Last week, registration of the three dicamba products labeled for over-the-top applications (OTT) in soybean were vacated by a federal court in Arizona. Read more about this in our previous blog post, “Dicamba registration vacated”. Yesterday, the EPA issued an…

On February 6th, 2024 the 2020 registrations for the three dicamba products labeled for over-the-top applications in soybean (Xtendimax, Bayer; Engenia, BASF; and Tavium, Syngenta) were vacated by a federal court in Arizona. The court found the EPA in violation…

2023 Preharvest Weeds Survey

Each year just before harvest, the weed science team at OSU spends some time driving across the state and evaluating weed escapes in soybean fields. This year, 4027 fields were evaluated across 46 of the top soybean producing counties. We…

The EPA’s Proposed Herbicide Strategy and What it Means for Herbicide Use

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973 was passed by Congress in an effort to protect endangered species and their habitats. In recent years the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been under fire for not meeting the obligations outlined within…

2023 OSU Weed Science Field Day

The 2023 OSU Weed Science Field Day will be held on Wednesday July 12th at the Western Ag Research Station in South Charleston, OH. Registration starts at 8:30 am followed by a field tour starting at 9:00. Studies can also be viewed…

The Take Action Winter Series is BACK! University weed scientists across the Midwest and the USB Take Action initiative have developed a video series to report the latest in pesticide-resistance management. A new video will be released each Monday to…

Take Action Webinar Series: Weed & Herbicide Management

The USB Take Action initiative and university weed scientists across the region have developed a free webinar series covering various weed and herbicide management issues. Each webinar will have two weed scientists giving presentations about 15 minutes long, and there…

If you have been directed here from the recent C.O.R.N. article about this issue, below are the statements/positions of Bayer and BASF about legality of glyphosate on the LL-GT27 soybean. Bayer With the recent approval of LibertyLink GT27 soybeans for…

In case you wondered about the new dicamba label.....

Rather than writing much here, best thing we can do is direct readers to this article.

The new labels for Engenia, XtendiMax, and FeXapan have many new precautions that applicators need to be aware of.  An additional requirement is that anyone applying these products must attend an annual dicamba or group 4 herbicide-specific training.  Details are still…