Us & Them

Dicamba: Things Have Gotten A Bit Ugly


Listen Later

The weedkiller dicamba has created a divide between people who work the land in Arkansas.  In a new episode from the award-winning program Us & Them (from PRX & West Virginia Public Broadcasting), their team follows up on a story that’s gotten ugly over the past few years. A newer version of the herbicide is designed to give soybean farmers a way to combat pigweed, a tenacious plant that can take over soybean fields. However, there's evidence that the chemical can evaporate from where it was sprayed and move to harm other plants. It’s become so controversial that some farmers and backyard gardeners are afraid to complain about crop or plant damage. On the other side of the debate, farmers who want to use the herbicide have gone to court and challenged who gets to make the rules about pesticide use in the state. Rural farm communities are typically tight-knit and if one farmer has a problem with another, they meet at what is called the “turn row'' to talk things out. But that’s not what's happening in Arkansas. The atmosphere has gotten just plain un-neighborly.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Us & ThemBy Trey Kay and WVPB

  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6

4.6

391 ratings


More shows like Us & Them

View all
On the Media by WNYC Studios

On the Media

9,117 Listeners

Fresh Air by NPR

Fresh Air

38,168 Listeners

Reveal by The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX

Reveal

8,244 Listeners

Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts by Slate Podcasts

Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts

3,460 Listeners

The New Yorker Radio Hour by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

The New Yorker Radio Hour

6,663 Listeners

The NPR Politics Podcast by NPR

The NPR Politics Podcast

25,726 Listeners

Code Switch by NPR

Code Switch

14,520 Listeners

Pod Save America by Crooked Media

Pod Save America

86,142 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

110,932 Listeners

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat by New York Times Opinion

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

6,747 Listeners

Throughline by NPR

Throughline

15,964 Listeners

Consider This from NPR by NPR

Consider This from NPR

5,987 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

15,333 Listeners

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart by Comedy Central

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

10,233 Listeners

The Opinions by The New York Times Opinion

The Opinions

389 Listeners