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Tipoffs for Cape Girardeau, Missouri (State) Newsletter for Thursday July 25, 2024 ( 1 items )  

MDA Declares Crisis Exemption for Insecticide Use Against Armyworms in Missouri Rice
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, July 24 -- The Missouri Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Missouri Director of Agriculture Chris Chinn has declared a Crisis Exemption through Section 18 of the EPA's Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). MDA received EPA concurrence for the crisis declaration, allowing the use of Intrepid 2F(R) Insecticide to mitigate armyworms in Missouri rice. The Crisis Exemption went into effect July 18 in the following Missouri c  more