{"id":19609,"date":"2016-12-12T00:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T04:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=19609"},"modified":"2016-12-12T10:22:12","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T14:22:12","slug":"bader-farms-v-monsanto-epic-duel-illegal-spraying-herbicide-dicamba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2016\/12\/bader-farms-v-monsanto-epic-duel-illegal-spraying-herbicide-dicamba\/","title":{"rendered":"Bader Farms v. Monsanto, An Epic Duel Over Illegal Spraying of Herbicide Dicamba"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Beyond Pesticides, \u00a0<\/em>December 12, 2016) \u00a0 On November 23, Bill Bader of \u00a0Bader farms<\/a>, Missouri\u2019s largest peach farm with over 1,000 acres and 110,000 peach trees, filed a suit against the multinational, agrichemical giant Monsanto. Mr. Bader seeks compensation for extensive damags to his peach trees, which he blames on the illegal, or non-labeled, use of the toxic herbicide dicamba, brought on by sales of Monsanto’s new, genetically engineered (GE), dicamba-tolerant crops. Mr. Bader is projected to lose $1.5 million in revenue from the crop damage. The case was filed in the Circuit Court of Dunklin County, an area that has been hit especially hard by alleged illegal dicamba spraying. The farm’s insurance company refuses to cover damages from any illegal herbicide use. Without compensation for the damages, the farm risks going out of business. The illegal use of dicamba in this case is not an isolated incident. There have been many disputes in the Midwest over the \u00a0illegal spraying of dicamba and subsequent crop damage due to pesticide drift.<\/a> \u00a0Numerous news reports over the past two \u00a0months in southern soybean growing regions have found that many farmers are, in response to weeds on their farms that have become resistant to glyphosate (Roundup), illegally applying dicamba-based herbicide that are not labeled for use on Monsanto\u2019s new GE crops.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) deregulated Monsanto’s dicamba-tolerant Roundup Ready 2 Xtend\u00e2\u201e\u00a2<\/sup> \u00a0soybeans and Bollgard II \u00ae<\/sup>XtendFlex\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 cotton in January 2015. but it was not until November 2016 that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registered the use<\/a> of specific dicamba formulations, Xtendimax\u00e2\u201e\u00a2<\/sup> \u00a0 and VaporGrip\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 <\/sup>for use these crops. Monsanto describes the dicamba-tolerant GE crops as “designed to provide farmers with more consistent, flexible control of weeds, especially tough-to-manage and glyphosate-resistant weeds \u00a0to maximize crop yield potential.” What was viewed by industry and EPA several years ago as a unique occurrence, weed resistance is now acknowledged to be a serious economic problem for farmers. While the agrichemical industry and its researchers can no longer ignore weed resistance<\/a> \u00a0to pesticides, it continues to promote more chemical applications in GE crops as the solution, despite the success of organic systems.\"cc6b34ec-6974-430c-9c65-2b5a77d3246a-620x372\"<\/p>\n

Mr. Bader \u00a0claims<\/a> \u00a0that dicamba, has killed more than 30,000 peach trees since 2015. \u00a0Current dicamba formulations are extremely susceptible to pesticide drift. \u00a0Dicamba is harmful even after it is deposited on target crops due to its ability to vaporize off leafy surfaces at moderate temperatures, where it is then reintroduced into the atmosphere. \u00a0A \u00a0study published by Pennsylvania State scientists<\/a> \u00a0in late 2015 found dicamba drift was \u201cfrequently responsible for sublethal, off-target damage\u201d to plants and insects. Researchers found that even very low rates of dicamba herbicide exposure negatively impacted plant flowering, and thus insect pollination. \u00a0Increased illegal dicamba use is suspected to have been on the rise since 2015, when Monsanto released their new dicamba-resistant line of crops.<\/p>\n

