More than 15 million soybean acres are expected to sport Monsanto's new dicamba-tolerant Xtend trait this year. That's one-sixth of the expected U.S. soybean acreage.

 

Whether you are growing them or not, do you know where they are?

 

This awareness will be important for growers of non-Xtend soybeans, which are extremely sensitive to dicamba herbicides.

 

The new dicamba formulations (BASF's Engenia, Monsanto's XtendiMax and DuPont's FeXapan) are engineered to be less volatile than older dicamba herbicides. Yet, already, reports of dicamba drift damage are beginning to trickle in from states like Missouri and Arkansas.

 

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