Arkansas lawmakers approved,
without discussion, a partial-ban on a herbicide that drifts on to other crops
where it wasn’t applied and causes damage. An Associated Press report says the
prohibition faces a court challenge by the maker of the weed killer. The
Legislative Council approved the Arkansas Plant Board’s plan to ban dicamba use
from April 15 through October 31. The Council is the legislature’s governing
body when lawmakers aren’t in session. Earlier this week, a subcommittee
recommended the council approve the ban. The Plant Board first proposed the ban
after receiving over 1,000 complaints about dicamba. Monsanto is a maker of
dicamba and has asked a state judge to prevent the restriction from going into
effect. Arkansas is one of many states that have gotten complaints about
dicamba drifting into adjacent fields from the ones it was directly applied to,
causing damage in soybeans that aren’t resistant to the herbicide.
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