The EPA proposed approving another pesticide containing forever chemicals for crops such as canola, corn, soybeans, and wheat ...

The agency said the product, which includes “forever chemical” components, is safe if used according to label restrictions.

Whether you're a home gardener or an industrial farmer, you might be familiar with mulching films—plastic sheets laid over ...

On average, each year, 2.5 million pounds of pesticides containing PFAS chemicals are sprayed over the state's crop fields.

Specialty crops, like fruits and vegetables, and pollinators can be sensitive to pesticides. That’s why the Nebraska Department of Agriculture is encouraging commercial specialty crop growers, ...

The Environmental Protection Agency today approved the highly persistent pesticide isocycloseram for golf courses, lawns and food crops such as oranges, tomatoes, almonds, peas, and oats. The ...

Specialty crops add diversity and value to Nebraska’s agricultural industry, which is why the Nebraska Department of Agriculture encourages growers and outdoor pesticide applicators to work together ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 2, 2021) Cover crops create habitat that draw in pest predators and help mitigate crop injury, finds research published in the journals Agroecosystems and Biological ...

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(Beyond Pesticides, February 12, 2021) Being many decades down the path of chemical-intensive agriculture, growers and other land managers (and all the industries that influence them) have come ...

Wisconsin lacks standards or health advisory limits for more than half of pesticide-related chemicals analyzed in the state, ...