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The USDA released county yield data for 2022 corn, soybeans and wheat. Lenawee County led the state in corn while Monroe County was fifth.
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Saskatchewan is considering a license category for drone pesticide application, a proactive step as federal approvals for ...
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California residents can see where and when certain types of pesticides are being applied on farms near their homes, schools, and businesses, under “Spray Days,” a new program and website ...
People who don’t farm, but live in U.S. agricultural communities where pesticides are used on farms, face an increased cancer risk as significant as if they were smokers, according to a new study.
The new distance for “application exclusion zones” is 25 feet if farmers spray pesticides with medium or larger droplets from a height greater than 12 inches from the soil. For pesticides with ...
In a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on March 12, the USDA recommended against requiring farmers to get an incidental take permit to spray near monarch butterfly habitat.
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There are few human activities that have changed the world’s landscapes and environment more than farming. Fields of crops and pastures for animals occupy an extraordinary 40% of available ...
The US chemical company Monsanto used glyphosate, a mixture of the organic phosphorus compound with other substances, to create the weedkiller Roundup, which it first distributed in 1974.
Mandarin trees in Bakersfield, Calif. The E.P.A. proposal would restrict use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, with exceptions for 11 crops, including fruits commonly consumed by children.