A proposal designed to crack down on illegal herbicide spraying in Missouri’s Bootheel farm country is advancing in the state Legislature.

 

With the planting season on the horizon, legislation that would raise fines for illegal herbicide use from $1,000 per field to $10,000 per violation has been approved in the House and is now poised to move forward in the Senate.

 

The measure is among three being pushed by Rep. Don Rone, R-Portageville, after farmers and residents in the region complained about potentially illegal spraying of herbicides that caused crop and tree damage on other farms in the southeast part of the state and in nearby Arkansas.

 

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