{"id":463,"date":"2018-12-13T09:39:40","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T14:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/threerivers\/?p=463"},"modified":"2018-12-13T09:39:40","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T14:39:40","slug":"changes-in-store-for-users-of-dicamba-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/threerivers\/2018\/12\/changes-in-store-for-users-of-dicamba-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes in Store for Users of Dicamba Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following label changes were made to ensure that these products can continue to be used effectively while addressing potential concerns to surrounding crops and plants:<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Dicamba registration decisions for 2019-2020 growing season<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Two-year registration (until December 20, 2020).<\/li>\n
  2. Only certified applicators may apply dicamba over the top (anyone applying the products must have a valid pesticide applicators license).<\/li>\n
  3. Prohibit over-the-top application of dicamba on soybeans 45 days after planting and cotton 60 days after planting (no late season salvage treatments).<\/li>\n
  4. For cotton, limit the number of over-the-top (OTT) applications from 4 to 2 (soybeans remain at 2 OTT applications).<\/li>\n
  5. Applications will be allowed only from 1 hour after sunrise to 2 hours before sunset.<\/li>\n
  6. In counties where endangered species may exist, the downwind buffer will remain at 110 feet and there will be a\u00a0new 57-foot buffer\u00a0<\/strong>around the other sides of the field (the 110-foot downwind buffer applies to all applications, not just in counties where endangered species may exist).<\/li>\n
  7. Clarify training period for 2019 and beyond, ensuring consistency across all three products.<\/li>\n
  8. Enhanced tank clean out instructions for the entire system.<\/li>\n
  9. Enhanced label to improve applicator awareness on the impact of low pH\u2019s on the potential volatility of dicamba.<\/li>\n
  10. Label clean up and consistency to improve compliance and enforceability.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Learn more:\u00a0https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/ingredients-used-pesticide-products\/registration-dicamba-use-genetically-engineered-crops<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

    Basically if you are farming cotton or soybeans in Georgia you need to be paying attention to updates for additional training and get all of your applicators certified with private pesticide licenses.\u00a0 If you have questions or comments please contact me at mackiv@uga.edu<\/a>, 478-825-6466 or 478-862-5496.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Back in October the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is extending the registration of dicamba for two years for\u00a0\u201cover-the-top\u201d use to control weeds in fields for cotton and soybean plants genetically engineered to resist dicamba. This action was informed by input from and extensive collaboration between EPA, state regulators, farmers, academic researchers, pesticide manufacturers, and other stakeholders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/threerivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/threerivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/threerivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/threerivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/threerivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/threerivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":464,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/threerivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463\/revisions\/464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/threerivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/threerivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/threerivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}