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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, March 06, 2025
The seed industry and growers are closely watching legislation in Vermont that would ban corn and soybean seeds treated with neonicotinoids, saying it would make it more difficult for growers of those crops to handle pest pressures and implement conservation practices such as no-till and cover crops.
In this opinion piece, Val Dolcini with Syngenta discusses how implementing an effective integrated pest management program with neonicotinoids can also minimize the risk to pollinators.
The overwhelming majority of federally threatened and endangered species are likely to be “adversely affected” by three commonly used neonicotinoid insecticides, the Environmental Protection Agency said in draft assessments that were met with immediate criticism from grower groups.
California’s biggest farm advocates have joined with environmental interests and the Newsom administration to scale up on-farm conservation efforts for pollinators.
