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EPA extends dicamba registrations with new rules for 5 years

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently approved registrations for two dicamba products for another five years and extended the registration of another dicamba product. All three registrations include new control measures to ensure these products can be used effectively while...

Registrants ask for rehearing of Ninth Circuit’s June 3 dicamba decision

UPDATED — BASF, Bayer and Corteva Agriscience filed separate petitions July 20 with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit requesting a rehearing of its June 3 decision. The court's ruling vacated Environmental Protection Agency registrations for...

Environmental groups seek immediate halt to dicamba spraying

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...

Texas cotton farmers try to adjust in wake of dicamba court ruling

• 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 ag commissioner to seek Section 18 for 3 dicamba products

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...

SC farmers lose use of important herbicides early in the season

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,...

How a California court ruling affects Alabama cotton farmers

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,...

EPA cancellation order clarifies use of existing dicamba stocks

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...

Ninth Circuit Court vacates EPA low-volatility dicamba registrations

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...

Texas Ag Department Issues Section 24(c)s For 2 Dicamba Products

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...

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