Though introduced in the 1960s, dicamba had been little-used due to its propensity to volatilize and drift, damaging neighbors' crops. In approving the new uses, the EPA defied numerous warnings that ...
The corn and soybean post-emergence crop protection application season is here. Corn and soybean growers will target post-emergence herbicide applications by the V4 growth stage in soybeans and ...
At the heart of the regulatory fight is the application of the weed-killing pesticide dicamba, and how it can drift from one farm to another. Last month, a federal court blocked "over the top ...
Harry Barclay says the peppercorn tree on his property loses its leaves when nearby cotton farms spray their plants with ...
Cotton growers would still be allowed to spray into the heat of summer (until July 30), when volatility is worst, promising continued massive drift injury wherever cotton is grown. The proposed ...
The organophosphate insecticide chlorpyrifos has been in the ... The EPA will decide this year whether a new product containing the drift-prone herbicide dicamba can be used on genetically ...
A study finds that exposure to neonicotinoid insecticides puts a threatened beetle species at higher risk of mortality.
"Most of the complaints we get about pesticide drift on ag-land is from one crop to another." Bishop said that there are ...