Five farm groups including the National Corn Grower’s Association have written to the EPA administrator asking her to reconsider the agency’s decision on revoking the approval for Enlist Duo Herbicide. NCGA Board member and South Dakota Corn Grower’s President Keith Alverson says Enlist Duo is needed to help growers tackle resistant weeds on farms across the country.Five farm groups including the National Corn Grower’s Association have written to the EPA administrator asking her to reconsider the agency’s decision on revoking the approval for Enlist Duo Herbicide.  NCGA Board member and South Dakota Corn Grower’s President Keith Alverson says Enlist Duo is needed to help growers tackle resistant weeds on farms across the country.

 

He says NCGA and the other farm groups took issue with the EPA’s reference to additional and new data in their decision to reevaluate Enlist Duo.

 

Alverson says the delays in approving Enlist Duo have led to more intense weed control practices that complicate environmental management.

 

Signing onto the letter to the EPA were the National Corn Growers, American Soybean Association, American Farm Bureau, National Farmers Union and National Cotton Council.