by - January 7, 2019 9:03 am
Dicamba public comment period underway
A 30-day public comment period and a public hearing date has been set for proposed regulations that allow the use of dicamba in Arkansas on soybean and cotton varieties resistant…
Tag: dicamba
by - December 9, 2018 9:54 am
Arkansas Plant Board tentatively approves restricted use of dicamba for the upcoming growing season
The Arkansas Agriculture Department’s State Plant Board has approved restrictive use of the herbicide dicamba for the upcoming growing season, and now it will be under Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s review….
by - November 29, 2018 8:18 pm
Dicamba use under consideration for the 2019 growing season
The Pesticide Committee of the Arkansas Agriculture Department’s State Plant Board approved a draft regulation for dicamba applications earlier this week. If approved by the full board, it will allow…
by - March 20, 2018 11:30 am
Officials seek ways to make dicamba available in 2019
Controversy has raged within the Arkansas farming community for years about the use of the herbicide, dicamba, and its impacts. The Arkansas State Plant Board allowed one formulation, Engenia dicamba,…
by - January 19, 2018 4:36 pm
Dicamba banned in Arkansas for the 2018 growing season, lawsuits filed
The controversial herbicide dicamba cannot be used by Arkansas farmers during the bulk of the 2018 growing season. The Arkansas Legislative Council voted Friday (Jan. 19) to invoke an Arkansas…
by - January 16, 2018 6:30 pm
Dicamba on the verge of being banned in 2018
Arkansas is one step away from banning the controversial herbicide dicamba for virtually all of the 2018 growing season. Members of the Administrative Rules and Regulations Subcommittee of the Arkansas…
by - January 9, 2018 5:09 pm
Arkansas Agriculture Secretary thinks dicamba will remain a divisive issue in 2018
The Arkansas State Plant Board has decided to keep its April 15 deadline for dicamba use in Arkansas, and now it will be up to the Arkansas Legislative Council’s Administrative…
by - January 2, 2018 7:45 pm
Arkansas Plant Board to consider changes to dicamba regulations
The Arkansas State Plant Board will hold a special meeting Wednesday (Jan. 3) in Little Rock to discuss potential regulation changes for the use of the herbicide dicamba during the…
by - December 13, 2017 6:21 am
Dicamba may not be banned in Arkansas during 2018 growing season
Arkansas may not ban the herbicide dicamba during the 2018 growing season even after the recommendations of the Arkansas State Plant Board (ASPB) and a task force appointed to study…
by - December 5, 2017 6:54 am
Arkansas legislative committees to determine dicamba, fine increases for illegal use in 2018
The last step in banning dicamba during the bulk of the 2018 growing season and a significant increase to the fines for farmers who use it illegally will be decided…
by - November 8, 2017 3:17 pm
Arkansas State Plant Board votes to ban dicamba use after April 15
Arkansas State Plant Board members voted Wednesday (Nov. 8) during a public hearing and board meeting to ban dicamba in Arkansas during a bulk of the 2018 growing season. Dicamba is used…
by - September 21, 2017 10:42 pm
Arkansas State Plant Board votes unanimously to ban dicamba after April 15
The Arkansas State Plant Board voted Thursday afternoon (Sept. 21) to limit the use of the herbicide dicamba to before April 16, 2018, despite a chorus of farmers asking for…
by - September 11, 2017 7:03 pm
Task force suggests dicamba ban after April 2018, decision goes to state plant board
A Dicamba Task Force charged with providing the Arkansas State Plant Board with a recommendation about the use of the controversial herbicide, will recommend it not be allowed for use…
by - August 16, 2017 7:13 pm
New formulations for dicamba are volatile; decision on 2018 use for crops expected soon
New dicamba formulations are not as volatile as old formulations, but still can cause damage, and the herbicide can move from its target sites, affecting other crops, gardens, and other…
by - July 7, 2017 3:48 pm
Arkansas bans dicamba herbicide, lawsuits possible
Farmers may no longer use the herbicide dicamba following a decision Friday (July 7) by the Arkansas Legislative Council Executive Subcommittee to take no action on a ban implemented by…
by - July 6, 2017 6:23 pm
Dicamba ban decision not ‘a given,’ legislators say
The Arkansas State Plant Board and Gov. Asa Hutchinson have decided that dicamba, a substance used to fight pigweed in cotton crops, has damaged thousands of acres of soybean crops…
by - July 5, 2017 12:25 pm
Company hopes dicamba ban will be lifted (UPDATED)
At least one company that isn’t authorized to sell dicamba in Arkansas after April 15 thinks the governor and the state’s Plant Board are wrong to ban its sale and…
by - July 1, 2017 8:37 am
Governor approves dicamba rules from State Plant Board, calls for task force
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced on Friday (June 30) that he would send two controversial rules involving dicamba approved by the State Plant Board to the Arkansas Legislative Council for final…
by - June 25, 2017 8:27 am
Arkansas State Plant Board bans dicamba, sends decision to governor and legislators
The Arkansas State Plant Board issued an emergency ban Friday preventing the use and sale of the herbicide dicamba. The ban comes after more than 240 filed damage complaints, according…
by - June 21, 2017 6:08 am
Arkansas State Plant Board will take a re-vote on potential dicamba policy
The Arkansas State Plant Board has received more than 50 complaints about drift from the dicamba herbicide in 2017, and the board voted 11-3 to severely restrict its use but…