Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In October 2021 I was a guest on a popular podcast to discuss my recently published book, “Seed Money: Monsanto’s Past and Our ...

Today, the EPA opened its 30-day public comment period for a proposed registration of dicamba in over-the-top applications. The federal agency received applications from Bayer, BASF and Syngenta, ...

Nearly 800 comments submitted to EPA on its dicamba ecological and human health risk assessments split widely on the herbicide’s value to American agriculture. Broadly speaking, comments broke down ...

The chemical’s drift is characterized as “the worst of any herbicide in the history of U.S. agriculture.” The EPA announced plans late last month to reapprove three formulations of dicamba for use on ...

The use of dicamba, an herbicide, has become an extremely contentious issue in some farm states. It has been accused of “tearing apart the fabric of rural life.” The issues surrounding dicamba present ...

Some widely used dicamba herbicides are officially banned beginning in August, though the nation’s cotton, corn and soybean planters have an opportunity to utilize existing stocks in the next few ...

The operators of two Southeast Missouri soybean farms have filed a class-action lawsuit against St. Louis-based Monsanto Co., alleging their crops were damaged by exposure to dicamba herbicide. The 35 ...

The herbicide dicamba has been used for decades in corn and pastures, but in 2017, it was approved for soybeans. In the last year, application problems with the product has caused thousands of ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 1, 2025) On June 30, Kyle Kunkler started work as deputy assistant administrator for pesticides in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Chemical Safety and ...