Arkansas a step closer to emergency ban on dicamba weedkiller

With more than 500 complaints of weedkiller misuse from Arkansas farmers, Gov. Asa Hutchinson approved an 120-day ban on use of the herbicide dicamba on row crops and forwarded the emergency step to the state’s Legislative Council for a final decision. Hutchinson also assented to increasing the fine for egregious misuse of herbicides to a… » Read More

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