Companies Clarify New EPA Rules For Dicamba
By Willie Vogt, Delta Farm Press
The dust is still settling from news on Tuesday, Oct. 27, that EPA has approved a five-year registration for dicamba. What does that mean to the companies that make and market these products?
The new rules expand downwind buffers, and lock in application windows for key crops – June 30 for soybeans, July 30 for cotton. In addition, the new formulation dicamba products can now only be used on dicamba-tolerant crops. "Overall the label is simplified," says Tracy Rowlandson, technical market manager for Engenia, BASF.