Earlier this week, US District Judge David Bury of Arizona vacated the registrations of Bayer's XtendiMax, BASF's Engenia, and Syngenta's Tavium.

02/09/24 - Court vacates registrations for dicamba

Last summer's drop is impacting this year's crawfish season.

Cotton and soybean growers across the country will be able to use existing supplies of over-the-top dicamba formulations this growing season.

Recent precipitation has been beneficial for the Texas Panhandle.

02/16/24 - Crawfish shortage; EPA weighs in on dicamba use; winter moisture in Texas Panhandle

Made for Agriculture co-host Adam Jones and Cameron Horine discuss updates to EPA labels for dicamba products and crop protection strategy with MFA’s Crop-Trak agronomists. 

The team discusses the challenge of working with fewer crop protection tools including future limitations of post-emergence chemicals and how using overlapping residuals can help prevent the need for rescue spray treatments of fields.

The agronomists discuss yield loss calculations from weeds, modes of action, active ingredient levels, 2-pass Liberty programs, the latest news on EPA lawsuits and trends of new EPA-approved labels for farm chemicals. Also as video on YouTube, Facebook and X.

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The Future Of Dicamba - Episode#76

A Texan is now running the US Department of Agriculture. 

One year ago, a federal court stopped the use of dicamba, so will it ever come back? 



02/14/25 - New ag secretary; Dicamba update

Texas has one of the best looking cotton crops in years.

EPA will soon begin accepting comments on new proposed registrations for three dicamba products for over-the-top use on dicamba-tolerant soybeans and cotton. 

The Texas Wheat Producers Board presented the 2025 Texas Wheat County Agent of the Year Award to Dr. David Drake, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Agent for Integrated Pest Management for Hunt, Fanon, Collin and Grayson Counties.



07/24/25 - Texas cotton update; EPA accepting comments on dicamba proposal; Wheat producers recognize Drake

Watering Down Water Protections. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report.

Headines:

The EPA wants to reverse the scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger people.

The courts banned the herbicide dicamba twice. Now, the Trump administration wants to make it legal.

Funds for thousands of people in a California farming region whose water is contaminated with pesticides are being withdrawn.

A new study found that penguins have a secret strategy for finding their way home after swimming far from land.

This Week in Water for July 27, 2025

The Environmental Protection Agency is now accepting comments on a proposal that would allow farmers to once again use dicamba to control broadleaf weeds in dicamba tolerant cotton and soybeans.

The comment period for the proposal ends Aug. 22. Comments may be submitted here: https://www.regulations.gov/document/EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0154-1233/comment?pageNumber=9

08/13/25 - EPA accepting comments on dicamba proposal

Dr. Ron Gil,  Texas A&M Extension livestock specialist, says one of the best ways livestock producers can prepare for New World screwworms is to stay informed. 

The Environmental Protection Agency is giving the public more time to weigh in on its proposal to register three over-the-top dicamba products. 

Texas corn harvest continuing to move north into Central Texas right now, and farmers are harvesting a pretty good looking crop.



08/15/25 - Preparations for New World screwworms; EPA extends dicamba comment period; Corn harvest update

The Environmental Protection Agency is giving U.S. farmers more time to review and weigh in on its proposed label for three end-use dicamba products for dicamba-tolerant soybeans and cotton.


08/19/25 - EPA gives farmers, the public more time to weigh in on dicamba proposal

Time is running out to weigh in on a proposal to once again allow U.S. cotton and soybean farmers to use dicamba products.

Comments may be submitted here: https://www.regulations.gov/document/EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0154-1233/comment?pageNumber=9

08/29/25 - Deadline to comment on dicamba proposal approaching

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