The not-unexpected move to re-register dicamba for over-the-top use on soybeans and cotton speaks volumes about the huge challenges facing U.S. agriculture.
Late on Friday, Judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reached a decision to deny an emergency motion to immediately end over-the-top applications of dicamba.
Bayer AG said on Tuesday it will scrap a nearly $1 billion project to produce dicamba in the U.S., according to an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
BASF said the Ninth Circuit’s decision has caused “immediate chaos among the agricultural community and threatens the livelihood of countless U.S. farmers.”
With delayed plantings/applications occurring during 2019, many weed analysts foresee plenty of potential trouble with herbicide-resistant varieties in 2020.
Just as the war on glyphosate came hurtling through the legal system, so now begin the dicamba lawsuits, attracting the public’s scornful eye along the way.
