Anyone can buy the herbicide 2,4-D from a shop, but its misuse may have caused millions of dollars worth of damage to cotton crops, prompting calls for more controls.
Up to $100 million worth of cotton has been damaged by spray drift on the eastern Darling DownsWeeds, such as fleabane, have exploded due to wet conditions
Agronomist Matthew Holding said it was a shock to discover the affected cotton and he had never seen anything like it. Mr Holding said a lot of people were growing cotton at the moment due to strong prices, but sunflowers and small crops were also at risk.Stuart Armitage, a former president of the Queensland Farmers Federation and former board member of Cotton Australia, said on top of high input costs, such as diesel, fertiliser and labour, the losses would be a huge blow.
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