Cotton growers will be without over-the-top Dicamba this year, and Oklahoma Extension specialist Jenny Dudak says that will require some adjustments.
“You know, the loss of Dicamba would be devastating, I think,” said Jenny Dudak. We do have cotton producers in the state of Oklahoma that plant Dicamba cotton, so they need to think about alternatives or what they’re going to do moving forward if they stick with that Dicamba cotton. A couple of things that I would like to spread the word on to keep in mind are making sure we’re putting down residuals pre-planting. We want to make sure we’re starting clean in that growing season, so we can stay clean throughout the growing season or stay as clean as possible. And then we do have some over-the-top post options like Liberty and Roundup, some of those types of chemicals that you can spray, and if they still work on your farm.”
A Federal Court ruling last year removed Dicamba from rotation but allowed growers to use existing stocks. Back in November, a small group of senators asked the EPA to deny any future registrations of Dicamba, arguing that tighter restrictions had already been tried and were not enough to mitigate the damage.
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