EPA allows farmers to keep using Bayer’s controversial herbicide

The Environmental Protection Agency extended by two years its approval of XtendiMax, a version of the herbicide dicamba made by Bayer, which has been blamed for damaging millions of acres of crops over the past two years by farmers and researchers, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing the agency. The EPA will require new buffer zones and limit the hours farmers are allowed to apply the spray, in an effort to prevent drifting, but the decision will preserve an estimated $159M in profits for Bayer from dicamba in 2019, according to Bernstein analysts
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