Farmers across the U.S. will still have access to existing stockpiles of the widely popular herbicide dicamba this season, as the EPA has issued an order to allow existing stocks to be used this year.
Roger McEowen with the Washburn School of Law spoke with RFD-TV’s own Suzanne Alexander on the federal district court’s decision, where we currently stand, and what the future holds for dicamba.
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