Atrazine is the most important herbicide for grain sorghum production and the second most important herbicide for corn production. Farmers attending the No-till Field Day in McPherson County, Kansas, Aug. 16, were encouraged to show their support for atrazine while it is being reviewed by the Environmental Protection Agency.

 

“Atrazine is up for review again,” Ron Graber, K-State watershed specialist in central Kansas, said. “It seems like every few years it comes up for review.”

 

Jesse McCurry, regional director for the National Sorghum Producers in Kansas, said EPA is required to review chemicals every 15 years. McCurry said this review is not unusual and not the problem.

 

“The problem is that we have continued to see an agency that is getting out over its skis on what is science and what is realistic,” McCurry said. “At some point we have to step up and draw a line in the sand and that is what we are trying to do here.”

 

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