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CPDA Summer Annual Meeting
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The Council of Producers & Distributors of Agrotechnology is the premier advocate for agricultural adjuvant and inert ingredient suppliers. CPDA also provides legislative and regulatory support to formulators, distributors and manufacturers of post patent pesticide products and biorationals.
CPDA members produce and sell tank-mix adjuvants, inert ingredients, pesticides and other agrotechnology products across the United States and range in size from small businesses to large, publicly traded companies. Approximately 80% of the inert ingredients used in agricultural production products throughout the U.S. are provided by CPDA members.
Chartered in 1987, CPDA’s priorities and activities continue to be member-driven and focused on the issues that impact their operations. Through representation on CPDA’s Board of Directors, large and small companies share an equal voice in the development of positions, strategies and priorities adopted by the Council.
CPDA provides comprehensive legislative and regulatory advocacy for the agrotechnology industry by leading efforts to inform and influence legislation and regulations that impact members. Members provide input on advocacy direction via Board and committee participation, and receive timely information via CPDA communications.
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On September 21, 2018 CPDA in collaboration with the Far West Agribusiness Association (FWAA) sent a letter to WSDA requesting that the agency temporarily delay the implementation of its proposed plan to establish synonym names for principal functioning agents used in spray adjuvant formulations. WSDA had recently shared with CPDA their intent to develop Principal Functioning…
CPDA is the preeminent U.S.-based industry trade association supporting the interests of the agricultural adjuvants and inert ingredients industry, and manufacturers, formulators and distributors of post patent pesticides and other agrotechnology products through its robust legislative and regulatory affairs programs. The core of CPDA’s mission is built on the realization that issue priorities can differ…
The beautiful skyline of downtown Chicago was the backdrop of the 2018 CPDA Summer Conference & Annual Meeting. CPDA concluded its very successful 2018 Summer Conference & Annual Meeting held July 16-18 at the Omni Chicago Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. The highlight of this year’s program was a comprehensive discussion of the “new” CPDA and…
On July 5, 2018, CPDA joined with CropLife America, Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment (RISE), and the Household Commercial Products Association (HCPA) in submitting comments to California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) regarding pending changes to product label warning requirements under California Proposition 65. The proposed changes are scheduled to go into…
On June 28, 2018, the U.S. Senate passed its version of the Farm Bill, titled the “Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018,” by a vote of 86-11. The Senate vote was held one week after the House passed its version of the legislation, the “Agricultural Nutrition Act of 2018,” on June 21st by a narrow vote…
CPDA Interim President Gary Halvorson recently sent the following message to CPDA Members: “Make plans to be in the “Windy City” on July 16-18 for CPDA’s 2018 Summer Conference & Annual Meeting at the Omni Chicago Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. This year’s gathering promises to be a truly special event and is being structured to…
CPDA’s 2018 Annual Adjuvants & Inerts Conference, “Agrotechnology Challenges in Today’s Ever-Changing Market,” held May 1-2 in San Antonio, Texas, featured an informative and robust speakers program that examined the latest trends and issues impacting the agrotechnology industry. The Conference provided information on important topics including drift reduction technologies, advancements in tank cleaning technology, inerts…
On April 12, 2018, Representative Mike Conaway (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, introduced H.R. 2, the “Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018,” also known as the Farm Bill. As written, H.R. 2 contains two provisions strongly supported by CPDA – namely, it would enact into law H.R. 1029, the “Pesticide Registration Enhancement…
On March 23, 2018, the President signed into law the omnibus spending bill that provides funding for government operations through the remainder of the 2018 federal fiscal year ending September 30th. CPDA is pleased to report that included in the omnibus spending measure is an extension of current PRIA (PRIA 3) through September 30th of…
Speaker presentations from the very productive 2018 CPDA Regulatory Conference, held on Tuesday, March 13th in Arlington, Virginia, are now accessible on CPDA’s web site. The program featured an array of speakers who addressed key topics such as market forces and economic factors shaping trends in corporate mergers within the agricultural chemicals industry, an update…
