Dicamba Drift Lawsuits

Published by Successful Farming By Bill Spiegel Dec 20, 2018   TENNESSEE SPECIALIST CAUTIONS ON OVERUSE OF DICAMBA-TOLERANT CROPS.   Dicamba-resistant pigweeds already? Believe it, says Larry Steckel, weed specialist at the University of Tennessee. Just north of…

Published by The St. Louis Post Dispatch By Bryce Gray Dec 1, 2018 Less than three weeks after the Environmental Protection Agency extended approval through 2020 for top varieties of the controversial weedkiller, dicamba, agricultural officials in Missouri…

Published by The Legal Reader By Sara Teller Nov 20, 2018   A joint investigation by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting and the Food & Environment Reporting Network has found that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…

Published by DTN By Emily Unglesbee 11/8/2018 | 2:57 PM CST States Struggle to Interpret and React to New Dicamba Rules ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) — Just how complex will dicamba use be in 2019? So complex that the…

Published by St. Louis Public Radio By Eli Chen NOV 4, 2018   Scientists are concerned that the Environmental Protection Agency’s recently announced limits on dicamba herbicide use will not be effective in preventing widespread crop damage. The…

Published by NPR By Dan Charles November 1, 20182:08 PM ET For months, farmers from Mississippi to Minnesota have been waiting for the Environmental Protection Agency to make up its mind about a controversial weedkiller called dicamba. Some farmers love…

  Bloomberg Environment Posted Nov. 1, 2018, 3:02 PM The EPA’s decision to allow a weedkiller on the market for two more years could strengthen the legal case of farmers suing Bayer AG who say the weedkiller damages…

Published by Delta Farm Press By Ron Smith Oct 31, 2018 Reed Storey understands the need for effective herbicide options to control hard-to-manage weeds, including the poster child, pigweed. “We need tools to fight resistant weeds,” Storey said…

Published by Reuters By Tina Bellon OCTOBER 24, 2018 / 7:06 PM The federal judge overseeing lawsuits alleging dicamba-based weedkillers have caused crop damage has denied requests by defendants Bayer AG unit Monsanto and DuPont that he dismiss…