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USDA Advisory Committee recommends diacamba registration not be renewed

A USDA advisory committee is recommending that "due to the overwhelming reports of dicamba volatilization," registrations for dicamba herbicides such as Xtendimax and Engenia not be renewed for in-crop use in soybeans and cotton when they expire…

Peruvian Ministry of Agriculture bans agrochemicals containing Metamidophos

The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MINAGRI) of Peru, through the National Agrarian Health Service (SENASA), recently banned the importation and registration of new pesticides for agricultural use that contain the active ingredient,…

US EPA takes important step to reduce unnecessary pesticide testing on animals

On Wednesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took another important step carrying out Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s directive to reduce animal testing. The agency’s new science policy reduces testing on birds when the agency…

Washington Senate votes to ban chlorpyrifos

A partial ban on chlorpyrifos would be paired with more money to train pesticide applicators and help growers find alternatives to the widely used but besieged chemical, under a bill passed Monday by the Washington Senate. The bill’s prime…

Government updates legislation and strengthens Peru's Senasa

The Government approved a regulation that strengthens the powers, functions of supervision, sanction and the rectory of SENASA (National Agrarian Health Service) in terms of agricultural health and registration and the control of pesticides…

Uruguay bans importation, registration, renewal of fenthion products

Uruguay prohibited the importation, registration and renewal of agrochemical products based on fenthion. The decision was made by the General Directorate of Agricultural Services of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries. According…

Government changes management of 3 agrochemical registration agencies in Brazil

At the start of February, the Brazilian Government formalized the dismissal of Carlos Ramos Venâncio (General Coordinator of the Department of Plant Health and Agricultural Inputs at the Agriculture Defense Secretariat of the Ministry of Agriculture,…

Government to Introduce Bill to Promote Safer Pesticides

Amid a long-lasting debate on the do and don’t of pesticides, the central government has decided to encourage and promote safer use of pesticides. Keeping this in mind, the bill seeking to promote safe and effective pesticides will be introduced…

Argentine province cancels ban on agrochemical trade

The government of the province of La Pampa canceled the ban on the marketing of agrochemicals, which had been in force for two weeks. The decision was taken after they accused the Campo Limpio Foundation, responsible for the reverse logistics…