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EPA Set to Release Herbicide Report

May 12, 2015 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Crop Protection, Soil Health

The Environmental Protection Agency has wrapped up its review of the world's most widely used herbicide and plans to release a much-anticipated preliminary risk assessment no later than July.

EPA Launches Voluntary Rating Program To Reduce Pesticide Drift

October 21, 2014 | Posted in Crop Protection

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a new voluntary Drift Reduction Technology (DRT) program to encourage the use of verified, safer pesticide spray products to reduce exposure and pesticide movement while saving farmers money in pesticide loss.

EPA Establishes Tolerances For Metaldehyde For Corn, Soybeans

December 9, 2013 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: By Ron Hammond, Andy Michel, Ohio State University Extension

The EPA has just established tolerances for the first time for metaldehyde for corn and soybean, which will mean that molluscicides for slug control containing this product, such as Deadline MPs, should be available in the future for both corn and soybean in Ohio.

AGCO Retiring SpraCoupe Self-Propelled Sprayer

January 15, 2013 | Posted in Equipment

Source: AGCO News Release

Citing EPA compliance and diminishing volumes resulting in an ever-changing industry landscape, AGCO has announced it will discontinue production of its line of SpraCoupe compact, self-propelled sprayers for the North American market in 2013.

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