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...
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...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco vacated current U.S. registrations for three low-volatility dicamba products on June 3.
At least three states have said they will continue to allow dicamba applications unless otherwise told...
The Environmental Protection Agency has eased restrictions on dicamba herbicide use by Texas cotton farmers, according to an announcement by Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller.
This is a direct result of a cooperative push by the Texas Department of Agriculture,...
May 25 marks the last day for Arkansas growers to apply the herbicide dicamba to crops in the state, based on a ruling from the Arkansas State Plant Board earlier this year.
The herbicide is primarily used to control Palmer...
The Texas Department of Agriculture has issued Section 24(c) Special Local Need labels for two dicamba herbicides to allow application up to 90 days after cotton planting.
The products are Engenia Herbicide from BASF and XtendiMax herbicide with VaporGrip Technology...
• By Tom Barber •
I have fielded several questions over the past week about dicamba regulations and what the rules “mean” and what can be sprayed etc. Most questions revolve around what is “legal to spray” after April 15...
BASF Recognizes One Ton Club And Maximizer Club Farmers
BASF recently celebrated cotton growers who achieved 4-bale or greater yields by welcoming them to the exclusive FiberMax One Ton Club for their 2018 harvest results. Ninety-one new members joined the...
Kansas State University researchers are evaluating the impact of non-target injury from dicamba herbicide on non-resistant soybeans. The hope is to help producers lessen or avoid the unintended damage that was seen in some of the state’s fields the...
By Gaylon Morgan and Mark Matocha
Boll weevils have been found in multiple locations north of the Lower Rio Grande Valley in 2018, including the Coastal Bend and Wintergarden regions.
To regain complete boll weevil control, everyone must again be diligent...
By Clint Thompson
A state program aimed at teaching farmers and other pesticide applicators how to properly apply pesticides continues to limit pesticide drift in Georgia.
The educational training system, called “Using Pesticides Wisely,” was created by University of Georgia Cooperative...
On Oct. 31, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it is extending the registration of dicamba for two years for “over-the-top” use to control weeds in fields for cotton and soybean plants genetically engineered to resist dicamba.
This action was...
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