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California State Capitol
California Will Prohibit Chlorpyrifos

California’s Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) will end virtually all use of chlorpyrifos following an agreement between pesticide manufacturers and the Department of Pesticide Regulation.

CommoditAg Announces Ninth Retail Partner
CommoditAg Announces Ninth Retail Partner

Since launching in 2017, CommoditAg now welcomes its ninth retail partner---MFA Incorporated. This includes five MFA warehouses in Missouri and Arkansas.

North American Headquarters
Year After Merger, BASF Has Big Plans

BASF is now one of the four largest agricultural companies in the world and its planning to introduce more than 30 new products in the next decade.

Nutrien Combines Online and Retail Shopping for Ag Inputs
Nutrien Combines Online and Retail Shopping for Ag Inputs

With an eye toward emerging trends, Nutrien announced it will provide farmers with more ways to buy inputs.

The trade issues with China magnified the developing issues with sourcing active ingredients for pesticides. The effect has played out during the 2018 and 2019 crop years, and it has already influenced planning for 2020.
Tariffs Have a Long Shadow Over Pesticide Active Ingredients

When the supply was disrupted, all manufacturers had to react, and it wasn’t just tariffs causing the changes to supply.

General Mills Shares 4 Ways It Will Reduce Pesticide Use
General Mills Shares 4 Ways It Will Reduce Pesticide Use

In 2019, the company announced a goal to advance regenerative agriculture practices on more than 20% of General Mills’ sourcing footprint in North America.

Valent To Offer New Insecticide, Herbicide In 2020
Valent To Offer New Insecticide, Herbicide In 2020

Farmers shopping for options to address corn rootworm in 2020 can consider Valent’s new soil-applied insecticide, Ampex-EZ, pending EPA approval.