‘It’s one of the most controversial issues in modern agriculture: persistent crop chemicals of a highly toxic nature that spread unabated beyond the field. The experts call this “drift,” and one herbicide in particular that’s causing major problems in this regard is dicamba, also known as “Xtend,” a broad-leafed Monsanto weedkiller product commonly applied to genetically-modified (GM), dicamba-resistant crop seeds.
Though dicamba has been on the market for several decades, it’s historically been used only as a pre-emergent, meaning it was applied to soils before crop plantings. But farmers are now applying this noxious chemical product to crops after they’ve been planted – and reports indicate that they’re doing so illegally, as dicamba isn’t approved for post-planting use.
The reason for this is that dicamba is highly volatile, meaning it easily takes flight in the air and spreads with the wind. Monsanto had supposedly reformulated a safer version of the product back in November 2016 to address this problem. That product was approved for use beginning in the 2017 planting season, however these claims about its improved safety have yet to be verified.’
Read more: Dicamba ‘drift’ destroying crops downwind from application sites of Monsanto’s toxic herbicide

‘It’s one of the most controversial issues in modern agriculture: persistent crop chemicals of a highly toxic nature that spread unabated beyond the field. The experts call this “drift,” and one herbicide in particular that’s causing major problems in this regard is dicamba, also known as “Xtend,” a broad-leafed Monsanto weedkiller product commonly applied to genetically-modified (GM), dicamba-resistant crop seeds.
Though dicamba has been on the market for several decades, it’s historically been used only as a pre-emergent, meaning it was applied to soils before crop plantings. But farmers are now applying this noxious chemical product to crops after they’ve been planted – and reports indicate that they’re doing so illegally, as dicamba isn’t approved for post-planting use.
The reason for this is that dicamba is highly volatile, meaning it easily takes flight in the air and spreads with the wind. Monsanto had supposedly reformulated a safer version of the product back in November 2016 to address this problem. That product was approved for use beginning in the 2017 planting season, however these claims about its improved safety have yet to be verified.’
Read more: Dicamba ‘drift’ destroying crops downwind from application sites of Monsanto’s toxic herbicide