USDA sets aside $1.8 million for pesticide research
On Feb. 28, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced $1.8 million in available funding to research new, environmentally friendly pesticides and innovative tools and strategies to replace an older treatment, methyl bromide. Funding... Read more»
Quick red imported fire ant test developed by USDA
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) developed a new test kit that can quickly detect red imported fire ants. The 10-minute test aims to limit the ants’ spread to the U.S. by testing trucks at inspection stops. Identification currently takes... Read more»
APHIS sets AQI fumigation fees
The National Pest Management Association reported the following in its “Policy Week in Review” newsletter: On Oct. 23, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (USDA APHIS) announced its final Agricultural Quarantine Inspection (AQI) rule via... Read more»
EPA, USDA to Hold Public Listening Sessions on Pollinator Strategy
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will host two public listening sessions to solicit stakeholder input to assist the Pollinator Health Task Force in development of a federal strategy to protect honey bees... Read more»
Difference Maker: David Naffziger, DHN Solutions LLC
Tell us about your new organization: When BASF consolidated its Specialty Products Division in Raleigh, N.C., in January 2013, my wife and I agreed we didn’t want to relocate from St. Louis. I wasn’t ready to retire, and my wife... Read more»USDA – Forest Service Termiticide Report for 2013
In the United States, termiticides are considered for federal registration by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) based, in part, on the results of five-year, small-plot field efficacy tests performed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service (USDA-FS). This work... Read more»
NPMA, USDA define ‘urban rodent control’
FAIRFAX, VA.—According to an announcement by the National Pest Management Association (NPMA), the organization has “reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Wildlife Services (WS) on the definition of the term ‘urban rodent control,’ which, for the... Read more»