The deadline is approaching for farmers to comment on EPA’s Agency’s draft ecological risk assessment on the herbicide atrazine. The EPA proposal recommends limiting the use of atrazine extensively, serving as a de facto ban on the herbicide. Atrazine, a key ingredient in nearly 100 herbicide mixes farmers use, is scientifically proven safe and is a critical weed control tool for farmers, according to the National Corn Growers Association.
NCGA Production and Stewardship Action Team Chairman Brent Hostetler says farmers have until October 5th to make their voice heard.
If the EPA moves forward with the draft assessment, He says farmers would spend up to $59 per acre more on alternatives to atrazine.
Hostetler says farmers need to remind the EPA that atrazine has been around for 50 years, and more than 7,000 scientific studies have proven the herbicide is safe…tape
Submit comments online by visiting www.NCGA.com.
