Articles tagged under: chlorpyrifos
Chlorpyrifos Litigation Moves Forward
Published May 5, 2022
Chlorpyrifos can no longer be applied on any food crops in the United States. That means sugarbeet and soybean growers will use different products to manage pests this year, but agriculture groups are trying to get the product back. Twenty…Federal Appeals Court Rejects Stay on Chlorpyrifos
Published March 17, 2022
A federal appeals court rejected a move by agricultural groups to stay the EPA’s ban of chlorpyrifos. In a statement, the coalition of ag groups pursing the effort, including the American Sugarbeet Growers Association and American Soybean Association, said they…EPA Takes Next Steps on Chlorpyrifos Rule
Published March 1, 2022
The EPA has officially taken the next steps to discontinue the use of the chlorpyrifos on food by rejecting objections to EPA’s rule revoking all chlorpyrifos tolerances. This comes after a lawsuit was filed in early February by 20 agricultural…Goehring to EPA: ND Unable to Dispose of Chlorpyrifos
Published March 1, 2022
The EPA banned the use of chlorpyrifos and directed North Dakota users and distributors to dispose of the product through the state pesticide disposal program. Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has advised EPA that Project Safe Send does not have the…Chlorpyrifos Ban Takes Effect
Published February 25, 2022
The Environmental Protection Agency will deny all objections and requests to stay its ban on chlorpyrifos. That puts the fate of the insecticide to be determined by the courts. Earlier this month, 20 agricultural groups said they would sue the…Chlorpyrifos Ban Sets a Precedent
Published February 10, 2022
The EPA's chlorpyrifos ban affects many agricultural commodities. "The groups suing the EPA shows the breadth of the impact. Our concern is the way the product was taken off the market. It's not the way pesticides are supposed to be…Agriculture Groups Sue EPA Over Chlorpyrifos Ban
Published February 10, 2022
Twenty agricultural groups are suing the EPA for denying the use of chlorpyrifos. Northern soybean, sugarbeet and wheat producers are part of the litigation. The groups are seeking an injunction of a rule that will take effect at the end…Top Story #9: A Changing Regulatory Environment
Published December 31, 2021
At least three things come to mind looking back at the challenging regulatory environment: the Waters of the United States rule, chlorpyrifos and dicamba. The Environmental Protection Agency is re-defining WOTUS again. Agriculture wants certainty and the EPA wants a…No Chlorpyrifos Means Root Maggots Will Be Harder to Control
Published October 21, 2021
More than 80 agriculture groups filed formal objections to the EPA’s rule to revoke all tolerances of chlorpyrifos. By objecting to these changes, the EPA Administrator must respond. "At a moment's notice, it seems like EPA wants to pull the…