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Organic Weed Control Just Became Difficult Again Loss of an organic herbicide sets organic growers back to where they used to be   Whether an organic grower or not, weed control using herbicides has been quickly falling out of fashion. In the earliest part of this century, foul-smelling pre-emergence herbicides were being eschewed for their potential destruction of soil-borne life and potential danger to higher animals despite their long-lasting ability to control unwanted vegetation. Growers were proudly proclaiming “Roundup-only” weed control, with the belief that the softer ch...

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IDeA Agro and Agrintesa partner for production of SunGold yellow kiwi IDeA Agro has partnered with Agrintesa Cooperativa Agricola to launch an agricultural development operation that involves the construction of a new plant of yellow kiwi of the G3 variety (SunGold-Zespri commercial brand). The crop will be grown on an area of about 100 hectares in the Italian province of Latina. The owners of the land will grant management of an additional 60 hectares of the current kiweto, which will be partially converted, in order to complete the overall production of the plant. Agrintesa, operational par...

Popular Organic Farm Product 'Agro Gold WS' Banned In WA, OR, CA; Idaho Investigating Alan Scheiber is one organic farmer who would have never applied so-called “Agro Gold WS” to about a dozen acres if he’d known it contained synthetic herbicides. “It is just beyond the pale of acceptability,” Schreiber says. “No legitimate organic grower would ever use Glyphosate or Diquat — the products that were found in this organic herbicide in an organic farm — no person would ever do that.”  Regulators in Washington, Oregon and California recently issued a ...

Date December 4, 2020 The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s (CDFA) Fertilizing Materials Inspection Program (FMIP) issued a statewide quarantine and stop use notice for the product AGRO GOLD WS effective December 4, 2020. The product AGRO GOLD WS has been distributed within a co-packed box that also contains the product WEED SLAYER, an herbicide also listed as approved for use in organic agriculture.     The product AGRO GOLD WS has been found to contain both Diquat and Glyphosate, both of which are prohibited substances under the USDA organic regulations at 7 CFR §205.105:...