While seed companies would lead you to believe growers will be planting dicamba-tolerant soybeans this spring to improve yields or do a better job of controlling weeds, results from a No-Till Farmer survey indicate many will only be doing so to protect their bean crop against potential herbicide drift concerns from neighboring soybean fields.

In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Manufacturing Company, we welcome Bob Wolf, a veteran application expert and the owner of Wolf Consulting & Research who discusses the recent changes in labeling and application requirements for three major herbicides.

Preventing off-target dicamba movement during application is the responsibility of the applicator, but what is less-than-clear is how far from the treated field off-target extends.

Research has shown that up to 80% of marestail can die over the winter as a result of cold temperatures.

University research studied the effects of microrates of two dicamba products applied to non dicamba-tolerant soybeans at three growth stages.

Several amendments to the XtendiMax, Engenia, and FeXapan labels have been issued by the EPA that will impact all purchases and applications of these products in 2018 and beyond.

Here's a summary from Kansas State University Extension on the agreements reached between the EPA and companies selling dicamba products registered for use on Xtend soybeans and cotton pertaining to label modifications and application requirements.