April 24, 2020 | Blog Post
We are about to face yet another year of widespread use of dicamba and other highly volatile herbicides that threaten Illinois farms.
Dicamba
Suspect Damage? Report it!
April 3, 2019 | Blog Post
The last few years, many trees and other broadleaf plants throughout Illinois expressed symptoms of off-target herbicide damage. If you suspect damage, report it.
Two More Years of Dicamba?
November 15, 2018 | Blog Post
Despite ample documentation of the chemical’s harm, the U.S. EPA has approved the continued use of the controversial herbicide dicamba.
Herbicide Damage Hurts More Than Just Crops
September 1, 2017 | Press Release
The farm media have widely covered dicamba herbicide damage in soybean fields across the Midwest this summer. However, reports of off-target herbicide damage to other susceptible plants from early season weed control practices on both corn and soybeans are also on the rise.
Widespread Dicamba Herbicide Use Threatens Midwest Crops and Habitat
April 7, 2017 | Blog Post
The use of dicamba herbicide will be greatly expanded in the Midwest this year with the planting of dicamba resistant soybeans on millions of acres. Dicamba has been registered for use since 1965 and is sold widely in hundreds of products for broadleaf weed control for crops, rights of ways, and lawns. The increased use this year threatens specialty crops, prairie, and pollinator habitat.
