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Limited dicamba issues in Michigan

A technical service representative with BASF says there were many growers who made dicamba applications in the last few weeks before soybeans started to flower.

“As a company, after that June 8^th cancellation we were no longer able to sell any Engenia into the channel but what was in the channel certainly could be and was used.”

Based in Michigan, Trevor Kraus with BASF tells Brownfield with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling vacating the use of dicamba products, he’s been fielding a lot of calls from growers.

“I think most growers were in a good spot prior to this cancelation order.”

He says growers in the state are very aware Michigan is second in the country for agricultural diversity and use the product early in the season when specialty crops have yet to fully emerge.

“Most of our growers and retailers have utilized the dicamba technology as part of a burndown or a very early post emerge application where they would combine it with a residual.”

He does caution growers not to apply when wind movement is under three miles per hour like is stated on the dicamba label because the product can move when there are temperature inversions.

Kraus also oversees research done in the state and expects more growers to turn to Liberty products in the future based on the results he’s seeing in test plots and the flexibility of the product.