The Indiana Pesticide Review Board voted to propose a rule that any pesticide product in Indiana that is intended for agricultural purposes that contains dicamaba would be considered as a Restricted Use Pesticide.

 

Dave Scott, pesticide program administrator with the Office of the Indiana State Chemist, said that once the rule is passed, to purchase or use dicamba products in Indiana, individuals must be a certified applicator.

 

“Dicamba products will only be sold by restricted use pesticide dealers who are registered with our agency,” he explained.

 

Scott said that the urgent need for the rule came as a result of widespread off-target movement complainants related to the use of pesticides with dicamba.

 

“The rule will restrict all dicamba products, not just ones with the new formula,” he said.

 

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