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An administrative law judge has upheld the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to cancel registration of the insecticide, flubendiamide.

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed allowing the use of sulfoxaflor insecticide again but on fewer crops and with additional pollinator-protection measures.

After nearly two years of study, the National Academies of Sciences released a report May 17 showing that genetically engineered, or transgenic, crops have produced “no adverse health effects” to …

BASF recently submitted a registration request for Inscalis, a novel insecticidal active ingredient that controls piercing and sucking insects. Among those are whiteflies, aphids, psyllids, scales and leafhoppers.

The Environmental Protection Agency and registrants of flubendiamide continue to disagree about whether the insecticide should be pulled from the market.

Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Valent U.S.A. plans to expand its research facility in Leland, Miss., as well as build a new facility near Champaign, Ill. The investments are part of a …

Monsanto Co.’s board of directors recently approved a $975 million expansion at the company’s Luling, La., site that manufactures dicamba herbicide.

Bayer CropScience has taken the “unprecedented step” and requested a formal hearing before an Environmental Protection Agency administrative law judge over the agency’s proposed cancellation of registrations for flubendiamide insecticide. …

Moline, Ill.-based Deere & Co. has entered into a joint venture with Hagie Manufacturing, the maker of high-clearance sprayers, in which Deere acquires majority ownership. Hagie will continue producing sprayers …

For John McCormick, farming is a tradition. His ability to help his farm evolve over the years earned him the title recently of “Georgia Farmer of the Year.” He will …