Posted 9/17/2020 13:52 (#8500830 - in reply to #8499646) Subject: RE: What's the future of Dicamba?
De Forest, WI
Deere6 - 9/16/2020 20:45
CaseFarmer - 9/16/2020 20:07
Hopefully pre only approval.
I dont know what the answer is for sure but this isnt it. Doesn't matter if dicamba is sprayed pre or post. What is planted beside the Extend beans is what should be used to determine whether it can be sprayed. I had May 11 planted beans this year get nailed June 1 by a neighbor doing a preemerge burndown.
I had several thousand peppers get dinged INSIDE the greenhouse this spring from vapor drift. UW Madison confirmed 2-4-d or Dicamba damage. This was around end of May. The pulled through, but were set back around 2-3 weeks. I lost thousands of dollars in early season sales when the price is a lot higher. I’m all for much tougher restrictions on anything that has vapor drift.
No one around me cares that I grow veggies save the guy I went to high school with decades ago. He at least calls me if he is thinking of spraying anything that could drift. I have asked if he has to use 2-4-d to use it very early in spring or very late in fall and amine formulations vs esters. Less vapor drift potential.
No one else has cared. I will be glad if dicamba use in season is eliminated.
What's the future of Dicamba?
