A farmer who did not want to be identified harvests soybeans near Malden, Mo., in the Bootheel on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. The area has experienced diminished yields believed to be caused by illegal applications of the herbicide, dicamba. Photo by Bryce Gray
Disputes over alleged drift from the herbicide, dicamba, have boiled over into their first casualty, according to reports from and station in Jonesboro, Ark.
The reports stated that 26-year-old Allan Curtis Jones, of Arbyrd, Mo., has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the Thursday night shooting death of Mike Wallace, 55, a farmer from just across the state line in Monette, Ark. Mississippi County (Ark.) Sheriff Dale Cook reportedly indicated that, prior to the incident, the two had argued about disputed pesticide drift over the phone.
The reports could not be independently confirmed by the Post-Dispatch on Friday afternoon.
in the region this summer amid widespread complaints of crop damage believed to be caused by . Soybeans are to dicamba damage, but have possibly been affected as well.
Officer Travis "T.J." Brown still cannot walk, talk or swallow after suffering a serious head injury Aug. 9.
A farmer who did not want to be identified harvests soybeans near Malden, Mo., in the Bootheel on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. The area has experienced diminished yields believed to be caused by illegal applications of the herbicide, dicamba. Photo by Bryce Gray
