Soy, Cotton Growers Sue EPA Over Dicamba Restrictions
By Jacqui Fatka
Farm Progress
The American Soybean Assn. (ASA) and the Plains Cotton Growers have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s registration of the herbicide dicamba for use on soybean and cotton crops genetically engineered to withstand “over-the-top” applications of dicamba. EPA’s recent five-year registration decision will arm growers with an essential weed management tool for the 2021 growing season and beyond. However, the lawsuit claims that some aspects of the registration decision, including buffer requirements and application cutoffs, are “problematic for growers, who depend on reasonable, consistent access to dicamba for use on [dicamba-tolerant] soybeans and cotton."