Caitlin Dewey, "This miracle weed killer was supposed to save farms. Instead, it’s devastating them." The Washington Post, 8/29/2017. SUMMARY: Washington Post story reports on ongoing damage from dicamba. Important points in the article include the potential for drift- "According…
Steve Smith, "Save Our Crops Coalition Open Letter to Chairman of Monsanto," August 9, 2016. SUMMARY: open letter Steve Smith, Chairman of the Save Our Crops Coalition sent to Hugh Grant, Chairman and CEO of the Monsanto Company about drift damage from dicamba spraying…
Robb Fraley for Monsanto, "Dicamba Drift: Monsanto Announces Action Plan," Monsanto Blog in AgFax, August 8, 2017. SUMMARY: Monsanto releases a 3 part plan to address the surge in dicamba drift complaints. FULL TEXT
Kevin Bradley, August 14, 2017, "Update on Dicamba-related Injury Investigations and Estimates of Injured Soybean Acreage," Integrated Pest and Crop Management Newsletter, University of Missouri. SUMMARY: Updates numbers of dicamba damage nationally- 2,242 complaints and estimated 3.1 million acres damaged.…
Mary Hightower, “Dicamba Drift: Arkansas Researchers Find All Formulations Volatile; 876 Injury Reports,” AgFax, August 10, 2017. SUMMARY: The Plant Board reports 876 complaints as of 8/10. An estimated 35% of the state's 3.5 million acres and 300,000 of the…
Chuck Abbott, “Arkansas Task Force Aims for Long-Term Recommendations on Use of Dicamba,” The Fern, August 9, 2017. SUMMARY: Arkansas has appointed a 21-member task force to help identify solutions for the dicamba drift damage problem, with 900 complaints received this…
Bryce Gray, "Reports of crop damage resurfacing since Missouri dicamba ban lifted," St Louis Post-Dispatch, August 4, 2017. SUMMARY: Reports that the dicamba ban in Missouri was lifted in Mid-July and farmers had resumed spraying. Damage reports are re-occurring. One farmer…
Mario Parker, "Pesticide ‘Drifting’ Wreaks Havoc Across U.S. Crops," Bloomberg, August 1, 2017. SUMMARY: Bloomberg reports on the dicamba damage numbers. Article includes key information from Monsanto about number of acres planted in dicamba-resistant soybeans (20 million) and cotton (5…
Kevin Bradley, July 25, 2017, "Ag Industry, Do we have a problem yet?," Integrated Pest and Crop Management, University of Missouri. SUMMARY: Article summarizes the total number of dicamba-related drift complaints as 1,411 as of July 19, 2017. Arkansas leads…
Tom Barber, "Dicamba Drift and Potential Effects on Soybean Yield," AGWatch Network, July 7, 2016. SUMMARY: Tom Barber, an Extension Weed Scientist at the University of Arkansas, posts a chilling overview of what he has observed in soybean fields in…