The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a new rule that could drastically inhibit the ability to protect crops from pests and disease — and...
SAF Raises Grower Concerns on New EPA Proposal
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California Bans Chlorpyrifos
California Governor Gavin Newsome announced California will ban the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos. The California Environmental Protection...
SAF Urges Congress to Pass Pesticide Registration Authorization
SAF, along with other agricultural groups, sent a letter this week to leaders of the Agricultural Committees in the House and Senate urging them to...
SAF Weighs In On The Proper Regulation of Pesticides
In response to a recent decision handed down from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos, SAF joined...
Pesticide Registration Program Takes A Step Forward
The Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) was recently approved by the Senate. PRIA reauthorizes and improves the law that governs the...
Senators Send Letter Supporting Specialty Crops
A USDA program designed to help specialty crop producers, including flower and plant growers, gain access to safe, effective biological and chemical...
SAF Urges Congress To Support Crop Protection
SAF, along with other agricultural groups, has given its support to an effort by Sen. Bob Menedez (D-NJ) who is pressing for increased funding for...
SAF Submits Comments
SAF recently submitted comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Human Health Risk Assessment for pyrethrins, a class of active...
Trump Administration Begins Rollback of WOTUS
The federal government is looking into specific ways to end an Obama-era rule that expanded federal jurisdiction over pollution in streams and...
EPA Issues Guidance on Worker Protection Compliance
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued guidance material to help growers comply with its revised 2015 Worker Protection Standard...