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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 is accepting comments about a proposed ban on application of all dicamba formulations from April 15-Oct. 31, 2018. Deadline to comment is Oct. 30. The proposed ban stems from recommendations by the Arkansas Dicamba Task Force,...

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...

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...

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.,...

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...