USA Rice supports the use of sound science to evaluate new and existing crop protection tools and for evaluating whether and under what circumstances, a biological entity is threatened or endangered. 

Being good stewards of the land includes being good stewards of crop protection tools available for controlling damaging weeds, insects, and disease by using a variety of products and crop rotation to prevent resistance. Effective resistance management relies on the availability of crop protection options that give farmers the ability to not overuse a single product. 

Recent News

  • GA.w-Trump-Regulatory-Agenda,-Drowning-in-regulations-170727 Trump Administration Releases Updates to Regulatory Agenda

    Jul 27, 2017

    Last Thursday the Trump Administration released the fall Unified Agenda laying out the regulatory and deregulatory actions they intend to pursue in the coming year. Full story
  • GA.w-EPA-Tour-in-LA-170706 EPA Staff Experiences Rice Country Firsthand

    Jul 06, 2017

    Last week USA Rice and the Louisiana Rice Growers Association (LARGA) hosted six staff members from across the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Pesticide Programs to experience rice growing and milling firsthand here in Louisiana. Full story
  • GA.w-It's-time-to-ditch-the-rule-170628 EPA to Propose Repeal of WOTUS

    Jun 28, 2017

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced yesterday that they plan to rescind the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule of 2015 and temporarily revert back to the rule in place prior to 2015. Full story