Source: Sonja Begemann, AGWEB, 12/18/18


After years of work, including control and regulatory measures, pink bollworm has been eliminated from cotton-producing states. This success lifts a long-standing domestic quarantine for pink bollworm and relieves restrictions on domestic and international trade for U.S. cotton. “Removing pink bollworm regulations eases the movement of cotton to market both domestically and internationally, because farmers will have fewer restrictions to deal with,” says U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue in a press release. “Cotton growers were critical to this success, banding together to carry out a coordinated, multistate program and shouldering 80% of the program’s cost.”

For more of this story, click here.