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BASF data suggests widespread off-label dicamba use in Arkansas
Oct 27, 2017, 16:30 PM
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New data from BASF suggests the use of generic or off-label dicamba products may have been widespread in Arkansas in 2017.
BASF says sales in Arkansas of its Engenia dicamba herbicide, the only dicamba product legally approved for use in the state in 2017, were enough to cover only about one-half of the dicamba-tolerant acres planted in the state.
“Based on Monsanto’s publicly stated sales of 1.8 million acres of dicamba-tolerant soybean and cotton seed in Arkansas, and when compared to our Engenia sales and application treatments per acre (assuming 1.2 sprays per acre), we estimate there was enough Engenia sold to cover 52% of dicamba-tolerant acres in Arkansas,” BASF said in a statement provided to Brownfield.
