The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the registrations of three dicamba-based herbicides, one each from BASF, Corteva, and Bayer. Allison Crittenden is director of Congressional Relations with the American Farm Bureau, who says these kinds of court decisions often hit farmers at the worst possible times…

The court says the Environmental Protection Agency substantially understated or failed to consider the “social and economic cost of approving the registration.” Bayer says they strongly disagree with the decision and are assessing their options.