Missouri Ag Department lifts temporary halt to dicamba use

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(AP) – The Missouri Department of Agriculture has lifted a
temporary halt to the use and sales of products labeled for agricultural use
that contain the herbicide dicamba, saying it’s satisfied by new safeguards
involving the chemical.The department had issued the ban last Friday, citing more than 130 complaints
that the chemical had drifted onto farm land, damaging thousands of acres of
crops.

The order for Xtendimax, Engenia and FeXapan herbicides was lifted Thursday
after special provisions and safeguards for using the technology were developed
and approved with the herbicide makers’ cooperation.

Farmers have complained that illegal spraying of dicamba has drifted and
damaged crops that have not been genetically altered to tolerate it. Soybeans
are particularly sensitive to dicamba, but complaints have also involved cotton,
peaches, tomatoes and melons.

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