Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchison has sided with two Arkansas Plant Board recommendations that prohibit the sale and use of dicamba herbicide on Xtend crops as well as increase fines for illegal use of the herbicide. The emergency rules would...
In a special meeting June 23, the Arkansas State Plant Board passed an emergency rule on a 9-5 vote that would ban the use of in-season dicamba on row crops. At the same time, the board wants to speed...
Due to a "procedural error" yesterday (June 20), the Arkansas Plant Board's vote on an emergency prohibition of dicamba applications in that state has been rendered invalid.
The board will take up the matter again at a special meeting, 10.m.,...
Dicamba drift complaints are up sharply this year compared to 2016 in Arkansas, with 117 having already been logged with the Arkansas State Plant Board as of June 19.
Jason Bond, a weed Extension specialist at Mississippi State University, also...
BASF Corp. officials cut the ribbon today on the recently completed $270 million expansion of the company's Beaumont, Texas, dicamba manufacturing plant.
The three-year project was the largest investment in the history of the BASF crop protection unit, Debbie Dalley,...
The Environmental Protection Agency recently approved several new tankmix partners for Engenia and XtendiMax with VaporGrip technology, two dicamba herbicides from BASF and Monsanto, respectively.
Some states may have further restrictions, so check before proceeding.
Among the tankmix parnters for...
Alabama is the latest state to require training for anybody who will apply auxin herbicides in season and over the top of crops. It applies to growers and custom applicators—anyone who will be making the actual application.
The training is...
Mississippi recently granted state registration to Monsanto's dicamba herbicide, XtendiMax with VaporGrip Technology, with a few added requirements.
Under the state label, the wind limit has been reduced to 10 mph from the federal label limit of 15 mph. In...
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Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has approved proposed dicamba regulations that the Plant Board first adopted in December 2016.
As part of his...
Following the Environmental Protection Agency's conditional registration of Engenia and XtendiMax dicamba herbicides for use on dicamba-tolerant cotton and soybeans, North Carolina will have Special Local Need (SLN) labels for the two herbicides.
The two major differences on the SLN...
The Environmental Protection Agency has registered Engenia dicamba-only herbicide from BASF Corp. for over-the-top use on dicamba-tolerant soybeans and cotton. State registrations are pending.
Before making its decision, the EPA reviewed nearly 22,000 public comments.
Engenia contains a BAPMA form of...
After about three hours of public hearings before an overflow audience, the Arkansas Plant Board on Nov. 21 passed a rule that would severely restrict the use of dicamba herbicide. The proposed restrictions now go to the governor.
The hearing...
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