pesticides

A coalition of agriculture groups urge the Biden administration to appeal a circuit court decision related to chlorpyrifos. The court ruling requires the EPA to either write a new rule to allow for the safe use of chlorpyrifos or halt all food residue tolerances of the insecticide, which would effectively ban its use ...

The Washington state Department of agriculture will host their 2nd annual IPM Practices of Tree Fruit workshop on Monday March 29th. The workshop will focus on the tree fruit industry in the Yakima-area, with topics including little cherry disease, X-disease, pests in apples and much more ...

The global pandemic has already brought with it a long list challenges for the Washington Ag community, and as the year begins to close another challenge has started to develop. Obtaining pesticide recertification credits has become a challenging issue for many growers across the Evergreen State ...

Precision Agriculture has made some of its greatest improvements and strides in the row-crop realm. Yet there are advances notable in specialty crop farming as well; such as what is dubbed as an intelligent pesticide sprayer system. "We use a high-speed laser scanning sensor to see, plan, to measure plant size, shape, and leaf density ...

This week, Scott Parrish with Agrasyst talks about the science about surfactants. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia.com

Researchers at University of California Davis found the combined threats of pesticides and loss of flowering plants led to a 57% drop in blue orchard bee reproduction, as well as few female offspring. UC Davis graduate student, Clara Stuligross, said usually stressors for bees are studied independently, but in this specific case, it was important to understand how stressors interact and work toge

Scott with Agrasyst talks about their latest research and development efforts. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia.com

Earlier this week, the Washington state Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Assessment Section was awarded funding to monitor the Columbia River Basin watershed. The $200,000 from the EPA is part of $2 million distributed nationally to help reduce and assess toxins impacting the water quality. ...

The EPA announced last week a new method for conducting biological evaluations under the Endangered Species Act. The change seeks to assure that pesticide registration review actions under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act do not jeopardize endangered species ...

On Thursday, the Washington state Senate Ag, Water and Natural Resources Committee is scheduled to debate legislation, looking at greatly reducing the use of, or in some cases banning organophosphate pesticides, such as chlorpyrifos.  Supporters of the legislation, Senate Bill 6518, say they are looking to protect mothers and children from these pesticides.  ...