Bill Would Change Fines For Misusing Pesticides, Including Dicamba
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Dicamba can drift off of one soybean field that is resistant to the herbicide and damage a non-resistant field nearby.
FILE PHOTO: Seth Tackett/WTIU News
A state Senate bill aims to crack down on farmers and others who deliberately misuse pesticides like dicamba while giving people with minor pesticide violations a break. The bill passed unanimously in a Senate committee on Monday.
The legislation authored by Sen. Jean Leising (R-Oldenburg) was crafted in collaboration with several different industries after efforts to increase pesticide fines failed last year. The Environmental Protection Agency defines a pesticide as anything used to prevent, destroy, repel, or mitigate pests that includes herbicides.