New Dicamba Use Directions and Training Requirements

On October 27, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved registrations for two dicamba products, XtendiMax with VaporGrip Technology and Engenia Herbicide, and extended the registration of Tavium Plus VaporGrip Technology. All three registrations include new control measures to ensure these products are used effectively while protecting the environment, including non-target plants, animals, and other crops not tolerant to dicamba. These registrations are only for use as "over-the-top" (OTT) dicamba products on dicamba-tolerant (DT) cotton and soybeans. The registrations will expire in 2025.

 

The 2020 registrations feature important control measures to manage the off-site movement of dicamba; some examples include:

The new registrations also require all pesticide applicators to attend a manufacturer's training program before making dicamba applications to dicamba-tolerant soybeans. Information covered must include best management practices to delay, contain, or control weed resistance. The training also must cover label instructions, for example, determining buffer requirements, sprayer cleanout, the use of broadcast hooded sprayers, using Bulletins Live 2!,  and updated record-keeping requirements. The Agribusiness Association of Iowa website has links to the manufacturers' training programs. All training programs to-date are online.

Video: Why Invest in Canada’s Seed Future? | On The Brink: Episode 3

Darcy Unger just invested millions to build a brand-new seed plant on his farm in Stonewall, Manitoba so when it’s time for his sons to take over, they have the tools they need to succeed.

Right now, 95% of the genetics they’ll be growing come from Canadian plant breeders.

That number matters.

When fusarium hit Western Canada in the late 90s, it was Canadian breeders who responded, because they understood Canadian conditions. That ability to react quickly to what’s happening on Canadian farms is exactly what’s at risk when breeding programs lose funding.

For farmers like Darcy, who have made generational investments based on the assumption that better genetics will keep coming, the stakes are direct and personal.

We’re on the brink of decisions that will shape our agricultural future for not only our generation, but also the ones to come.

What direction will we choose?

On The Brink is a year-long video series traveling across Canada to meet the researchers, breeders, farmers, seed companies, and policymakers shaping the future of Canadian plant breeding. Each week, a new story. Each story, a piece of the bigger picture.

Episode 3 is above. Follow Seed World Canada to catch every episode, and tell us: Do you think the next generation will have the tools they need to success when they takeover? How is the future going to look?