Source: Margy Eckelkamp, AGWEB, 6/8/20


According to Bayer, in 2020 there are 60 million acres expected to be planted with the Xtend system (50 million soybean acres and 10 million cotton acres). According to an AgPro online poll, 81% of respondents were up to 25% done spraying dicamba when the 9th Circuit Court issued its decision vacating the EPA labels for XtendiMax, FeXapan and Engenia on June 3.  As Richard Gupton, Senior Vice President, Public Policy & Counsel for the Agricultural Retailers Association, points out, this decision from the court could not have come at a worse time and carries a unique set of challenges with it. 

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