As a P.S., I suspect many Iowans don't realize that  very low levels of 
dicamba drift can damage some landscaping and  garden plants.  I'd bet much of 
that damage never gets  officially reported, especially since the damaged  
plants survive.   Two classic symptoms are leaf-cupping and  strapping.   Box 
elders and grapes are very susceptible -- both  were damaged near my house 
this year.
 
Cindy
 
Cindy  Hildebrand
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Ames, IA 50010

"Whenever the days are  cool and clear,
The sand-hill crane goes walking
Across the field by the  flashing weir,
Slowly, solemnly stalking." (Mary Austin)  

 
In a message dated 8/2/2017 9:08:05 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
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Posted by me.--Tom



-----Original  Message-----
From: Laurel Hopwood <[log in to unmask]>
To:  CONS-SPST-BIOTECH-FORUM  <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wed, Aug 2, 2017  5:27 am
Subject: Dicamba drift wreaks havoc across US crops; EPA reviews  the 
pesticide


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-01/farmers-cry-foul-as-pesti
cide-wreaks-havoc-across-u-s-crops


Pesticide  ‘drifting’ wreaks havoc across US crops
EDITED
At least 2.5 million soy  acres are impacted.
Monsanto and BASK developed new dicamba-resistant  soybean and cotton 
seeds, allowing farmers to spray crops later in the growing  process.


Larry Martin in Illinois says he’s never seen anything like it  in his 35 
years of farming. Arkansas soybean grower Joe McLemore says he faces  the 
loss of his life savings.

_https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pesticides-epa-idUSKBN1AH585_ 
(http://gmwatch.us6.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=29cbc7e6c21e0a8fd2a82aeb8&id=01
b14e9c3d&e=fd8a918f71) 
EDITED
EPA  is reviewing its directions on how to use the latest versions of the 
weed  killer dicamba, following hundreds of reports about crop damage when 
traces of  it drift away from application sites.

(Laurel writes: Goes to show how  our regulatory agencies rubber-stamp 
approvals. They don't look so they don't  find.)


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