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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, December 22, 2024
The state’s relationship with county agricultural commissioners has steadily declined amid a stream of new directives concerning pesticide enforcement, according to Riverside County Agricultural Commissioner Ruben Arroyo.
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) announced that it is initiating a licensing action against TriCal, a company that provides agricultural pesticide-application services to farms throughout Central and Northern California. But some farm sources question whether there is a broader strategy at play to eliminate fumigation altogether.
One of the highest priorities for the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) is to develop a framework for a statewide pesticide notification system.
CalEPA’s Department of Pesticide Regulation is pressuring a county agricultural commissioner to implement a notification program that environmental activists have long sought.
