Experts predict even more dicamba drift damage this year
Drift from dicamba herbicide has damaged several million acres of farmland the past two years and even more is likely
Pesticide Hazards
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EU votes to renew license for glyphosate herbicide for five years
The European Union recently voted to renew the license for glyphosate herbicide for five years. The decision was criticized by both glyphosate supporters, who wanted the herbicide renewed for the full 15 years, and opponents, who have called for a ban on the herbicide.
This Is How Badly Monsanto Wants Farmers to Spray Its Problematic Herbicide
In the wake of 2017’s dicamba herbicide drift disaster, which damaged 3.6 million acres of farmland, Monsanto will pay farmers a rebate of $6 per acre to spray its proprietary dicamba formula. The company aims to sell enough GMO dicamba resistant soybean seeds to cover 40 million acres in the U.S. this year. Several states including Arkansas, Missouri, Minnesota, and North Dakota are putting restrictions on the use of dicamba at certain times during the year to prevent the drift problems experienced by many farmers in 2017.