Source: SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 6/20/19

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently granted exemptions under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act for use of sulfoxaflor on cotton and sorghum. The exemptions were originally granted earlier in 2019 and late 2018 for the 2019 growing season. National Sorghum Producers Chairman Dan Atkisson says sorghum growers are “grateful the EPA is standing by U.S. farmers,” as sulfoxaflor is critical for sorghum crop protection. The invasive sugarcane aphid, first confirmed in the U.S. in 2013, has had a devastating impact in many sorghum-producing states.

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