The Environmental Protection Agency’s timeline for reviewing a new dicamba label submitted by Bayer could mean growers won’t be able to use the herbicide next year.
A federal judge has vacated 2020 registrations of dicamba, a herbicide that has been embroiled in controversy ever since it was first approved in 2016 because of the off-target damage it has caused.
The Feb. 6, 2024, ruling by the United States District Court for the District of Arizona vacates the 2020 registrations for the use of three herbicides on non-dicamba soybeans.
Corteva and Syngenta, two major seed and crop protection companies, reported lower overall sales for their third quarters but higher sales of seeds, as they look to navigate what one of their CEOs called “complicating geopolitical, macroeconomic and ag-specific factors.”