On May 21, the US Department of Agriculture, or USDA, announced that it would
stop its annual publication on the kinds and amounts of pesticides applied to crops in the U.S.
This annual
Agricultural Chemical Usage report, begun in 1990, will no longer serve thousands of farmers, agricultural inspectors, environmental agencies, state and local representatives, chemical researchers and even chemical manufacturing companies, as a free resource to track U.S. pesticide usage. The alternatives for getting the information, priced as high as $500, are both out of the financial reach of many farmers and consumers, and provide less reliable information.
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