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• By Tommy Butts, Tom Barber and Jason Norsworthy • We’ve had several reports of applicators experiencing issues when tankmixing products with Engenia and the new volatility reducing agent (VRA) from BASF, Sentris. Applicators have stated that they are experiencing...

By Larry Steckel and Tom Mueller • As most know, the Environmental Protection Agency approved a new five-year registration for Engenia, Tavium and XtendiMax to be used in Xtend cotton and soybean. The new registration has some new labeled directions...

On the heels of the Environmental Protection Agency’s reregistration of Engenia-brand dicamba, BASF has updated the label to reflect application changes. The company also hopes to launch two products that can be used in conjunction with Xtend crops. Label enhancements The...

The Environmental Protection Agency has extended the registration of specific dicamba formulations for over-the-top use in dicamba-tolerant cotton and soybean varieties for two more years. The action was based on input from and extensive collaboration among EPA, state regulators, farmers,...

BASF has modified its Grow Smart Rewards program to reflect the Arkansas dicamba application ban in place from April 16 through Oct. 31. Engenia, BASF's dicamba herbicide that is paired with Xtend soybeans and XtendFlex cotton varieties, is one of...

The University of Missouri plans to offer both in-person and Web-based dicamba training beginning in December. The locations and dates have not been finalized but should be available shortly, according to a news release. The training is in response to...

The Environmental Protection Agency, in collaboration with state pesticide regulators, has made a number of changes to the label of three dicamba herbicides for 2018, including making them restricted use materials. The new requirements, reached in agreement with Monsanto, BASF...

The Arkansas Plant Board's Pesticide Committee voted Sept. 12 to ban applications of all dicamba formulations within the state from April 15-Oct. 31, 2018. The full Plant Board could take the measure up as early as Sept. 21 at its...

Preliminary University of Arkansas research results shed light on potential drift and volatility of three new formulations. By Vicky Boyd Editor Even if you follow all of the label recommendations when applying the new dicamba formulations, the herbicides can still volatilize and...

The Missouri Department of Agriculture has lifted the recent ban on applying Engenia, XtendiMax and FeXipan dicamba herbicides on tolerant soybeans and cotton, instead replacing it with Special Local Needs labels. The statewide order prohibiting use or sale of all...

BASF, which markets Engenia dicamba herbicide, says Missouri and Arkansas agriculture officials' decision to temporarily halt dicamba applications robs farmers of one of the few technologies they have to control weeds resistant to other chemistries. The Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based...

After a series of delays, it appears an emergency ban on in-season over-the-top use of dicamba on Xtend crops in Arkansas will go into effect at 12:01 a.m., July 11. Following more than 130 complaints filed with the state, the...

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...

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...

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...