Sunday, February 15, 2026

dicamba

A ‘perfect storm’

a:hover {text-decoration: underline; color:green;} a {color: green;} Deregulated herbicide trait and illegal herbicide use converge for historic drift injury to crops. Soybean growers in several states are dealing with the aftermath of a “perfect storm” created by dicamba-resistant cotton and soybean varieties...

Off-label dicamba use spurs drift injury and complaints

Heading into this season, Extension weed specialists were concerned about Environmental Protection Agency registrations not keeping pace with herbicide-resistant traits. Their worries, in particular, focused on Xtend soybeans and cotton from Monsanto, which have been genetically modified to resist...

DuPont inks multi-year supply deal with Monsanto for dicamba

Monsanto Co. and DuPont signed a multi-year dicamba supply agreement for the United States and Canada. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. St. Louis-based Monsanto has invested more than $1 billion in a dicamba production facility in Luling, La.,...

Monsanto to launch Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans this season

St. Louis-based Monsanto Co. plans to launch its Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans this season after it received import approval from China. The varieties contain stacked traits tolerant to both glyphosate and dicamba herbicides. These beans will be paired...

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