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US EPA moves to approve dicamba weedkiller use on cotton, soybeans
UNITED STATES, JUL 24 – EPA proposes lifting prior application cutoffs and adding temperature-based restrictions despite evidence of dicamba causing drift damage to 15 million acres of soybeans in 2018, officials said.
- In Washington, regulators moved to propose reapproval of dicamba herbicides for genetically engineered cotton and soybeans, with the public comment period open until August 22, 2025.
- Two federal courts vacated dicamba registration in 2020 and again last year, leading to farmers being unable to spray dicamba this year.
- New mitigation measures include replacing time-of-day spraying limits with temperature cutoff restrictions requiring volatility reducing agents, NO.
- Industry and critics weighed in, with Bayer praising the decision while Nathan Donley called it 'absurd', citing widespread drift damage and court rulings vacating previous approvals.
- Next steps include reviewing comments under FIFRA standards and working with registrants on mitigation or labeling changes, EPA said.
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