Monsanto\u2019s previous herbicide of choice, Roundup, \u00a0has faced issues with weed resistance<\/a>. \u00a0Over the years, weeds and undesirable vegetation have adapted and evolved to have a \u00a0genetic resistance to Roundup<\/a> \u00a0and its active ingredient \u00a0glyphosate<\/a>. \u00a0This led Monsanto to reformulate their seeds to be resistant to dicamba, which still shows effectiveness against weeds. \u00a0The herbicide formulations registered by are said to be less volatile and safer than previous dicamba formulations. Since Xtend crops were registered in 2015, this left a one year gap in which farmers were provided a new seed to cultivate with, yet left without a herbicide approved for use. \u00a0Many farmers, including Bill Bader, surmise that this led to the illegal, off-label use of other volatile dicamba formulations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe losses will certainly be in the millions,\u201d said Bev Randles of Randles & Splittgerber, a Kansas City law firm in a statement to St. Luois Post Dispatch. \u00a0The impact of the damages to Bader\u2019s farm are, \u201cmore long-term and farther-reaching,\u201d according to Randles. \u00a0With Bader Farms expected to double its financial loses by next year, they predict the farm will be out of the peach business by 2019.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit asserts that illegal spraying could have been more limited, if not prevented, had Monsanto not released the seeds before the subsequent herbicide XtendiMax was approved for use. \u00a0\u201cThe issue here is one of \u201d\u02dcforeseeability,\u2019\u201d said Ms. Randles. \u201cIt was entirely foreseeable that if Monsanto released the Xtend products onto the market that farmers would seek a way to protect those Xtend seeds from damage and they would do that by spraying dicamba.\u201d<\/p>\n

Monsanto did take steps to notify and inform farmers before the 2016 growing season that the use of dicamba was not yet approved for in-crop use, and expressed that they do not condone the illegal use of any pesticide. \u00a0Monsanto, in a recent statement, said the lawsuit, \u201cattempts to shift responsibility away from individuals who knowingly and intentionally broke state and federal law and harmed their neighbors in the process. Responsibility for these actions belongs to those individuals alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is the first lawsuit that has been waged against Monsanto over illegal dicamba spraying, and is supported by Beyond Pesticides. \u00a0Dicamba<\/a> \u00a0has been linked to damage of the kidney and liver, neurotoxicity, and developmental impacts. \u00a0While Missouri lawmakers \u00a0contemplate increasing fines<\/a> \u00a0on illegal pesticide applications, ultimately, this problem will need to be addressed on a structural scale, as chemical-intensive farmers will need to diversify the crops they plant and implement other cultural practices to deter weeds, such as cover crops, crop rotation, and intercropping. Food distribution systems will also need to shift to accommodate greater diversity in farmer fields. \u00a0Organic agriculture<\/a> \u00a0represents a time-tested approach to managing weeds and avoiding resistance problems that plague GE cropping systems. With organic, the use of toxic synthetic herbicides and GE seeds is prohibited, and farmers must craft an organic systems plan aimed at improving soil health and managing pests and weeds should they arise.<\/p>\n

All unattributed positions and opinions in this piece are those of Beyond Pesticides.<\/em><\/p>\n

Source: \u00a0St Louis Post Dispatch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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There have been many disputes in the Midwest over the \u00a0illegal spraying of dicamba and subsequent crop damage due to pesticide drift. \u00a0Numerous news reports over the past two \u00a0months in southern soybean growing regions have found that many farmers are, in response to weeds on their farms that have become resistant […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,249,2,21,350,312,25,69,60,215,5,41,306,68,192,10,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-24-d","category-agriculture","category-alternativesorganics","category-chemicals","category-contamination-2","category-contamination","category-corporations","category-dicamba","category-environmental-justice","category-farmworkers","category-genetic-engineering","category-glyphosate","category-missouri","category-monsanto","category-chemical-trespass-drift","category-pesticide-regulation","category-statelocal"],"yoast_head":"\nBader Farms v. 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