Source: PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 2/13/18


EPA doled out hundreds of pages on the risks and benefits of neonicotinoid insecticides on Dec. 15 -- an early Christmas "gift" of sorts for farmers.  Tempting as it to ignore these data-heavy documents, most corn, soybean and cottonseed in the country is coated with these chemicals, so the majority of row-crop farmers have a serious stake in the agency's registration review of them. EPA wants to hear from these farmers; many of these review documents are open to public comment.

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