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South Dakota sticks with dicamba cut-off date
The cutoff date for dicamba use in South Dakota is June 30th.
Weeds will get too tall to be affected by the herbicide and weather will cause
the spray to be volatile resulting in a greater likelihood of drift injury to
susceptible plants, according to Kim Vanneman, South Dakota Secretary of
Agriculture.
“Even though beans are going to be just emerging or behind in their growth, the
days are likely to still be hot in July,” Vanneman told Brownfield Ag News,
“and we just feel that that would be a concern and so we want to try to do the
right thing.”
Vanneman says she’s been traveling to parts of the state most affected by the wet
spring.
“Over and over I just keep hearing from some long-time that this is the spring
that they really haven’t seen before,” said Vanneman.
The EPA 24(c) Special Local Needs label allows dicamba use in South Dakota
until soybeans reach the R1 growth stage, 45 days after planting or June 30, whichever
comes first. The label applies to
Engenia, Fexapan and Xtendimax with VaporGrip Technology.
The EPA labels for those products also require applicator recordkeeping and the
completion of annual dicamba training.
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