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Nov 06, 2014
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released an analysis last month contending that neonicotinoid seed treatments do not contribute to improving soybean yield. On the contrary, ASA has heard from our farmers, especially in our northern and mid-south growing regions, that they are, in fact, seeing benefits from the use of neonicotinoid seed treatments. We have also heard this from our partners at land grant research institutions in those regions.
But EPA needs to hear these success stories as well. Following the release of the study, EPA has opened a 60-day comment period on its analysis, which can be viewed by clicking here. We encourage all soybean farmers that have experienced success in the form of yield increases through the use of neonicotinoid seed treatments to share their stories in the form of comments to EPA.
Comments can be submitted through the Regulations.gov portal by clicking here. Additionally, our technology partners at Bayer CropScience, Syngenta and Valent USA have unveiled an online educational resource to learn more about the science behind neonicotinoids at www.GrowingMatters.org.
For questions on this issue, please contact ASA's Washington office, and as always, ASA will keep members updated as this issue moves forward.
