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EPA BEING SUED OVER ITS APPROVAL OF DICAMABA
Feb. 23, 2026
Agri-Pulse reports:
A coalition of groups is suing the Environmental Protection Agency over its approval of dicamba, seeking a third court order to prevent the herbicide from being used "over the top" on cotton and soybeans.
EPA approved labels Feb. 6 for products from Bayer, Syngenta and BASF, authorizing use of Xtendimax, Tavium and Engenia for the 2026 and 2027 growing seasons.
The lawsuit is in the form of a petition to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The groups, including the National Family Farm Coalition and Center for Biological Diversity, said they plan to ask the court to assign their case to the panel that handled previous dicamba litigation.
"This case is intimately related to the prior litigation: factually, scientifically, and legally. And some of [the] central questions presented ...will be determining whether EPA complied with this court's prior opinion and order in the new dicamba re-approval," the petition notes.
Other plaintiffs are the Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network and Center for Food Safety.
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