Farmer tells DeKalb County commissioners 2,4‑D drift damaged beans at county test plot
At the March 31 meeting, Tom Keller showed photos and said herbicide sprayed on a county soil‑and‑water test plot drifted onto adjoining beans, causing yield loss; commissioners asked Soil & Water staff to meet with him and review contract and applicator qualifications.
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Tom Keller, who said he rents land adjoining the county’s soil‑and‑water test plot, told commissioners the plot was left with uncontrolled waterhemp and later sprayed with 2,4‑D, which he said caused drift into his neighboring bean crop. “They went out and sprayed 24D on it and my beans to the north ... we got drift and I had damage to my beans,” Keller said.
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