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Arkansas Supreme Court stays judges' orders on dicamba ban, again halting use of herbicide

The AP reports that the Arkansas Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed temporary restraining orders from two circuit court judges in East Arkansas that would have allowed a group of farmers to use the banned herbicide dicamba.
 
 The orders — from Judge Tonya Alexander in Mississippi County and Judge Christopher Morledge in Phillips County — prevented the state from enforcing a ban on the controversial herbicide which was put in place by the State Plant Board, as we reported last week. With the Supreme Court's latest action, the ban remains firmly in effect.
 
 The court's ruling today was expected. It also stayed a temporary restraining order issued by Pulaski County Circuit Judge Tim Fox last month, in which a different group of six plaintiff farmers sued the state.
 
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