is going in...
One of the most widespread and effective herbicides in South Carolina farmers' arsenal has been barred from sale early in the growing season.
Officials with the Department of Pesticide Regulation, a state regulatory agency based at Clemson University, South Carolina,...
Alabama producers with dicamba-tolerant crops in the ground are struggling to come to terms with a constantly changing situation surrounding a California Circuit Court ruling. California’s Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a dicamba ban effective immediately for XtendiMax,...
University of Georgia Extension weed specialist Stanley Culpepper provides a few thoughts on recent court actions surrounding the registration of three low-volatility dicamba products paired with Xtend crops.
Details of the order
The Environmental Protection Agency’s order addresses sale, distribution, and...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a cancellation order for three low-volatility dicamba formulations that is intended to clarify how growers and applicators may use existing stocks of the products.
The directive applies to XtendiMax with Vapor Grip Technology...
COVID-19 has changed how the world is doing business and presenting education, and the Milan No-Till Crop Production Field Day is no exception. The 2020 event will be hosted entirely online beginning July 23, and registration is now open.
Presented...
The Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, along with seven other organizations representing farmers and ranchers, has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to allow producers to use the dicamba-based products they have on hand despite a ruling by the Ninth...
• By Scott Stewart •
It’s been a challenge getting our crops in the ground, and our planting dates are really stretched out. It is especially important that our late planted cotton gets off to a good start to make...
