Articles by Steve Davies

0 EPA plans to release final guidance by the end of the year to help growers and applicators deal with weed and pest resistance, agency officials said Thursday at a meeting of the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee.

Hundreds of cases of crop damage allegedly caused by off-label use of dicamba have prompted a federal criminal investigation. In October, EPA sought and received permission to search for evidence at locations in four southeastern Missouri counties.

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to increase the number of states where Enlist Duo can be used and add genetically engineered cotton to the label, which already allows use on GE corn and soybeans.

Syngenta is challenging a federal judgeðs approval of a plaintiff class encompassing hundreds of thousands of farmers who claim the seed companyðs commercialization of genetically modified seed prior to approval in China cost them dearly when the Asian giant rejected U.S. corn im

The International Agency for Research on Cancerðs latest report, which looks at the cancer-causing potential of five chemicals, received swift criticism from the group that represents U.S. pesticide manufacturers.

Fewer acres would be purchased as easements to protect wetlands and other sensitive lands under the new Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP), which is replacing three programs repealed by the 2014 farm bill.

The €voluntary departure€ of one of the scientists appointed to EPA€s Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) on the carcinogenic potential of the pesticide glyphosate has forced the agency to postpone the SAP meeting that was supposed to take place from Oct. 18-21, unti

The Food and Drug Administration@s proposed voluntary guidance for salt intake drew praise from public health advocates, who said reducing the amount of salt in American@s diets will save lives. The Salt Institute and defenders of sodium say the guidance is unwise. The

New measures to protect honey bees and fewer crop uses are included in the latest registration of sulfoxaflor, a Dow AgroSciences insecticide that was cancelled last year.

The Environmental Protection Agency has postponed its scientific review of the carcinogenicity of glyphosate in order to get 0additional expertise in epidemiology.0