Reduction of the pesticide application business surcharge from $55 to $38; reduction of the pesticide dealer-restricted use surcharge from $40 to $28; and reduction of the pesticide individual applicator surcharge from $20 to $14. Reduction of the fertilizer tonnage surcharge from 63-cents to 44-cents per ton, effective with fertilizer sold after Aug. ACCP To avoid future buildup of unused monies in the ACCP, the JFC acted to lower by about 30 percent the fees and surcharges paid by...

The laws establishing the Agency gave it powers to control and regulate the manufacture, importation, exportation, distribution, advertisement, sale and use of food, drugs, cosmetics, chemicals, detergents, all drinks, including packaged water and medical devices. The laws establishing the Agency gave it powers to control and regulate the manufacture, importation, exportation, distribution, advertisement, sale and use of food, drugs, cosmetics, chemicals, detergents, all drinks, including...

Farmers deal with challenges By EMMA BOWEN MEYER For The Star Press Post Comment Springtime has again brought planting season to the local farmers, and the farmers are making rapid calculations and recalculations as they try to get the crops into the ground in that narrow window between "too early" and "too late. Farmers deal with challenges By EMMA BOWEN MEYER For The Star Press Post Comment Springtime has again brought planting season to the local farmers, and the farmers are making...

These so called non-CO2 greenhouse gases are more potent than carbon dioxide with regard to global warming, and already make up one quarter of Australias greenhouse gas emissions. In addition to carbon dioxide, other greenhouse gases are emitted by soils as part of the natural cycling of nutrients and decomposition. Greenhouse gases are not only emitted by industry, cars or households. Researchers at the University of Melbourne are holding a conference on the importance of soil based...

Beetle banks have been established at the Bayer farms, along with new tree planting and hedgerows, while records have been started on the number of different species of birds flying into the farm. BAYER has gone all birds and the bees and beetle banks. Bayer aims to get lots of visitors to its model eco-friendly farms, especially parties of school children. They are traffic-lighted, categorised as red, amber or green, according to how endangered the species. Looking after wildlife, even...