Area
United States of America
Commodity Group
Oilseeds, oils and meals
Commodity
Dicamba
Date
01/11/2018
Policy Category
Other
Policy Instrument
Pesticide regulation
Description
Re-authorized use of Dicamba-based herbicides for a period of two years until 20 December 2020.
Notes
In the United States, the use of dicamba-based herbicides has been re-authorized for a period of two years (see also MPPU Oct.18). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency extended, until 20 December 2020, the registration for over-the-top use (i.e. use on growing plants) of dicamba to control weeds in fields of soybean and cotton genetically modified to resist the herbicide. To minimize potential off-site damage to non-targeted crops, the authorization includes provisions limiting the number of allowed applications as well as the period and times of the day when the herbicide can be applied.
