An Arkansas panel has adopted a plan to allow restricted use of an herbicide banned in the wake of complaints that it drifted onto crops and caused damage.
The Arkansas Plant Board voted after a 91/2-hour public hearing on Feb. 19 in Little Rock to allow the use of dicamba through May 25. The new restrictions also would impose a half-mile buffer zone around research stations, organic crops, specialty crops, non-tolerant dicamba crops and other sensitive crops.
The rules now go to lawmakers for approval.
The state had previously banned dicamba’s use from April 16 through Oct. 31.
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Topics Agribusiness Arkansas
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