Published 4/4/25 by Agri-Pulse Communications
by Terry Kippley
Here’s something you won’t hear very often from farmers in the coffee shop – EPA needs more money.
Let me explain. EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs regulates and registers crop protection inputs, but these products can’t get to farms without OPP’s review and approval. And right now, new and innovative products, as well as proven generic offerings, are delayed, sometimes for years, because the EPA doesn’t have the scientists or the dollars it needs to conduct a timely review.
