Corteva Agriscience, Wilmington, Del., announced in late February that it has decided to discontinue sales of its dicamba herbicide FeXapan® in the U.S. and Canada. FeXapan’s registration was canceled last June for the 2020 growing season, along with Bayer’s XtendiMax and BASF’s Engenia dicamba herbicides (GM June 5, 2020).
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in October announced its approval of new five-year registrations for XtendiMax and Engenia, but not for FeXapan (GM Oct. 30, 2020). EPA also extended the registration of a fourth dicamba herbicide, Syngenta’s Tavium Plus VaporGrip Technology.
Corteva said it will focus instead on its Enlist® weed control portfolio. “We continue to see strong demand and broad adoption of Enlisttechnology for seed and Enlistherbicide crop protection solutions,” the company said. “This decision allows Corteva to focus customer and applicator training, sales, and distribution resources on our leading Enlistweed control system.”
Corteve said it will continue to support customers who have selected Roundup Ready 2 Xtend® technology from a Corteva seed brand. Those customers may use dicamba herbicides offered through other brands, while still accessing other soybean herbicides from Corteva and benefiting from the strong yields of Corteva brand dicamba-tolerant soybean products,” the company said.