THREE AWARDED DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO NEW JERSEY AGRICULTURE CITATIONS Awards Presented During State Agriculture Convention For Immediate Release: February 11, 2016 Contact: Lynne Richmond (609) 633-2954 lynne.richmond@ag.state.nj.us (ATLANTIC CITY) – Harry “Skip” Bartlett, Dr. Gerald M. Ghidiu, and Dr. Bradley Majek were honored February 10 with Distinguished Service to Agriculture Citations by the New Jersey State […]
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Announcement: Pollinator Protection Data Informs EPA Neonicotinoid Risk Assessments
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released proposed interim registration review decisions for neonicotinoid insecticides (Federal Register Feb 3, 2020). These review decisions include risk assessments covering human health, aquatic organisms, and pollinators, and they provide new limitations on the use of these active ingredients in environmental (ornamental) horticulture, food crop agriculture, general pest management, […]
Announcement: Gowan Aquires Fenamidone from Bayer
Hello IR-4 Stakeholders, We have been informed by Bayer CropScience that as of December 1, 2019, Gowan has acquired their fenamidone business (the AI in Reason® 500 SC fungicide). The companies are collaborating to enable a smooth transition of the business. Gowan will continue to make Reason® 500 SC fungicide available to U.S. specialty crop […]
Food Crop Success Stories & Other New Website Features
You may have noticed some changes recently to the IR-4 website. We’re adding new elements including new types of posts to showcase impacts for food program activities and improving the location of content and menu items. Updated Home Page with our Mission and Recent News To make our news items more visible, we updated the […]
Week Of Workshops Results 2019
Dear Friends, We are pleased to provide you updates and preliminary results from IR-4’s first Week of Workshops (WOW). The stakeholder research priority setting event occurred September 23-26, 2019 at the Delta Marriott in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Over 225 IR-4 stakeholders and team members participated. The first day included a keynote address from USDA-National Institute […]
Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association Honors Dr. Richard Raid
The Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association presented its Researcher of the Year Award to Dr. Richard Raid, professor of plant pathology at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences’ Everglades Research and Education Center in Belle Glade. The award is given to deserving individuals who have dedicated themselves and their work to […]
Food Use & IS Project Nominations 2019
Dear Friends, The on-line project nomination process to assist IR-4 and its specialty crop stakeholders prioritize the 2020 IR-4 research plan under the Food Use Program (residue studies and product performance research) and Integrated Solutions (residue mitigation, organic, PPWS or resistance research) is available Aug 29 thru Sept 11, 2019. The process is similar to prior […]
Week Of Workshops 2019
Dear Friends, Following up on my message earlier this year, IR-4 is getting closer to our first ever Week of Workshops, September 23-26, 2019 at the Delta Hotel (Marriott) in Hunt Valley, Maryland (just north of the Beltway around Baltimore). Recall, IR-4 is combining its traditional Food Use Residue priority setting with Food Crop Integrated […]
New Product Registration: Pyrifluquinazon Insecticide
Introduction: Unconditional registration of the first food crop uses for the active ingredient (AI) pyrifluquinazon was granted by the EPA on November 19, 2018.
IR-4’s Senior Research Entomologist Retires
For over 25 years, Keith Dorschner had been the lead Entomologist with IR-4. As Senior Research Scientist, Keith attended numerous domestic and