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EPA Announces Updates for Dicamba Label - The EPA recently added new requirements to the dicamba label to further minimize damage to non-target crops resulting from dicamba used on dicamba-tolerant crops (over-the-top applications). Registration, with these changes, is extended through the 2020 growing season. These are some of the bullets taken from the EPA’s announcement.
1. Only certified applicators may apply dicamba over the top. Those working under the supervision of a certified applicator may no longer make applications.
2. Prohibit over-the-top application of dicamba on soybeans 45 days after planting. (However, the label also includes a growth stage restriction that dicamba must be applied prior to beginning bloom (R1) or no more than 45 days after planting, whichever comes first. That is a little earlier than the previous label stated.)
3. Applications will be allowed only from 1 hour after sunrise to 2 hours before sunset.
4. In counties where endangered species may exist, the downwind buffer will remain at 110 feet and there will be a new 57-foot buffer around the other sides of the field.
5. Clarified training period for 2019 and beyond, ensuring consistency across all three products.
6. Enhanced tank clean-out instructions for the entire system.
7. Enhanced label to improve applicator awareness on the impact of low pH’s on the potential volatility of dicamba.
Read the new labels for these products. More about the changes will be presented at winter training sessions, I am certain.
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