Nearly 800 comments submitted to EPA on its dicamba ecological and human health risk assessments split widely on the herbicide’s value to American agriculture. Broadly speaking, comments broke down ...

The EPA has proposed registering three types of dicamba to control weeds in soybeans and cotton that have been genetically modified to withstand the herbicide, finding that “mitigation” measures will ...

Dicamba has been a commonly used weed killer for the past 50 years, but its usage increased after 2016 when agricultural giant Monsanto genetically engineered crops to be resistant to it. This allowed ...

Soybean leaves damaged by herbicide that show blisters and cupping The US Environmental Protection Agency plans to re-register dicamba herbicides for use on genetically modified soybeans and cotton.

For retailers wanting to sell dicamba-based products and for crop producers who want to use them, 2024 final sale and use dates are quickly approaching. In some states, key dates have already passed.

EPA is considering comments expressing a wide diversity of opinion on whether to approve labels for three dicamba herbicides for use in 2026, setting up a potential third round of litigation over the ...

The herbicide dicamba, known for volatilizing and wreaking havoc on plants it was not intended to target, also poses risks to bees, birds, fish, and mammals, the US Environmental Protection Agency ...

A federal court has overturned a previous ruling that allowed the use of over-the-top dicamba herbicides on dicamba-resistant soybeans and cotton. The Tuesday, Feb. 6, ruling by the United States ...

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An herbicide may "drift" from the agricultural fields where it's sprayed and harm weeds that grow at the edge of the fields, impacting pollinators. A University of Michigan study examined the effects ...

In the escalating war of words and lawsuits over the herbicide Dicamba, the real battleground isn’t the fields but the fine print of federal regulation. What’s deemed an “unreasonable risk” seems to ...