- FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC) announces that the California Department of Pesticide Registration (DPR) has approved the registration of Beleaf insecticide for use in California. The product is labeled for control of key piercing, sucking pests, including aphids and plant bugs, on a variety of fruits and vegetables. Beleaf has a new active ingredient and unique mode of action that causes rapid and irreversible feeding cessation in insects. This results in the starvation and subsequent death of targeted pests to help protect crops from damage. “Once insects are exposed to Beleaf, they begin to stop feeding in as little as 30 minutes,” Yemel Ortega, Beleaf product manager for FMC Agricultural Products said. “When you stop insects from feeding, you stop damage and disease and virus transmission to the crop, resulting in higher quality produce.”
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced a partnership with the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) that will facilitate the registration of dairy farm, dairy calf and heifer grower premises as part of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). Under the agreement announced today, NMPF, with the cooperation of the rest of the IDairy consortium, will conduct an outreach campaign including direct mail, advertising, Internet activities, dairy and trade show presentations and individual contacts with producers including on-site visits. “This agreement is another important step forward as we advance the National Animal Identification System,” said Bruce Knight, under secretary for USDA’s marketing and regulatory programs.
- The American Feed Industry Association and the Poultry Protein & Fat Council will sponsor a Conference On Pet Food Ingredient Quality Jan. 22-23, 2008, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Ga. The conference will begin at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 22, prior to the opening of the International Poultry Expo and the International Feed Expo the following day. All conference attendees will receive complimentary admission to the IPE / IFE. The IPE / IFE features more than 900 exhibitors displaying the latest products, services and technology for the poultry, pet food and feed sectors of the industry. There are currently more than 100 exhibitors signed up who sell to the pet food industry.
