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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, December 07, 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency’s timeline for reviewing a new dicamba label submitted by Bayer could mean growers won’t be able to use the herbicide next year.
The Environmental Protection Agency is reviewing further restrictions on over-the-top applications of dicamba, announcing Tuesday that curbs imposed this year had failed to reduce complaints of herbicide drift.
Senior leaders in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention altered or omitted key evidence in approving dicamba for use in 2018, leading to a federal appeal court’s vacating of the registrations, according to the agency's internal watchdog.
One of the highest priorities for the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) is to develop a framework for a statewide pesticide notification system.
CalEPA’s Department of Pesticide Regulation is pressuring a county agricultural commissioner to implement a notification program that environmental activists have long sought.
DPR takes aerial sprayer to court * Cattlemen fight fires * EPA gearing up for greener pesticides * Key Dem demands action on USMCA * New wildlife law offers compensation