Tag: chlorpyrifos

• 2024 Year in Review

  

  We hope everyone had a great Christmas! As another year comes to a close, here is a look back at some of the most notable events and articles from 2024. Have a happy New Year! We look forward to seeing you back in 2025. Weather The weather in 2024 made for a tough year for…

  Justin Ballew

  December 27, 2024

  Weekly Field Updates

  2024, chlorpyrifos, dacthal, debby, Farmgate, helene, hurricane, neopest, neopestalotiopsis, new agents, new year, Periodical cicada, Pesticides, Question of the Week, SC grower exchange, war of 1812

• Chlorpyrifos Food Tolerance Cancellation Rapidly Approaching

  

  On February 28, 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) food tolerances for chlorpyrifos are set to expire. This means growers will not be allowed to apply chlorpyrifos to any food crop after this date. Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphate used to manage insects in a number of fruit and vegetable crops. It has been on the…

  Justin Ballew

  January 13, 2022

  Pesticides

  chlorpyrifos, DPR, epa, insect management, Insects, lorsban, Pesticides

• EPA Revokes Chlorpyrifos Tolerances

  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a ruling in August to revoke all tolerances for chlorpyrifos, the active ingredient in Lorsban, following a lengthy review and legal battle. The summary of the ruling states, “On April 29, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ordered EPA to issue a final rule…

  Justin Ballew

  September 8, 2021

  Pesticides

  chlorpyrifos, epa, insecticides, lorsban, tolerances