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About half of the 250 or so 2017 complaints are dicamba related. Crop insurance will not cover losses caused by pesticide drift.Īlready in 2017, IDALS has received a record number of incident reports of crop damage stemming from pesticide misuse. The enforcement action may provide helpful evidence to a landowner, but the landowner must initiate a private legal action to seek monetary damages against the parties responsible for the harm if the parties who caused the harm are not willing to pay for the damage. IDALS may find a violation, for example, if the applicator operated in a “faulty, careless or negligent manner” or “made a pesticide recommendation or application inconsistent with the labeling.” While IDALS can impose civil penalties, it does not have the authority to collect damages on behalf of private landowners.
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