National Ag News

A soybean researcher says while farmers will have more options for controlling herbicide resistant weeds this growing season, there is potential for off-target application with dicamba-resistant soybeans.

Mark Seamon with the Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee tells Brownfield farmers and applicators need to be especially mindful during herbicide applications which have the potential to negatively impact specialty crops.  “In Michigan we’re concerned more than some other states because we have a diversity of crops and those crops in some cases are really sensitive to growth regulator-type herbicides like dicamba.”  He says if there is pesticide drift, it could mean specialty crops are not marketable.

Continue reading Cautiously optimistic about dicamba products at Brownfield Ag News.