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EPA Opens Public Comment on Draft Guidance for Pesticide Application Submissions that Require ESA Reviews

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public comment on draft guidance to improve the efficiency of EPA’s Endangered Species Act (ESA) analyses for new pesticide active ingredient applications and active ingredients undergoing registration review. This guidance, when...

New Regulations, Limits On Enlist Herbicide Use By Texas Farmers

AgriLife Extension providing trainings across state with updates Cotton, corn and soybean producers in 22 Texas counties will be restricted on the use of two popular herbicides this growing season after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency renews registrations. Green cotton plants...

EPA summary of 2021 dicamba-related incidents shows little change

Despite control measures the Environmental Protection Agency’ implemented in October 2020, 2021 reports show little change in number, severity or geographic extent of dicamba-related incidents compared to reports the agency received before 2020. Dicamba use has been subject to considerable...

EPA proposes further restrictions on paraquat herbicide

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new regulations surrounding the use of paraquat dichloride herbicide and is accepting public comments on it through Jan. 11, 2021. The proposed interim decision for paraquat, if finalized and adopted, would further restrict how...

BASF updates Engenia label, plans 2 related product launches

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...

New dicamba labels for dummies

Editor's note: Iowa State University Extension weed specialist Bob Hartzler summarizes the high points of the recent reregistration of over-the-top dicamba products and the new rules that come with the new five-year labels. It is by no means all...

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 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 challenge Enlist Duo registration in court

Some of the same environmental groups that successfully challenged the registration of three dicamba formulations have filed a complaint before the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals against Enlist Duo herbicide. In their court filing, the groups, led by the...

Ninth Court upholds EPA’s dicamba use-of-stocks decision

UPDATED — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth District has backed the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to allow continued use of three dicamba products until July 31. In rejecting an emergency motion brought by environmental groups, the...

BASF, Corteva file motions to intervene in 9th Circuit dicamba case

UPDATED — BASF and Corteva Agriscience have filed emergency motions to intervene following the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to vacate federal registrations of three dicamba-based herbicides. If approved, the motions would allow the...

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...

EPA approves 15 FMC tankmix partners for Enlist Duo herbicide

The Environmental Protection Agency recently approved 10 herbicides, four insecticides and one fungicide — all from FMC — as new tankmix partners for Enlist Duo herbicide. Once these products are posted on the Enlist Duo herbicide website of approved tankmix...

Palmer amaranth control with all the uncertainty around dicamba

• By Larry Steckel • As most know by now, on June 3 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated the labels for XtendiMax, FeXapan and Engenia. The question now is how do we proceed from here...

How a California court ruling affects Alabama producers

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,...

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