Emily Unglesbee
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Facing EPA skepticism and a slew of suits targeting Xtend cropping system, Corteva ends development of their dicamba-choline weedkiller
[Corteva Agriscience] opted to end the EPA registration process underway for a novel dicamba herbicide containing a dicamba choline salt ...
EPA blocks state-level attempts to ease restrictions on drift-prone dicamba weedkiller
EPA said it intends to deny an attempt by North Carolina to extend the cutoff dates for dicamba to accommodate ...
25 years of GM crops: Biotechnology a blessing to many farmers, but not without costs
Brent Rendel, who started farming in the early 1990s, easily remembers how magical Roundup Ready crops seemed and the awe ...
Ninth Circuit Court refuses to reexamine lawsuit alleging Enlist Duo herbicide approval violated federal law
Enlist Duo’s registration has survived another legal challenge, after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit declined to ...
Federal court upholds dicamba weedkiller ban, opening door to possible Supreme Court challenge
On [August 17], three dicamba registrants lost one of their last remaining legal options to overturn a federal court's mandate ...
Bayer, BASF, Corteva urge federal court to review dicamba weedkiller ban, calling it ‘unconstitutional’
Bayer, BASF and Corteva Agriscience continue the fight to preserve postemergent dicamba use. The companies are contesting the results of ...
EPA defends decision allowing farmers to use banned dicamba herbicides until July 31
EPA defended its decision to allow farmers to continue to use three vacated dicamba herbicides -- XtendiMax, FeXapan and Engenia ...
Court that revoked EPA dicamba weedkiller approval could also ban Enlist Duo herbicide
The agricultural industry was rocked by a federal appeals court ruling that vacated the registrations of three dicamba herbicides [in ...
Farmers scramble to find herbicide alternatives after court overturns EPA dicamba weedkiller approval
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision [June 3] vacating the registrations of three dicamba ...
States want tighter EPA restrictions on dicamba weedkillers after another year of ‘skyrocketing’ crop damage
On April 28, the Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO) sent EPA a letter asking that the agency consider ...
EPA watchdog to determine if agency followed ‘scientifically sound principles’ in approving dicamba herbicides
The inspector general of the EPA is planning to look into whether EPA acted properly when it registered dicamba in ...
New ‘super weed’ crisis emerging? Dicamba herbicide failing to stop growth of Palmer amaranth pigweed in greenhouses experiments
University of Tennessee weed scientist Larry Steckel has spent the past two months coaxing Palmer amaranth weeds to grow from ...
EPA reaffirms glyphosate herbicide poses no human health risk, says additional review slated for fall 2020
EPA has finalized its interim registration decision on glyphosate, once again stating the herbicide poses no risk to human health ...
EPA re-approves controversial weed killer atrazine, arguing benefits outweigh potential ecological risks
Atrazine is widely used in agriculture across a range of crops, primarily corn but also sugarcane and sorghum, as well ...
‘Dicamba fatigue’: State regulators anticipate more off-target damage from Bayer’s controversial herbicide in 2020
Three consecutive years of off-target dicamba injury is taking its toll on the agricultural industry. Leo Reed even has a ...
Bollworm pest shows signs of resistance to latest GMO Bt corn, cotton in southern US
Also known as the corn earworm, the cotton bollworm has spent the last decade steadily evolving resistance to most of ...
State officials urge EPA to permit additional restrictions on controversial herbicide dicamba
The nation's state pesticide regulators are fighting back after EPA's recent announcement that it is considering limiting states' ability to ...
Controversial weed killer dicamba could have outsized negative impact on consumer perceptions of pesticide safety
For better or worse, the widespread use of dicamba is pushing an entire industry to scrutinize how herbicides behave, how ...
Replacing neonicotinoid pesticides is no easy task, Canadian farmers say
In 2015, the Canadian province [Ontario] instituted regulations requiring farmers to prove they have soil pest populations in corn and ...
Can governments, public keep up with gene-editing revolution in agriculture?
A mushroom that doesn't brown. White flour with as much fiber as whole-wheat flour. Corn that can fend off northern ...
Bollworm resistance to Bt cotton problematic for southern farmers
From the Carolinas to Texas, the cotton bollworm is leading an assault on Bt cotton again [in 2017]. Growing resistance ...
Debate swirls over yield and bee health impact of neonicotinoid seed treatments
A study by Purdue entomologist Christian Krupke [May 2017] was the latest to conclude that honeybees are widely exposed to ...
USDA considers release of GM moths to control broccoli pest, GM virus to stop citrus greening
Diamondback moths are a global pest of cruciferous crops such as broccoli, Brussel sprouts and cabbage. On April 18, USDA ...
Insect resistance to Bt crops and weed resistance to herbicides rose in 2016
Insects and weeds pushed many chemical and genetic crop protection tools to their breaking point. A wealth of confirmed and suspected ...
USDA quietly opens door to CRISPR crops, starting new era of agricultural biotechnology
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. USDA quietly opened the ...
‘Refuge-in-a-bag’ corn seed mixes may be accelerating Bt resistance in insects
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Farmers love "refuge-in-a-bag" (RIB) ...
Despite concerns about neonic pesticides, farmers still prefer them
Neonicotinoid insecticide seed treatments, which cost extra and have come under attack on multiple fronts in the past year, might ...
