Tom Polansek, "EPA to allow use of dicamba next year, but with safeguards," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 19, 2017. SUMMARY: This story reports on the EPA's decision to allow dicamba use in 2018, although with yet to be determined additional…
Carson Thurman, Preston Lee, Mary Margaret Gay, and John McCants, "Part Two: Dicamba Drift Issues Ensnaring Farmer," Growing Georgia, August 15, 2017. SUMMARY: Summarizes dicamba drift lawsuits thus far. FULL TEXT
Chris Bennett (Bennett, 2017c), "Dicamba Lawsuits Mounting," AgPro, September 14, 2017. SUMMARY: Reports that farmers in over 10 states are now involved in dicamba lawsuits, and "dicamba-related litigation has only just begun." The core of the cases is that the…
Ty Vaughn for Monsanto, "Historic Testing of Our Dicamba Formulation, XtendiMax® with VaporGrip® Technology," Monsanto website, August 24, 2017. SUMMARY: In response to criticism that volatility was not adequately studied, the this statement reviews Monsanto's belief that they conducted extensive…
ClassAction, "Morgan & Morgan Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Farmers Impacted by Dicamba," PR Newswire, September 11, 2017. SUMMARY: The firm Morgan and Morgan filed a lawsuit on September 10th against Monsanto, BASF, and DuPont - the major producers of…
Tom Polansek, "Monsanto fights to sell Arkansas farmers herbicide linked to crop damage," Reuters, September 7, 2017. SUMMARY: Monsanto has formally petitioned the state of Arkansas to reject the proposed ban on dicamba spraying after April 15. The task force…
Tom Polansek and Emily Flitter, "EPA eyes limits for agricultural chemical linked to crop damage," Reuters, September 5, 2017. SUMMARY: More details on proposed EPA regulatory action ahead of 2018 growing season to address dicamba damage crisis. EPA is considering…
Chuck Abbott, "Dicamba is ‘tremendous success,’ says Monsanto; EPA mulls rule change," FERN's AG Insider, August 31, 2017. SUMMARY: Monsanto claims they will have enough dicamba-resistant seed available for half the U.S. soybean acreage, and chief technology officer Robb Fraley…
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, "RE: Citizen's Petition to Classify Pesticides with the Active Ingredient Dicamba as Restricted Use," Save Our Crops Coalition Petition to the EPA, May 24, 2016. SUMMARY: Non-target plant damage associated with herbicide spray drift and volatilization is a…