by Scott Merritt | February 17, 2023 | Front Page, Regulatory
Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) Director Sherry Vinton recently sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) objecting to a label revision for the herbicide dicamba and a proposed early cutoff date for its use. Today, NDA was notified that...
by Rebecca Barker | February 8, 2022 | Regulatory
The EPA has recently received data clarifying the impact of Enlist on the American Burying Beetle which, should the data demonstrate the beetle will not be impacted as EPA anticipated, it could support a registration amendment lifting county-level prohibitions. The...
by Rebecca Barker | December 29, 2021 | Association News, Front Page, Regulatory
On September 24, 2021, Scott Merritt, President of the Nebraska Agri-Business Association, sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expressing the need to continue the current, multi-year label for Dicamba. On December 28, 2021, an answer from ...
by Rebecca Barker | December 6, 2021 | Association News, Front Page, Regulatory
A coalition, consisting of nearly 100 state and national agricultural organizations expressed their concerns on the possibility of the EPA making registrations changes to pest control products in a letter sent November 23, 2021. At this late date, registration changes...
by Rebecca Barker | October 25, 2021 | Association News, Front Page, Regulatory
A letter to the Environmental Protection Agency was sent on October 19, 2021 as a formal written objection and request to stay tolerance revocations of Chlorpyrifos. This coalition is comprised of over 75 agriculture-related organizations opposed to this ruling. After...
by Rebecca Barker | September 8, 2021 | Association News, Front Page, Regulatory
The letter below was sent to Congressional leadership this morning. Signed by 327 national, regional, and state trade associations, this effort sends an important message, especially given the House Ways & Means Committee is expected to begin marking up...
