National Ag News

Missouri’s Senate Agriculture Chairman says the state legislative session’s primary agriculture issue was a measure that addressed off-label use of the herbicide dicamba.

“What this bill did was give the [Missouri] Department of Agriculture some teeth when they went out and investigated misuse of drift of herbicides,” said Republican Senator Brian Munzlinger, in an interview with Brownfield Ag News.

The law allows up to $10,000 in fines for each violation of knowingly misapplying herbicides, said Munzlinger.

Continue reading Missouri legislative session light on agriculture issues at Brownfield Ag News.