Agri-Pulse reports:
Washington, DC — EPA plans to re-register the controversial herbicide dicamba, according to a report in The Washington Post that cites a draft statement seen by the newspaper. The EPA document calls the pending decision “the most protective dicamba registration in agency history,” according to the report.
The herbicide, sold as Xtendimax by Bayer, Engenia by BASF and Tavium by Syngenta, was not used last year because of a 2024 court decision vacating the registrations. EPA has been considering thousands of comments on proposed new labels that include restrictions to reduce off-farm damage from spray drift and volatilization.
EPA didn’t respond to a request for comment on the report.
