The EPA recently released the sixth Final Rule in a series of updates to pesticide crop groupings. The revised crop group table is now available here.
Category: Food Use
Tolerance Success: Glufosinate
Glufosinate was registered for use on avocado, bushberry, cottonseed, and more.
Tolerance Success: Novaluron
Novaluron was registered for use on Bean and Legume Vegetable Subgroups 6-22A-F, and Forage Peas.
From Chickpeas to Quinoa: EPA Expands Legume and Cereal Grain Crop Groups
EPA has released the sixth Final Rule in a series of updates to pesticide crop groups. This update includes new commodities and additional subgroups in Legumes and Cereal Grains.
2022 Food Use Workshop Project Nomination Lists Posted
Projects nominated as “A” priorities have been posted for viewing in advance of the 2022 Food Use Workshop. Only projects nominated as “A” priorities will be considered for funding at the annual priority setting event.
Tolerance Success: Tribenuron-methyl
Tribenuron-methyl was registered for use on rice, sorghum, field corn, barley, wheat, cottonseed, rapeseed, dried shelled pea, dried shelled bean (except soybean).
Tolerance Success: Pyriofenone
Pyriofenone was registered for use on Pepper/eggplant and tomato subgroups.
Tolerance Success: Isofetamid
Isofetamid was registered for use on ginseng, bean and pea subgroups.
Nomination Period for Food Use Workshop Begins August 17th
The project nomination period for the 2022 Food Use Workshop opened on Wednesday, August 17. Requests that were submitted for residue studies, product performance or integrated solutions research in 2023 must be nominated in order to be considered at the 2022 workshop. The nomination period will end on Tuesday, September 6, at 5:00 p.m. EDT.
The IR-4 Project Continues to Have a Significant Impact on Nation’s Economy
The IR-4 Project is known within the specialty crop agriculture community to be a highly productive government funded research project that has delivered many registrations of necessary crop protection products to growers.