State ag officials: Dicamba also contaminated compost, but original source remains unknown
Story Date: 9/15/2020

 

Source: Lisa Sorg, NC POLICY WATCH, 9/14/20


A state Department of Agriculture investigation found powerful herbicides Dicamba — now banned — and Clopyralid in several compost samples that killed and damaged plants in dozens of gardens and small farms in North Carolina. However, investigators could not identify the original source of contamination. 

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