Perdue Turning to Industry for Dicamba Fix

by | Aug 9, 2017 | HAT News Feed

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue indicated to reporters this week that he would like to see the industry work out a fix on dicamba issues. Perdue said, ?I would much prefer that method rather than a prescriptive, top-down regulation.? Saying that he is ?hoping that the industry itself and the producers themselves are working toward a resolution.? Thousands of dicamba drift complaints have been filed across the Midwest and Southeast this year as dicamba-based herbicides have damaged neighboring crops that are not dicamba-tolerant. Last week, Monsanto said it is taking the situation ?extremely seriously? and would offer support to affected growers.

Monsanto is the maker of the Roundup Ready 2 Extend crop system, which features dicamba resistant cotton and soybeans.

Source: NAFB News Service