Dicamba Herbicide Update – EPA Issues Existing Stocks Order

Feb 16, 2024

This is a follow-up to the February 6, 2024 court ruling where Xtendimax, Engenia, and Tavium herbicide labels were vacated by a federal court in Arizona. The Arizona court order prohibits sale or distribution of these three dicamba products after February 6, 2024. On February 14, 2024, the EPA issued an existing stocks order for these dicamba products registered for over-the-top applications in dicamba-tolerant cotton and soybean. This order notifies the registrants of Xtendimax, Engenia, and Tavium guidelines for the disposition of any existing stocks of these products that were released for shipping prior to the February 6, 2024 ruling. Existing stocks are the previously registered products that were packaged, labeled, and released for shipment before the date of the court ruling. For South Carolina, these are the sale/distribution and use end dates for Xtendimax, Engenia, and Tavium herbicides for the 2024 growing season:

Sale & Distribution by Retailers Deadlines:
Dicamba-Tolerant Soybean May 31, 2024
Dicamba-Tolerant Cotton June 30, 2024

End Date For Growers to Use of Existing Stocks In-crop
Dicamba-Tolerant Soybean June 30, 2024
Dicamba-Tolerant Cotton July 30, 2024

With this order, growers are encouraged to reach out to retailers and secure their dicamba product orders as soon as possible. After the end of this existing stock order, these dicamba products will be unavailable until the court ruling is appealed/overturned or new dicamba product labels are registered before the 2025 growing season.

Source : clemson.edu

Video: Understanding the Basics of the Renewable Fuel Standard

On Friday, April 24, 2026, from 12 noon–1:00 ET, the Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law, alongside the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s (PDA) Agricultural Business Development Center (ABDC), presented this webinar in the Understanding Agricultural Law Educational Series, a course designed to develop subject matter literacy and competence on fundamental issues of agricultural law for attorneys and business advisors who work with or represent agricultural or rural clients but may not necessarily specialize in agricultural law:

“Understanding the Basics of the Renewable Fuel Standard”

The Clean Air Act’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program requires transportation fuel sold in the United States to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuels such as ethanol, biodiesel, or advanced biofuels. Established by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and later expanded by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, the RFS is implemented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in collaboration with the Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

This webinar provides an overview of the legal authority and structure for the RFS program and explain how it works, including the program’s system of Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) and categories of renewable fuels. Additionally, this webinar addresses EPA annual volume requirement rulemaking and associated recent legal issues.