Western Growers received word yesterday from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation that Bayer CropScience’s new insecticide Sivanto ™ has been registered for use in California. WG worked to support the federal and California registration of this new chemistry which is a novel systemic to help control major sucking pests such as aphids, whiteflies, hoppers ...
In the beginning, when the very first crops were tended, our hunter-gatherer ancestors laughed and said, “It can’t be done,” and forecast the demise of the farmer as the hunters marched out of camp to kill the beast that would become the tribal meal that night. Meanwhile, back at the farm, we worked at producing ...