As many farmers and applicators are practicing social distancing, Bayer is offering dicamba training online as the 2020 planting season begins.

In the lawsuit, Bader argued that dicamba had drifted onto his orchard from surrounding farms that had used the weedkiller, which damaged his trees. 

The registration outlines topics that must be covered during the dicamba training required as part of the EPA product registration.

Due to misapplication of Dicamba, a false statement, and 3 acts of obstruction of justice, Lowery could face up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

EPA continued Dicamba registration, including label changes, for XtendiMax Herbicide with VaporGrip Technology, following an extensive review.

Now that the divestment of crop business to BASF is complete, the integration of Monsanto into the Bayer Group can begin and Bayer can join the defense efforts in Monsanto’s recent glyphosate trials and disputes. One of the requirements of the U.S. Department of Justice was that Bayer and Monsanto remain separate companies and continue […]

Monsanto is continuing to take inquiries into their dicamba herbicide XtendiMax with VaporGrip Technology. As of July 12, the company has received 381 inquiries from 240 unique farmer and applicator calls about potential off-target movement. “As we’ve walked fields with growers and applicators, we’ve continued to remind them that regardless of the herbicide you’re spraying, it’s […]

The state of North Dakota is trying to get a handle on dicamba drift. The North Dakota Department of Agriculture is gathering information on plant damage that may have been caused by the in-crop use of the herbicide on soybeans. “Although we’ve had fewer complaints than last year, there have been reports of potential off-target […]

Monsanto has teamed up with Adjuvants Unlimited to develop the first-ever agricultural sprayer system cleaner designed to deactivate dicamba.

Six Arkansas farmers will be allowed to spray dicamba this growing season while the rest of the state will remain under a statewide ban on the herbicide. On Friday Pulaski County Circuit Judge Tim Fox ruled the farmers can spray past the April 15th cutoff date. In November the six growers had sued the Arkansas […]