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Dicamba Legal Update On the Ninth Circuit And What Is Going On With the Drift Class Action

Paul Goeringer

Jul 15, 2020
3 min

Dicamba Legal Update On the Ninth Circuit And What Is Going On With the Drift Class Action

This is not a substitute for legal advice. See here for the site’s reposting policy. Dicamba has been back in the news lately in several areas. EPA recently moved to cancel registrations for three dicamba products, XtendiMax, Engenia, and FeXapa, based on a ruling in the Ninth Circuit. Growers have till the end of July 2020 to use existing stocks. And Bayer, the parent company of Monsanto, recently announced a proposed settlement of around $400 million for class-action lawsui

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Have Dicamba Drift Damage? Here’s What You Can Do

Paul Goeringer

Apr 30, 2019
1 min

Have Dicamba Drift Damage? Here’s What You Can Do

The article is not a substitute for legal advice. See here for the site’s reposting policy. A common topic I often am asked to address is potential liability from pesticide drift damage. I recently contributed a column to the American Agriculturist addressing this issue and providing an update on the ongoing class action involving the recently approved dicambas that can be used for over-the-top application on cotton and soybeans. To see this article, click here. #negligence

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Year in Review: 2018 Ag Law Developments

Paul Goeringer

Jan 15, 2019
5 min

Year in Review: 2018 Ag Law Developments

This is not a substitute for legal advice. See here for the site’s reposting policy. With 2018 over and 2019 underway, I want to take a minute to look back at the top legal developments impacting agriculture in 2018. Many of these legal developments may seem like repeats from my 2017 update; click here to see. For those interested embedded above is a join podcast episode I did with Tiffany Lashmet covering the top ag law developments Moving into 2019, we will likely see n

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May 18, 2018
2 min

Weekly Roundup May 18th

By Sarah Fielder Maryland Risk Management Education Blog Celebrates 4 Years This week this site is celebrating 4 years of providing you with information related to the law, crop insurance, and other risk management issues. Thank you to all the readers who have made this site a success and hopefully sustain us into the future. NAFTA Deadline Was Thursday This week House Speaker Paul Ryan announced a deadline to finalize NAFTA as May 17th. The deadline has to do with giving C

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Dicamba State Laws Vary: Check State Requirements and the Label before Spraying

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Feb 6, 2018
6 min

Dicamba State Laws Vary: Check State Requirements and the Label before Spraying

By Kelly Nuckolls The article is not a substitute for legal advice. See here for the site’s reposting policy. The headlines about dicamba and specifically, the new dicamba products, might have you scratching your head. How can states regulate pesticides? What is the federal government’s role in pesticide regulation? Where can I find my state’s regulation of these products? The hodgepodge of state laws that regulate the new dicamba products, XtendiMax with VaporGrip Technolog

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Developments in Agricultural Law for 2017

Paul Goeringer

Dec 20, 2017
5 min

Developments in Agricultural Law for 2017

This is not a substitute for legal advice. See here for the site’s reposting policy. With 2017 coming to an end, I want to take a minute to look back at many of the top legal developments impacting Maryland agriculture in the year. Many of these legal developments may seem like repeats from my 2016 update; click here to see (http://bit.ly/2ixC9s2). With those repeated issues, in many cases we have seen resolutions, and we will probably continue to see litigation further de

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Arkansas Producers File Class Action Lawsuit Related to Dicamba Drift Damage

Paul Goeringer

Aug 30, 2017
3 min

Arkansas Producers File Class Action Lawsuit Related to Dicamba Drift Damage

This is not a substitute for legal advice. See here for the site’s reposting policy. 2016 and 2017 have seen large numbers of complaints filed because of drift damage in the Midwest and South due to dicamba application on new Monsanto varieties of cotton and soybeans that allow producers to apply the dicamba over-the-top. I’ve written earlier about a dicamba drift class action lawsuit filed in Missouri, but a recently class action in the Eastern Federal District of Missouri

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