Lerro et al., 2020
Lerro, C. C., Hofmann, J. N., Andreotti, G., Koutros, S., Parks, C. G., Blair, A., Albert, P. S., Lubin, J. H., Sandler, D. P., & Beane Freeman, L. E.; "Dicamba use and cancer incidence in the agricultural health study: an…
Gage et al., 2019
Gage, Karla L., Krausz, Ronald F., & Walters, S. Alan; "Emerging Challenges for Weed Management in Herbicide-Resistant Crops;" Agriculture, 2019, 9(8); DOI: 10.3390/agriculture9080180. ABSTRACT: Since weed management is such a critical component of agronomic crop production systems, herbicides are widely…
Dellaferrera et al., 2018
Dellaferrera, Ignacio, Cortés, Eduardo, Panigo, Elisa, De Prado, Rafael, Christoffoleti, Pedro, & Perreta, Mariel, "First Report of Amaranthus hybridus with Multiple Resistance to 2,4-D, Dicamba, and Glyphosate," Agronomy, 2018, 8(8). DOI: 10.3390/agronomy8080140. ABSTRACT: In many countries, Amaranthus hybridus is a…
Gullickson, 2018
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…
Neff, 2018
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…
Hettinger, 2018
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…
Bradley, 2018a
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…
Beck, 2018
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…
Kennedy, 2018
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…
Polansek, 2018
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…