If a weed-free field seems like your ultimate harvesting dream, then herbicide-resistant weeds have to be your worst nightmare. For years, new cases of resistance have emerged across the Midwest, with ...

Following two court orders restricting such herbicide formulations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency expects to re-approve dicamba products meant to be sprayed over certain ...

Herbicide resistance in weeds seems to be exploding. For example, Waterhemp populations in the Midwest are now surviving three or more herbicide modes of action, and relying on chemical control that ...

(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 ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 4, 2025) Comments on EPA proposal to bring back controversial use of herbicide dicamba due by Saturday, September 6, 2025, at 11:59 PM ET. With more than 90 percent of ...

Last year, a federal court banned some uses of the herbicide, which can drift into fields and damage crops. By Claire Brown The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed allowing the use of three ...

On October 18, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the registration of a new herbicide active ingredient, glufosinate-P. This approval marks a significant milestone in ...

A new study shows that more than half of the weedy rice sampled in the rice-growing region of the southeastern U.S. has become herbicide resistant. Weedy rice is a close relative of cultivated rice ...

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The fall-planted cover crop mixture included winter triticale at 60 percent, winter peas at 30 percent, radish at five percent and rapeseed at five percent. That mixture, when used with glyphosate ...

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 ...

Fluridone is a systemic herbicide commonly used to control broad-leaved weeds in crops such as cotton. However, its long-lasting residues and major breakdown product, fluridone acid, can remain in ...