Dicamba Decision Provides Certainty to Ag Retailers, Farmers

The Agricultural Retailers Association says the Environmental Protection Agency offers certainty to retailers and farmers with the recent five-year registrations for dicamba herbicides. ARA President and CEO Daren Coppock says, “Now farmers and their retailers can make firmer plans for the next five years with this critical question answered.” American Soybean Association President Bill Gordon thanked the EPA in a statement for “the many steps and time invested in coming to this decision.” EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler late Tuesday announced the registration for three dicamba herbicides, Bayer’s ExtendiMax, BASF’s Engenia and Syngenta’s Tavium. The announcement follows a court case in June that invalidated the registrations for ExtendiMax, Engenia and Corteva’s FeXapan. The registration does include a cutoff date for over the top applications for soybeans of June 30 and cotton of July 30. Gordon of ASA points out that dicamba is “one of many tools integral to the success” of farmers facing different crop production challenges.