Posts By: Tim Linden

TRANSPORTATION OUTLOOK Soft Market Could Mark Much of 2016

Clarity has come to a number of transportation uncertainties leading to a situation where currently there is a very good balance between supply and demand, which could mean a relatively soft market throughout 2016. At least that is a potential scenario according to John Stenderup, manager of grower-shipper supply chain services for C.H. Robinson’s Monterey, ...

REGISTRATION KERFUFFLE: Bayer Fights EPA over Use of Pesticide

  For what is believed to be the first time ever, Crop Science, a division of Bayer, has refused a request by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to voluntarily cancel the uses of a crop protection tool in the United States, and is calling for a review of the product’s registration in an administrative law ...

Chemical Reregistration: Leaf Lettuces Get “New” Crop Protection Tool

With Western Growers’ help, Kerb SC Herbicide is now, once again, federally registered for use on leaf lettuces, and labels are available in both California and Arizona.  The availability of this key crop protection materials is being lauded by the manufacturer—Dow AgroSciences—as well as by the grower community. “Western Growers has been working to make ...