Upper Midwest farmers report damage from dicamba herbicide
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October 18, 2017
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Hundreds of farmers in the Upper Midwest are reporting damage from the controversial herbicide dicamba, and state officials are considering restrictions for the 2018 growing season that might surpass even new federal rules.
The state agriculture departments in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota this fall all asked farmers to respond to informal surveys so they could gauge the amount of damage in their states. More than 200 farmers in each state indicated damage.
"The whole dicamba situation, it's something I think about night and day," said Tom Gere, assistant direc...
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