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With just 39 legislative days remaining in 2019, the ARA is once again calling for congressional leadership in the House and Senate to support the passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

As sustainability director at J.R. Simplot, Brandy Wilson explains how the company is progressing its sustainability goals and putting into practice the company’s motto of Bringing Earth’s Resources to Life.

ARA is encouraging retailers to submit comments by the Oct. 15 deadline.

Field to Market’s Kelly Murray Young shares how the SPARC initiative is going so far and all of the ways retailers can get the conversation started with their farmer customers about sustainability.

The goal is to improve the long-term success of the agency’s Application Exclusion Zone (AEZ) requirements. The Agricultural Retailers Association supports these targeted revisions.

“We are excited to have Danielle on board,” said ARA President and CEO Daren Coppock in a news release. “Her experience and relationships in Washington will be an asset to the team and for our members.”

Of the imported formulated products, 1/3 of herbicides, 1/3 of insecticides and about 5% of fungicides are sourced from China. For AIs, all imported glyphosate, 50% of dicamba, and 50% of 2,4-D are sourced from China.

The Agricultural Retailers Association, American Society of Agronomy, Environmental Defense Fund and Field to Market have teamed up to equip trusted farmer advisers tools and resources.

Fourteen participants attended the first-ever ENGAGE training in October. The event included one-on-one and small group sessions to use values-based messages to respond to even the toughest questions.

The Pre-Conference Workshop topic will be “The Agricultural Trade Policy Agenda of the Trump Administration” and will be led by Ambassador Gregg Doud, Chief Agricultural Negotiator at U.S. Trade Representative.