New Madrid Co. man, farm indicted for illegally applying Dicamba to crops
A Parma, Missouri man has been indicted after officials say he illegally applied Dicamba to crops.
Bobby David Lowrey, 51, and Lowrey & Lowrey Inc. were indicted on Nov. 13 according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in St. Louis.
According to the indictment, Lowrey owned and operated Lowrey Farms. In 2016, officials said Lowrey Farms engaged in the cultivation of cotton and soybean crops on about 6,700 acres over in the Eastern District of Missouri.
The indictment said the soybean and cotton crops planted on Lowrey Farms in 2016 were modified to be resistant to the pesticide dicamba, a broadleaf herbicide used to kill unwanted weeds. The dicamba-based pesticide product was not approved for post-planting application to cotton crops and had limitations on its soybean application.
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Bobby David Lowrey, 51, and Lowrey & Lowrey Inc. were indicted on Nov. 13 according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in St. Louis.
According to the indictment, Lowrey owned and operated Lowrey Farms. In 2016, officials said Lowrey Farms engaged in the cultivation of cotton and soybean crops on about 6,700 acres over in the Eastern District of Missouri.
The indictment said the soybean and cotton crops planted on Lowrey Farms in 2016 were modified to be resistant to the pesticide dicamba, a broadleaf herbicide used to kill unwanted weeds. The dicamba-based pesticide product was not approved for post-planting application to cotton crops and had limitations on its soybean application.
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