Crop Insecticides News Today

The Biden administration on Wednesday announced what it says is the first implementation of a biological opinion as part of an ongoing Endangered Species Act review on agriculture chemicals.

Pesticide shortages and high prices will likely persist through the 2022 spray season with glufosinate and glyphosate in particularly tight supply.

A growing number of soybean and sorghum farmers are deploying bioinsecticides that spread a caterpillar-killing virus throughout fields to control podworm and headworm.

Agricultural groups wrote a formal objection to EPA, making the case that the pesticide chlorpyrifos is vital to helping a variety of commodities reduce pest risks for crops. EPA revoked the feed and food tolerance levels for the pesticide, effectively banning its use for agriculture.

The EPA effectively banned agricultural use of chlorpyrifos (Lorsban) Wednesday by revoking all food tolerances for the controversial insecticide.