Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories covering the DPR’s proposed mitigations on neonics, H-2A labor rates…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 11-03-20
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories including the DPR remaining productive amid the pandemic, the cooling…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 11-03-20
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories including the DPR remaining productive amid the pandemic, the cooling…
Strawberry Field Day Moves to Virtual Format This Year
…field day events, there will be Continuing Education Units available for participating. “I have three DPR Continuing Education credits approved already. It is half a unit for Laws and Regulations…
Chlorpyrifos Alternative Plan Released After Months of Work
…of pest control advisors, scientists, farmworker advocates, agricultural organizations, and environmental justice groups. The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) tasked…
Farm City Newsday Wednesday, 04-22-20
…monitoring that starting in pistachio orchards. Also, the DPR issued a list of acceptable PPE alternatives for handling pesticides and a large group of water and ag organizations sent letters…
DPR Lists Acceptable PPE Alternatives for Handling Pesticides
In response to the increased demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) created by COVID-19, the Department of Pesticide Regulations (DPR) has issued a list of Acceptable PPE Alternatives for Handling…
Dozens of Ag Groups Ask for Regulatory Pause During Pandemic
…notes that “agencies like the California Air Resources Board (CARB), Regional Water Boards, Department of Pesticide Regulations (DPR), Cal/OSHA and others” should reevaluate priorities given the coronavirus situation. The group…
DPR Evaluation of Neonicotinoids Making Progress
The evaluation of neonicotinoids is continuing to make forward progress within the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR). The agency has been working on neonicotinoid insecticides since 2009 which has…
Farm City Newsday Friday, 03-13-20
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories covering how to better understand the DPR’s surface water protection…
Farm City Newsday Monday, 03-09-20
…of Secretary Perdue’s comments about California agriculture during the recent House Agriculture Committee hearing, and how a random sampling at a grocery store leads to the DPR taking enforcement action…
DPR Takes Enforcement Action on Coastal Grower
…of fruit, and shutdown the grower’s production for three months. Fruit from the operation was found to have restricted pesticide residue. DPR’s Pesticide Residue Monitoring System detected the material methomyl…
IPM Achievement Award Winners Announced
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) will honor three organizations for their achievements in reducing risk from pesticide use in a public ceremony on February 20, 2020. The awards…
‘It’s a Process’ to Develop Chlorpyrifos Alternatives
…(DPR) and the California Department of Food and Agriculture established an Alternatives to Chlorpyrifos Work Group (Work Group) specifically designed to formulate a strategy for making the transition away from…