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EPA requires major agricultural chemical dealer to safely manage pesticides

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced settlements with two associated companies for the improper storage and containment of agricultural pesticides. Fertizona, a large fertilizer and crop protection retailer, and Compton Ag Services operate six facilities in Arizona and California subject to the enforcement actions. They have agreed to pay a total of $133,240 in civil ...

Sep. 22, 2015

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
Coffee Leaf Rust: How to Win Against It?

Coffee Leaf Rust or “Roya” has been a plague to the coffee industry for many decades now. To think that the coffee industry is the second largest commodity in the market worldwide, this makes it a global issue. Today, there are many initiatives both from the private and public sectors across the world to combat coffee rust and its impact to the industry. So, let’s take a look ...

Mar. 21, 2019

By BioNovelus Inc.
Growing need to revamp national laws governing pesticides

Some thirty years to the day after FAO first launched its International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides, the UN food agency is calling on countries to make sure that national regulatory frameworks governing the management of pesticides are kept up to date. "Despite the very significant progress achieved since the original promulgation of the Code, many national ...

Nov. 25, 2015

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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EPA requires major agricultural chemical dealer to safely manage pesticides

Coffee Leaf Rust: How to Win Against It?

Growing need to revamp national laws governing pesticides

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