Zhang, J., Huang, Y., Reddy, K. N., & Wang, B.; "Assessing crop damage from dicamba on non-dicamba-tolerant soybean by hyperspectral imaging through machine learning;" Pest Management Science, 2019, 75(12), 3260-3272; DOI: 10.1002/ps.5448. ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Dicamba effectively controls several broadleaf weeds.…
Gil Gullickson, "Minnesota Dicamba Temperature, Cutoff Dates Credited for Less Off-Target Movement," Successful Farming, Published Online September 27, 2018. SUMMARY: Looks at upcoming re-registration decision on dicamba by EPA. Reports that "in 2017, inquiries regarding off-target dicamba in the Roundup…
Lisa Neff, "Farmers, conservationists challenge Trump’s EPA, Monsanto over crop-damaging pesticide," The Wisconsin Gazette, February 13, 2018. SUMMARY: Wisconsin Gazette describes the suit against the EPA and Monsanto, which was initiated by five agricultural and environmental watchdog organizations: the Center for Biological…
Johnathan Hettinger, "EPA eased herbicide regulations following Monsanto research, records show," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 1, 2018. SUMMARY: Reports on a document review investigation that reveals that Monsanto's own science played a key role in how the use restrictions for the…
Kevin Bradley, “July 15 Dicamba injury update. Different Year, same questions,” Integrated Pest Management, University of Missouri, July 19, 2018. SUMMARY: latest drift-damage estimates from 2018 have been released by Dr. Kevin Bradley, University of Missouri Division of Plant Sciences. Bradley…
Madelyn Beck, "Federal Suit Alleges Companies Knew Dicamba Would Drift, Monsanto Created Monopoly," KUNC Radio, August 8, 2018. SUMMARY: Describes court documents filed August 2018 on two “master complaints” in the dicamba drift Multi District Litigation (MDL) pending in federal…
Merritt Kennedy, "West Texas Vineyards Blasted By Herbicide Drift From Nearby Cotton Fields," NPR, August 21, 2018. SUMMARY: Reports on vineyards in Texas damaged by dicmaba drift from Xtend cotton plantings. Grapes are particularly sensitive to dicamba, and can take years…
Tom Polansek, "U.S. seed sellers push for limits on Monsanto, BASF weed killer," Reuters, August 16, 2018. SUMMARY: Reports on the 2018 dicamba drift crisis and the decision by two large U.S. seed sellers to urge EPA to ban dicamba use…
Lorraine Chow, "Top Seed Companies Urge EPA to Limit Dicamba," EcoWatch, August 17, 2018. SUMMARY: Reports on comments by top seed companies in U.S. to EPA urging they ban dicamba use in summer and fall. Includes a statement by Beck's…
Larry Steckel, "Dicamba drift problems not an aberration," Delta Farm Press, August 8, 2018. SUMMARY: Veteran Tennessee extension weed scientist Larry Steckel writes about the ongoing drift crisis. He estimates that only 100,000 acres of non-Xtend soybeans remain in the…