The Environmental Protection Agency is removing 72 inert ingredients from the list of ingredients approved for use in pesticides. Any manufacturers who want to use those ingredients in the future…
CA Produce Shows Low or No Pesticide Residue
…farmers markets, food distribution centers, and other outlets throughout California. The produce is tested for more than 350 types of pesticides using state of the art equipment operated by the…
Agri View: Growing Companies
…You know fertilizer, pesticides and insecticides. But what if the seed companies should merge with agriculture chemical groups. Some see this as a normal move. The bottom line is these…
EPA Takes Action to Prevent Poisonings from Herbicide
…Actions on specific pesticides are one way that EPA is protecting workers from pesticide exposure. EPA’s Final Certification and Training and Worker Protection Standard rules will also protect pesticide applicators…
Stronger Standards for Applying the Riskiest Pesticides
…and ability to use these pesticides safely.” This action will reduce the likelihood of harm from the misapplication because the pesticides may only be applied by a certified applicator or…
Spray and Move Still Spreading Psyllids
…of California Citrus Integrated Pest Management Specialist Beth Grafton-Cardwell said. However, according to Grafton-Cardwell, researchers know this system isn’t 100 percent efficient. “We know that pesticides are not killing every…
Agri View: Cause and Cure
…very well could result in CCD. It has wiped out colonies in more than one country. Some pesticides will kill mites, but they could prove harmful to the honeybee itself….
Pesticide Data Program Summary Released
…USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service, Science and Technology Program, Monitoring Programs Division by e-mail request at amsmpo.data@ams.usda.gov. For more information about pesticides and food, please visit EPA’s website and FDA’s website….
National Agricultural Conservation Survey Begins
…agricultural land to schedule in-person interviews. The survey asks for information on conservation practices installed, nutrients and pesticides applied, cropping history, irrigation, and grazing for the 2014-2016 production years. Those…
Food and Ag Science Will Shape Our Future
…For our part, USDA researchers are taking a hard look at the causes behind the stressors impacting pollinator populations, such as mites, bacteria pesticides and management practices, and are using…
Scientists Work to Define Threat from Palm Pest
…pesticides, these could include quarantines, control methods, outreach and research. “We have put in a farm-bill request to do a trapping program for exotic palm pests, which would include South…
Pesticide Conversations Already Happening with Schools
Newly proposed rules about the use of pesticides near schools could be just more hoops to jump through for producers. Many areas say growers are already having those pesticide conversations….
New York Times Claims GM Crops Offer No Benefit
…pesticides.” The study compared data from the U.S. and Canada with Europe, which the study says has largely rejected genetic modification, to reach its findings. The study says herbicide use…
Ag Mega-Mergers Delayed
…delayed until February, as European antitrust officials take more time to consider potential competition issues in pesticides and crop seeds, according to Bloomberg. The European Commission this month delayed its…