Targeted News Service (subscription) WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. National Institute of Food and Agriculture has modified its announcement that it expects to award a discretionary grant to address the immediate needs and costs of transition that have resulted from the scheduled phase-out ...
eNews Park Forest The working group was most concerned about the continued use of methyl bromide . Historically methyl bromide has been used as a fumigant to eliminat...
Capital Press A report released last week by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation suggests growers should try to stop using methyl bromide and its numerous replacements, but acknowledges the industry will need to keep using fumigants for years to avoid ...
TheGrower In fact, they've recommended that Stanley Culpepper, a University of Georgia weed scientist based in Tifton, not pursue a critical use exemption for methyl bromide in 2014 because of its high cost and the availability of alternatives, according to a ...
Calhountimes •The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has endorsed the use of SF as a replacement for methyl bromide (MB) since the Montreal Protocol determination that MB is an ozone depleting chemical. MB is being phased out globally. In 2002 EPA presented ...
