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Iowa: Pesticide Labels and Endangered Species May 28, 2020
While all applicators should carefully read their pesticide labels, newer products like the dicamba products labeled for use over-the-top use in soybean have many more application restrictions and recordkeeping requirements […]
Dicamba: It was the 5th Most Used Herbicide in 2012, and Then… – Part 1 Nov 20, 2017
Dicamba will likely go down as the biggest agricultural issue in 2017. This post will discuss some background information and then address several recent developments regarding the herbicide dicamba. The […]
Arkansas: Pesticide Legal Issues Webinar, Nov. 1 Oct 27, 2017
The Agriculture and Food Law Consortium will present a free webinar, “From Farm Fields to the Courthouse: Legal Issues Surrounding Pesticide Use,” on Wednesday, Nov. 1 at 11 a.m. Central. […]
Dicamba Faces State Restrictions Based on Weed Science Data – DTN Sep 18, 2017
Among all the buzz and blame surrounding the dicamba injury crisis of 2017, Purdue University weed scientists Bill Johnson and Joe Ikley have tried to answer a simple question for […]
EPA Denied Ban on Chlorpyrifos, Congressional Members Ask Why – DTN May 1, 2017
Two Democratic members of Congress want the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s inspector general to investigate Administrator Scott Pruitt’s decision to reject a petition to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos, in a […]
EPA Denies Petition to Ban Insecticide – Chlorpyrifos Apr 2, 2017
EPA has officially denied a petition that sought to ban chlorpyrifos, an insecticide marketed under a host of U.S. brand names. “We need to provide regulatory certainty to the thousands […]
Bayer Gives Up on Fight with EPA Over Belt Pesticide Cancellation Oct 3, 2016
Earlier this year, we announced our intent to contest a decision by EPA to cancel one of our pesticide products, flubendiamide, marketed in the U.S. as Belt. Bayer’s action was […]
EPA and Syngenta Reach Settlement Over Alleged Pesticide Violations Sep 19, 2016
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)has announced a multi-region settlement with Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC (Syngenta) in Greensboro, N.C., for alleged violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act […]
Fungicides: Pulling the Trigger. Does it Pay? – DTN Jun 16, 2016
Whenever commodity prices drop, or even when they remain up, growers question whether a fungicide application will pay for itself, either by protecting yield, bumping it, or a combination. Fungicides […]
Pesticides in Bee Pollen Not Just From Commercial Agriculture, Says Study – DTN Jun 16, 2016
Midwest honeybees have a smorgasbord of dining options, but corn and soybeans are not their first choice of entrees. Instead, pollinators make a beeline for clovers or find flowering weeds […]
