The American Soybean Association is pleased with a federal court decision issued last week upholding producer’s rights to use seed treatments. The court sided with the EPA and an industry coalition of intervenors including ASA, Crop Life America and the American Seed Trade Association. ASA President Richard Wilkins says the court upheld the basis of FIFRA, or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.

He says had the court found in favor of environmental activists it would have resulted in higher costs for farmers and unnecessary additional regulations.

Wilkins says it’s positive the court confirmed the additional regulation would unnecessarily duplicate EPA’s existing science based regulatory review.

Wilkins says the court decision is a big step forward in the push for a science based system.