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EPA Approves FMC Fungicide for Sunflowers

February 7, 2022 | Posted in Crop Protection

Particular challenges these tools address include army cutworm and wireworms. Ethos XB insecticide/fungicide also suppresses damping off diseases and root or crown diseases caused by Pythium, Rhizoctonia, Fusarium or Phytophthora.

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EPA Renews 2,4-D, Glyphosate Products, With Some Changes

By Brian O'Connor posted on January 13, 2022 | Posted in Crop Protection, Water Management

The new registration will last for seven years and comes with changes to the labelling to limit environmental impacts caused by their active ingredients: 2,4-D and glyphosate.

EPA Reconsidering Dicamba Use

By Brian O'Connor posted on December 22, 2021 | Posted in Crop Protection

Having received 3,461 reports of off-target dicamba damage in 2021, the EPA is reviewing the herbicide's use to see if it can be used safely and avoid damaging non-target crops.

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EPA Ignores Its Own ‘Best Science’ Rules

By Frank Lessiter posted on December 6, 2021

The phrase “best available science and data” is a regulatory standard all federal agencies must follow when reaching Endangered Species Act decisions. However, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has chosen not to do so regarding the use of glyphosate, atrazine and simazine.

EPA Doesn’t Promise Dicamba Use in 2022

October 7, 2021 | Posted in Crop Protection

U.S. EPA administrator Michael Regan is “extremely concerned” about potential dicamba incidents, saying the agency is investigating 2021 injury reports and preparing to take regulatory action if necessary.

Farm Groups Praise Trump Administration’s Repeal of Controversial WOTUS Rule

September 13, 2019 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Water Management

Source: Associated Press

The Trump administration has revoked an Obama-era regulation that shielded many U.S. wetlands and streams from pollution but was opposed by developers and farmers who said it hurt economic development and infringed on property rights.

Less Dust with More No-Till

By Frank Lessiter posted on August 12, 2019

Drive as far as you can along the 120-mile southern shore of New York's Long Island and you'll arrive in the Hamptons. The exclusive high-style living area with its multi-million dollar mansions is where Big Apple's elite spend their weekends and summer vacations. So what does this have to do with no-till?

Less Dust with More No-Till

July 30, 2019

Drive as far as you can along the 120-mile southern shore of New York’s Long Island and you’ll arrive in the Hamptons.

Tips for Terminating Cover Crops Without Glyphosate

With the popular weed killer in legal straits in the U.S., no-tillers say they’d turn to other chemicals, rollers or other options. But most won’t give up on cover crops.

By John Dobberstein posted on February 25, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops

Glyphosate has been invaluable to no-tillers in North America and overseas as an inexpensive, effective tool for not only killing weeds but also terminating cover crops ahead of or after planting.

FMC To Introduce Lucento Fungicide

October 9, 2018 | Posted in Crop Protection

Pending EPA registration, FMC will launch Lucento fungicide, a new fungicide that is a combination of flutriafol and bixafen active ingredients.

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