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Dicamba: If it doesn’t fit, don’t force it

A crop protection expert warns farmers to have a backup plan for dicamba application in this late planting season.

Jeff Bunting with GROWMARK based in Illinois tells Brownfield delayed planting could put farmers up against their state’s application deadline before conditions are right to spray dicamba. But he says, if it doesn’t fit in the timeline, don’t force it.

“We have had a couple years where some farmers and retailers wanted to make the application but given the current requirements either an inversion or wind speed or wind direction it didn’t work. So, don’t try and force it in there because we can’t afford to lose the technology.”

He says applicators must follow federal and state label requirements to ensure dicamba is available for farmers to use in the future.

EPA’s federal label bans over-the-top application of dicamba on soybeans 45 days after planting and cotton 60 days after planting.

Interview with Jeff Bunting

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