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Tag: section 18
Mississippi Rice: Emergency Exemption Approved for Endigo ZC Aug 3, 2022
The MDAC Bureau of Plant Industry recently submitted a Section 18 request to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the use of Endigo ZC to control rice stink bug in […]
Arkansas Rice: Endigo ZC Approved for Rice Stink Bug Control Jul 31, 2022
A Section 18 Emergency Exemption for the use of Endigo ZC for control of rice stink bug in rice has been authorized for the 2022 growing season. See the Endigo […]
Mississippi Peanuts: BRAKE Section 18 Label Approved Apr 13, 2022
The EPA has approved a BRAKE Section 18 label in Mississippi for the control of Palmer amaranth in peanuts.
California Almonds: Emergency Use (Section 18) Approved for Bacterial Blast Feb 18, 2022
Bacterial blast (Pseudomonas syringe), although thankfully not a problem every year (hopefully including 2022), can be tremendously damaging to almond yields. For example, significant crop damage was reported in the […]
Arkansas Rice: Endigo ZC Approved to Battle Rice Stink Bugs Aug 20, 2021
Arkansas rice growers battling yet another insect in their crops have until Aug. 28 to use Endigo ZC, after the Environmental Protection Agency issued a Section 18 exemption on Aug. […]
Arkansas Rice: EPA Grants Crisis Exemption to Help Fight Armyworm Scourge Jul 29, 2021
Arkansas rice farmers watching fall armyworms obliterate their fields can now fight back, with the federal Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday granting a crisis exemption enabling growers to use a […]
Arkansas Peanuts: Section 18 Approved for Brake Herbicide May 20, 2021
A Section 18 Emergency Use Exemption label for Brake (fluridone) herbicide has been approved by EPA for applications from 14 days pre-plant to 36 hours after planting peanut in Arkansas. […]
California Almonds: Emergency Use Approved for Bacterial Blast Material Feb 19, 2021
Bacterial blast (Pseudomonas syringe), although thankfully not a problem every year (hopefully including 2021), can be tremendously damaging to almond yields. For example, significant crop damage was reported in the […]
Kentucky Sweet Sorghum: Section 18 for Approved for Sivanto Prime Apr 22, 2020
Once again, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved a Section 18 Emergency Exemption for Sivanto Prime use against sugarcane aphid on sweet sorghum in 2020. This is the fifth year […]
North Carolina Sweet Potatoes: Section 18 Approved for Mertect for Postharvest Black Rot Control Apr 14, 2020
The environmental protection agency (EPA) has renewed the specific exemption section 18 emergency label, originally obtained in 2016, for the use of Mertect (thiabendazole) postharvest to control black rot (caused […]
