Yes, regardless of who owns the wooded lot, it is label-defined as a sensitive uncultivated area that may harbor a sensitive plant species or endangered species. Therefore, even an adjacent wooded lot that you own or control is required to have a downwind buffer.
Yes, regardless of who owns the wooded lot, it is label-defined as a sensitive uncultivated area that may harbor a sensitive plant species or endangered species. Therefore, even an adjacent wooded lot that you own or control is required to have a downwind buffer.
No, dicamba application should not be made if the wind is blowing in the direction of sensitive crops.
Dicamba application can be made if wind is blowing in the direction of sensitive areas (e.g. water bodies, non-residential areas, etc.) and 240 feet downwind buffer requirement is followed.
No, dicamba application should not be made if the wind is blowing in the direction of sensitive crops.
Dicamba application can be made if wind is blowing in the direction of sensitive areas (e.g. water bodies, non-residential areas, etc.) and 240 feet downwind buffer requirement is followed.
No, dicamba application should not be made if the wind is blowing in the direction of sensitive crops.
No, dicamba application should not be made if the wind is blowing in the direction of sensitive crops.
Non-sensitive crops and areas include paved or gravel surfaces; roads; mowed and/or managed areas adjacent to field, such as roadside rights-of-way; areas covered by the footprint of a building, silo, shade house, feed crib, or other manmade structure with walls and a roof; agricultural fields that have been prepared for planting; and planted agricultural fields containing asparagus, corn, dicamba-tolerant cotton, dicamba-tolerant soybeans, sorghum, proso millet, small grains, and sugarcane (the applicator is responsible for ensuring that the crops are dicamba-tolerant).
The applicator must always maintain a 240-feet downwind buffer between the last treated row and the nearest downwind field/area edge (in the direction the wind is blowing). Applicators can still use out-of-field non-sensitive crops and areas in the total buffer distance calculation. It should also be noted that the 240-feet downwind buffer is not intended to protect downwind sensitive crops and plants from off-target dicamba exposure. It is intended to protect other sensitive areas, for example, water bodies, non-residential areas, etc. The downwind dicamba application prohibition and the 240-feet downwind buffer requirement should not be confused when the concern is protection of downwind sensitive crops and plants.
A 310 ft downwind buffer plus 57 ft buffer on all other sides of field must be maintained in areas with listed species.
The applicator must follow the measures contained in the Endangered Species Protection Bulletin for the area in which applicator is applying the product. They must obtain Bulletins no more than six months before using the product. Applicators should consult the EPA Protecting Endangered Species from Pesticides or call 1-844-447-3813 to obtain the bulletin. The applicator must use the Bulletin valid for the month in which he will apply the product.
Applicators must follow the directions listed on the Endangered Species Protection Bulletin for protecting endangered species. The following areas may be included in the buffer distance composition when directly adjacent to the treated field edges:
- Roads, paved or gravel surfaces, mowed grassy areas adjacent to field, and areas of bare ground from recent plowing or grading that are contiguous with the treated field.
- Planted agricultural fields containing dicamba-resistant plantings of cotton and soybeans.
- Areas covered by the footprint of a building, silo, or other man made structure with walls and or roof.
No, only dicamba-resistant plantings of cotton and soybeans can be a part of the buffer distances in areas with endangered species.
Sometimes yes, but often times buffers are required on several sides. Applicators should remember that buffers will often be required on two or more downwind sides of a target field if wind direction is not constant and non-target sites are not positioned completely perpendicular to one another. A 45-degree wind direction would require a buffer on two downwind sides. The applicator may have to change the buffer location with the change in wind direction during the application.
Yes, buffer distance can be reduced to 110 ft.
Yes, regardless of who owns the wooded lot, it is label-defined as a sensitive uncultivated area that may harbor a sensitive plant species or endangered species. Therefore, even an adjacent wooded lot that you own or control is required to have a downwind buffer.
No, dicamba application should not be made if the wind is blowing in the direction of sensitive crops.
Dicamba application can be made if wind is blowing in the direction of sensitive areas (e.g. water bodies, non-residential areas, etc.) and 240 feet downwind buffer requirement is followed.
No, dicamba application should not be made if the wind is blowing in the direction of sensitive crops.
No, downwind dicamba buffers would not be required next to these in-field areas. The EPA has concluded that grass waterways should be treated the same as Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) areas. Both CRP and grass waterways include voluntary conservation agricultural areas that could be used for cropland production. Therefore, buffers are not required to protect these voluntary conservation practice areas.
- Records must be generated within 72 hours after dicamba application and a record must be kept for every individual application.
- All commercial and noncommercial applicators must keep the required dicamba label records for a period of 5 years
- All private applicators must keep the required dicamba label records required for a period of 2 years
- Records must be made available to MDA, USDA, and EPA upon request.
- For all dicamba applicators, keeping records electronically is acceptable
- Records must be generated within 72 hours after dicamba application and a record must be kept for every individual application.
- All commercial and noncommercial applicators must keep the required dicamba label records for a period of 5 years
- All private applicators must keep the required dicamba label records required for a period of 2 years
- Records must be made available to MDA, USDA, and EPA upon request.
- For all dicamba applicators, keeping records electronically is acceptable
In addition to the dicamba label recordkeeping requirements and to licensing requirements, Commercial and noncommercial applicators must meet record keeping requirements specified in the Law. For example, commercial applicators have to keep the applicator's company name and address AND the name and address of the customer, and rate of application. A noncommercial applicator record must have the applicator’s company name and address, and rate of application.
The MDA maintains samples of records on our web page that illustrate these requirements. Finally, Private Pesticide Applicators must meet the federally mandated record keeping requirements for Restricted Use Pesticides.