Ag groups are urging farmers, retailers and other stakeholders to submit comments to the Environmental Protection Agency on its proposed herbicide strategy before the October 22 deadline.

Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association President KJ Johnson tells Brownfield the proposed plan would restrict pesticide applications in areas with known endangered species, but the resources are outdated.

“Because some of these maps that they’re looking at on endangered species haven’t been updated for 15 or 20 years.

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