The Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, along with seven other organizations representing farmers and ranchers, has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to allow producers to use the dicamba-based products they have on hand despite a ruling by the Ninth...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco vacated current U.S. registrations for three low-volatility dicamba products on June 3.
At least three state departments of agriculture have said they will continue to allow dicamba applications...
• By Jason Bond and Ben Lawrence •
The Environmental Protection Agency mandated manufacturers to update their paraquat labels by Nov. 14 with new safety, handling and training requirements.
Key Points to Remember:
• Purchasers, applicators, mixers, loaders, or tank cleaners of...
Effective May 20, the Environmental Protection Agency has cancelled registrations of 12 neonicotinoid insecticides based on voluntary requests from product registrants, according to a May 20 Federal Register notice.
Under a December 2018 settlement agreement linked to an Endangered Species Act...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has taken the next step in its review of glyphosate.
As part of the action, the agency reaffirms its findings that the herbicide poses no risk to public health when used according to the current...
The Environmental Protection Agency has begun re-evaluating how Section 24(c) Special Local Needs registrations are reviewed and under what circumstances the agency will refuse requests.
At issue is how some states have used Section 24(c)s to impose cut-off dates or...
• By Larry Steckel •
The Environmental Protection Agency will begin requiring anybody who purchases, mixes or applies a paraquat-containing herbicide to take the “How to Safely Use and Handle Paraquat-Containing Products” online training module.
It is expected the training will...
The Environmental Protection Agency has extended the registration of specific dicamba formulations for over-the-top use in dicamba-tolerant cotton and soybean varieties for two more years.
The action was based on input from and extensive collaboration among EPA, state regulators, farmers,...
The Environmental Protection Agency, in collaboration with state pesticide regulators, has made a number of changes to the label of three dicamba herbicides for 2018, including making them restricted use materials.
The new requirements, reached in agreement with Monsanto, BASF...
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The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking comments on a proposal that could potentially severely restrict the use of pyrethroid insecticides, including...
Bayer officials have decided not to fight the Environmental Protection Agency over the registration cancellation of flubendiamide insecticide.
In a statement Wednesday, the company said it was too risky to appeal the case.
The insecticide is marketed by Bayer as Belt...
An administrative law judge has upheld the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to cancel registration of the insecticide, flubendiamide.
The active ingredient, marketed by Bayer CropScience as Belt, received a conditional registration in 2008. Bayer is joined by Nichino America as...
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed allowing the use of sulfoxaflor insecticide again but on fewer crops and with additional pollinator-protection measures.
The insecticide, marketed as Transform and Closer by Dow AgroSciences, was pulled from the market in 2015 after the...
The Environmental Protection Agency and registrants of flubendiamide continue to disagree about whether the insecticide should be pulled from the market.
Bayer CropScience markets the active ingredient as Belt Insecticide, and it is labeled to control worm pests on several...
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