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DICAMBA RULES: The Illinois Department of Agriculture not only tightened the application window, but continues its daytime temperature restrictions too. State lists tighter application cutoff date for June 20 as allowed under new rules from EPA
Dec 23, 2020
IDOA restated the new federal label requirements for these products that include:
Use of an approved pH-buffering agent, also known as a volatility reduction agent, be tank mixed with dicamba products prior to all applications
Requiring a downwind buffer of 240, which expands to 310 feet in areas where listed endangered species are located.
Additional recordkeeping items for farmers.
The federal label also includes a cutoff date of June 30 for application of these products on soybeans. However, IDOA is using its authority under Section 24(a) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act and relevant provisions of the Illinois Pesticide Act to impose a cutoff date of June 2
IDOA announces Dicamba decision for 2021 growing season The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) has decided which Dicamba products farmers can use on their crops for the 2021 growing season. (Source: Alison Durheim) By Jessica Ladd | December 23, 2020 at 2:11 PM CST - Updated December 23 at 2:11 PM
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (KFVS) - The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) has decided which Dicamba products farmers can use on their crops for the 2021 growing season.
The IDOA has registered the following Dicamba products for the use on soybeans for the 2021 growing season:
XtendiMax with Vapor Grip Technology
Engenia Herbicide
Tavium Plus Vapor Grip Technology.
The new federal label requirements for these products include: