US EPA announces new evaluation method for pesticides

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced a new method for conducting biological evaluations under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to assure that pesticide registration review actions under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,…

New government ordinance does not facilitate registration of pesticides in Brazil

A recent claim, which has been propagated by the media, that Ordinance No. 43, of February 21, 2020, would facilitate the registration of pesticides is misleading. Published in the Official Gazette last Thursday (27.02) by the Ministry of Agriculture,…

Washington House rewrites Senate chlorpyrifos bill

All current uses of the pesticide chlorpyrifos would remain legal in Washington until at least Jan. 1, 2022, under a bill passed late March 5 by the state House, which declined to follow the Senate in adopting a partial ban. Instead, the…

2020 Acreage: Winter Wheat Bats First

Winter Wheat Earlier this year, the USDA estimated U.S. winter wheat acres at 30.8 million acres. This represents a modest decline in acres from 2018 levels (355,000 acres fewer) but underpins the broader trend of fewer U.S. wheat acres.…

Mancozeb and other 9 active substances extended approval periods in EU

On December 9, 2019, the European Commission published the Commission Implementing Regulation 2019/2094 of 29 November 2019 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval periods of the active substances…

IMD predicts unseasonal rain and hailstorms in North India

Farmers in northern India should prepare for crop damage because of unseasonal rain and hailstorms, India’s official weather forecaster said on Tuesday, bringing the first bit of bad news for winter-sown or rabi crops after a long spell of…

Suspended exports may increase export taxes in Argentina

The Argentine government last week suspended any new export registrations which usually indicates that the government may be in the process of increasing commodity export taxes. The Argentine Congress had previously given President Fernandez…

Import of banned pesticides should be stopped in Cambodia

Minister of Agriculture in Cambodia Veng Sakhon yesterday urged his officials and stakeholders to strengthen efforts to prevent the sale of banned or counterfeit pesticides and fertilisers in the Kingdom. He made the call during a meeting…

Brazil: New pesticide licensing rules reduce timeframe for releasing products

A new rule related to assessing and releasing pesticides has been validated in Brazil. The new methodology maintains the need for technical evaluation but creates room for automatic approval in the final stage. The release continues to depend…