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Canola Growers Support Dicamba Registration in Soybeans for Weed Management
Posted:
Aug 23 2024
The Northern Canola Growers Association recently sent in comments to the EPA supporting the proposed registrations of new low volatility dicamba products for use in soybeans for the 2025 growing season. With weed resistance becoming a major issue, the NCGA has been working aggressively with NDSU herbicide specialists to identify new modes of action in canola. We have funded several years of crop tolerance studies conducted by North Dakota State University weed specialists.
The NCGA told EPA that to preserve weed control options in canola, growers must be able to leverage the ability to use dicamba in soybeans planted in rotation with canola. The use of dicamba in soybean fields is important for whole farm weed management for canola growers and growers of many other crops. If dicamba is no longer available for soybean growers, it will greatly increase selection pressure and the prevalence of glyphosate and glufosinate-resistant weeds, reducing the ability of canola growers to continue providing a healthy source of oil and meal.