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BASF’s dicamba production facility in Beaumont, Tex. (BASF.com)

Arkansas judge rules six farmers can spray dicamba

By GFM Network News April 3, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — An Arkansas judge has ruled that six farmers in the state this summer can spray a weed killer made by Monsanto and BASF that was blamed for hurting millions of acres of U.S. crops last year. The decision is the latest twist in the saga surrounding dicamba-based herbicides and immediately sparked […] Read more

Spraying machine working on the green field

Crops, Features

Stopping sprayer clean out errors

Curb those embarrassing mistakes with  tips from sprayer pro Tom Wolf

By Leeann Minogue February 20, 2018

When Tom Wolf told his audience at CropSphere in Saskatoon on January 9 that sprayer clean out errors can be embarrassing, the nervous laughter in the room made it clear that most farmers have made some sort sprayer mistake. And, as Wolf pointed out, making the crowd laugh again, those mistakes usually happens in the […] Read more

Crops, Features

Dealing with dicamba

By Leeann Minogue February 20, 2018

At CropSphere in Saskatoon in January, Tom Wolf warned that dicamba can cause issues with sensitive crops — whether due to sprayer cleanout issues or from drift. We’d better be prepared to deal with it, since we’re going to be seeing it more often. Monsanto’s Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans are resistant to both glyphosate […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Monsanto loses bid to stop Arkansas’ dicamba ban

By GFM Network News February 16, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — An Arkansas judge on Friday dismissed a Monsanto lawsuit aiming to stop Arkansas from blocking the use of a herbicide the company makes, dealing a blow to its attempts to increase sales of genetically engineered seeds. Monsanto, which is being acquired by Bayer, filed the lawsuit last year in a bid […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

Arkansas restricts dicamba for 2018

By GFM Network News January 22, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — In a blow to manufacturers Monsanto and BASF, Arkansas state lawmakers voted on Friday to bar sprayings of a controversial weed killer after mid-April to protect farmers from potential crop damage. Arkansas will prohibit the use of herbicides based on dicamba from April 16 to Oct. 31, the strictest state limits […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Minnesota joins U.S. states limiting dicamba

By GFM Network News December 13, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Minnesota became the latest U.S. state on Tuesday to restrict controversial weed killers made by Monsanto and BASF that were linked to widespread crop damage, while Arkansas took a step back from imposing new limits. The U.S. has faced an agricultural crisis this year caused by new versions of the herbicides, […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

Monsanto, BASF herbicides strain states with damage complaints

By GFM Network News November 1, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farmers have overwhelmed state governments with thousands of complaints about crop damage linked to new versions of herbicides, threatening future sales by manufacturers Monsanto and BASF. Monsanto is banking on herbicides using dicamba — and seeds engineered to resist it — to dominate soybean production in the U.S., the world’s […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Soybeans, Weather

Dicamba label sufficient, Health Canada says

By GFM Network News October 19, 2017

Health Canada will not be further regulating the use of dicamba herbicide sprayed on growing crops, as has happened in the U.S. The government agency that regulates pesticides issued a statement to Glacier FarmMedia reiterating its support for the current Canadian labels. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week increased restrictions on the use […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

U.S. EPA gives dicamba ‘restricted use’ label for 2018

By GFM Network News October 13, 2017

New York | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unveiled new restrictions on Friday on the use of dicamba herbicide, which has caused widespread crop damage in the U.S. Midwest for the past two years. The EPA said in a statement that certain formulations of the substance will be classified as a restricted-use pesticide, […] Read more

Dicamba drift injury on non-dicamba tolerant soybeans causes leaf cupping, says Lionel Kaskiw, Manitoba Agriculture’s Farm Production Advisor based in Souris, Man.

Crops, Features, Soybeans

Dicamba drift debacle decoded

Tom Wolfe blames inversions for much of the 2017 U.S. soybean damage

By Leeann Minogue September 28, 2017

Saskatchewan Agriculture’s annual Crop Diagnostic School was held near Indian Head, Sask., this July. Tom Wolfe, owner of Agrimetrix Research & Training and sprayer specialist, was on hand to talk about sprayer technology and the dicamba problems that took place in the U.S. this summer. “This year was a defining year for spray technology,” Wolfe told Crop Diagnostic […] Read more

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

GFM Network News