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WG Recommends, EPA Approves Sulfoxaflor

2013 May 9.

The EPA announced Monday it granted unconditional registrations for the new active ingredient sulfoxaflor, according to a news release from the agency. Western Growers recommended the approval of sulfloxaflor, which has been granted for use on ...

WG TOOLBOX Web-Based Platform to Aid Growers Track & Accumulate Data

2013 April 1.

For several years now, Hank Giclas, Western Growers senior vice president of science, technology and strategic planning, has had a vision for a web-based platform that could help growers accumulate, store and regurgitate the data they need to provide to both government officials and the buyer community about the products they grow and ship.

Government Affairs: Debate on Nitrate in Groundwater Moves to the Legislature

2013 March 1.

Last year’s methodologically-challenged UC Davis study of nitrate contamination of groundwater in the Salinas Valley and Tulare Lake Basin has prompted a predictable wave of interest by state legislators. Several bills on the subject have been introduced in the new legislative session and hearings are beginning to ramp up.

Fumigant Meeting Nov. 27: Focus Chloropicrin and Telone

2012 November 20.

You are invited to a meeting in Fresno to discuss two fumigants important to growers in the San Joaquin Valley. The primary focus of this meeting will be on Chloropicrin and Telone. Plan to attend on November 27th at 11:30 a.m. at Western Ag Processors, lunch will be provided.

Bill Would Eliminate Some EPA Pesticide Regs

2012 September 25.

One bipartisan group of Senators cosponsored a bill to help reduce regulations on farmers. U.S. Senators Kay Hagan (D-NC) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) introduced legislation Sept. 20 that would eliminate a costly and redundant EPA regulation on pesticides.

District Meetings Wrap Up

2012 September 20.

This week Western Growers concluded its summer district meetings, held up and down the California Central Coast and San Joaquin Valley. WG Chairman Mike Jarrard and CEO and President Tom Nassif, along with senior staff, led the discussions that were open to all current members.

WG Leaders Want to Hear What You Have To Say: Don’t Miss the Sept. District Meetings

2012 September 6.

Will Romney Beat Obama? Gov. Brown Veto Heat Illness Bills? Please join WG Chairman Mike Jarrard and President and CEO Tom Nassif and other WG leaders for a 90-minute discussion about politics and produce in Oxnard, Santa Maria or Salinas Thursday, Sept. 13. They’ll be in Bakersfield, Visalia and Coalinga Monday, Sept. 17.

California Cumulative Impact Workshops

2012 August 28.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) on behalf of the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) will conduct a series of regional public workshops during August and September 2012

Medfly Infestation Brings Quarantine to Part of San Bernardino County

2012 August 28.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture issued a quarantine due to the Mediterranean fruit fly infestation in the Rancho Cucamonga area of San Bernardino County.

Last Day To Consider Electing Cooperative Groundwater Monitoring

2012 July 31.

Last week, Western Growers sent an eblast to our members in the Central Coast region encouraging them to consider opting-in to a cooperative groundwater monitoring program even if these programs have yet to be finalized and/or approved by the CCRWQCB. Today is the last day to take that action.

Pesticides

WG Recommends, EPA Approves Sulfoxaflor

WG TOOLBOX Web-Based Platform to Aid Growers Track & Accumulate Data

Government Affairs: Debate on Nitrate in Groundwater Moves to the Legislature

Fumigant Meeting Nov. 27: Focus Chloropicrin and Telone

Bill Would Eliminate Some EPA Pesticide Regs

District Meetings Wrap Up

WG Leaders Want to Hear What You Have To Say: Don’t Miss the Sept. District Meetings

California Cumulative Impact Workshops

Medfly Infestation Brings Quarantine to Part of San Bernardino County

Last Day To Consider Electing Cooperative Groundwater Monitoring

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