Source: Tom Karst, THE PACKER, 3/4/19


The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to allow public comments on its process for deregulating fields previously infested with pale cyst nematode. According to a news release from the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the changes would make the field deregulation process more transparent by giving the public the opportunity to participate in its development. The pale cyst nematode is a major pest of potato crops and was discovered in Idaho in 2006.

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