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Dicamba rules in effect for growing season
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Perry Galloway holds a sign reading “Farmers Need Dicamba” at his farm. The use of the herbicide has pitted farmers against each other as some states put more prohibitions on its use.Nicholas Kamm | AFP via Getty Images
The Illinois Department of Agriculture has released emergency administrative rules detailing additional restrictions for dicamba application on soybeans for the 2021 growing season.
In October, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it had renewed the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act registrations for three dicamba pesticides for growing seasons 2021-2025. Contrary to prior practice, the EPA declared that the only way for states to add safety restrictions to these products is through Section 24(a) of the act, which allows a state to add restrictions through its rule-making process.
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DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ With the 2021 growing season officially underway, the Golden Harvest
® agronomy team is offering farmers recommendations on how to navigate key challenges in the upcoming season, utilizing data from trials at several research locations across the Midwest. Corn and soybean farmers must proactively protect their crops from insects, diseases and weeds to maximize yield potential and increase potential return on investment, making decisions on hybrid selection, chemical applications and crop management techniques critical to success in the field.
Corn rootworm can cause severe damage to corn as both larvae and adults. Photo source: Syngenta
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NO CHANGE: Missouri farmers should follow the federal label for spraying of dicamba over the top of dicamba-tolerant crops such as soybeans and cotton for the 2021 growing season. Missouri will not add more restrictions for applying dicamba to tolerant crops this year.
While neighboring states such as Illinois and Arkansas are opting for tougher restrictions for use of dicamba herbicide products on dicamba-resistant soybean and cotton varieties, Missouri will toe the federal line when it comes to application rules.
In October, EPA approved new label registrations for XtendiMax with VaporGrip Technology and for Engenia herbicide. A third dicamba product, Tavium Plus VaporGrip Technology, received an extension of its current registration. All three of the newly registered product labels are scheduled to expire in 2025.