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Iowa plans dicamba training

Iowa is one of several states that will be conducting dicamba training sessions in the coming weeks.

Iowa deputy secretary of agriculture Mike Naig says training will help address many of last year’s dicamba issues.

“There’s a fairly steep learning curve here with this product,” Naig says. “There’s a lot of different conditions on the label, from tank mixes and tank cleanout to boom heights, ground speed, wind speed—all manner of different items that folks need to be aware of to make good, safe, effective application.”

Naig says the training won’t completely eliminate dicamba drift issues.

“It’s just a reality of what happens across the countryside,” he says. “But when we look back and think about some of the things that did happen in 2017, and look at some of the causes of drift, we think that education will be a big part of trying to correct those things in 2018.”

Iowa has not imposed any additional restrictions on dicamba applications, as have some other states.

“We believe that making it a restricted use product and this additional training will go a long way to addressing some of the challenge, or some of the issues, that we saw in 2017.”

For more information on dicamba training in Iowa, visit dicambatrainingiowa.org.

AUDIO: Mike Naig